Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
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PART
II
engaged in that business ; and any constable shall on demand
remove or assist in removing any such offender.
PART
III
OTHER FUNCTIONS OF DIRECTOR
General
functions.
47.-(1) It shall be the duty of the Director, so far as it appears
to him practicable from time to time, to keep under review the
carrying on both within and outside the United Kingdom of
activities connected with telecommunications.
(2) It shall also be the duty of the Director, so far as it
appears to him practicable from time to time, to collect information with respect to commercial activities connected with tele.
communications carried on in the United Kingdom, and the persons by whom they are carried on, with a view to his becoming
aware of, and ascertaining the circumstances relating to, matters
with respect to which his functions are exercisable.
(3)
The Secretary of State may give general directions indi-
cating-
to which the Director should have particular regard in determining the order of priority in
which matters are to be brought under review in the
performance of his duty under subsection (1) or (2)
above ; and
(b) considerations to which, in cases where it appears to
the Director that any of his functions are exercisable.
he should have particular regard in determining whether
to exercise those functions.
(a) considerations
(4) It shall be the duty of the Director, where either he considers it expedient or he is requested by the Secretary of State
or the Director General of Fair Trading to do so, to give information, advice and assistance to the Secretary of State or thhat
Director with respect to any matter in respect of which any
function of the Director is exercisable.
Publication of
information
and advice.
48-0) The Director may arrange for the publication, in such
form and in such manner as he may consider appropriate, of
such information and advice as it may appear to him to be
expedient to give to consumers, purchasers and other users of
telecommunication services or telecommunication apparatus in
the United Kingdom.
(2) In arranging for the publication of any such information
or advice, the Director shall have regard to the need for excluding, so far as that is practicable,(a) any matter which relates to the private affairs of an
individual, where the publication of that matter would