Responsibility for telecommunications insurance liability

Summary

The requester asked which body is responsible for verifying insurance coverage for telecommunications installations. The Communications Commission responded that no legal requirement exists under the Telecommunications Act 1984 for such insurance, meaning they do not perform these checks and the responsibility lies with the service providers.

Key Facts

• The Communications Commission licenses telecommunications systems under the Telecommunications Act 1984.
• There is no legal requirement under the Telecommunications Act 1984 for telecommunications installations to have liability insurance.
• The Communications Commission does not carry out checks to verify insurance coverage.
• It is the responsibility of the telecommunications service provider to ensure necessary insurance is in place.
• The request was received on 2020-07-08 and responded to on 2020-07-09.

Data Disclosed

• 1358441
• 2020-07-08
• 2020-07-09
• Telecommunications Act 1984
• Freedom of Information Act 2015
• +44(0)1624 677022
• +44(0)1624 626499
• IM1 2SF

Original Request

Please would you confirm which body is responsible for checking that all telecommunications installations and equipment have appropriate insurance in place.

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Full Response Text

Chief Executive: Ivan Kiely Ground Floor, Murray House, Mount Havelock, Douglas Isle Of Man, IM1 2SF Tel: +44(0)1624 677022 Fax: +44(0)1624 626499

Our ref: 1358441 9 July 2020

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 8 July 2020 and which states:

"Please would you confirm which body is responsible for checking that all telecommunications installations and equipment have appropriate insurance in place."

Our response to your request is as follows: The Communications Commission’s role is to licence telecommunications systems in accordance with the requirements under the Telecommunications Act 1984. There is no legal requirement to have liability insurance in place under this piece of legislation and the Communications Commission would therefore not carry out such checks. It would be for the telecommunications service provider itself to ensure that it had all necessary insurance(s) in place.

Please quote the reference number 1358441 in any future communications.

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Yours faithfully