The Department’s answers during our more recent evidence session suggested that it is still not making progress at pace in tackling barriers to gigabit roll out. For example, the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Act 2021 (TILPA) received Royal Assent on 15 March 2021. This legislation was designed to amend the Electronic Communications Code, providing a process that telecommunications operators could use to gain access rights to multi-dwelling premises for a defined period. However, the substance of the Act will only come into force through secondary legislation. The Department initially expected this to occur in Autumn 2021.45 In our session, however, the Department told us that it was “hoping to do [this] soon” and that it was looking to lay the regulations needed by Spring 2022.46 The Department subsequently wrote to us saying that it would expect to implement regulations for the Telecommunications Infrastructure (Leasehold Property) Act by the second quarter of 2022.47