Ofcom inherited the duties that had previously been the responsibility of five regulatory bodies: the Broadcasting Standards Commission, the Independent Television Commission, the Office of Telecommunications (Oftel), the Radio Authority, and the Radiocommunications Agency.
Ofcom inherited the duties that had previously been the responsibility of five regulatory bodies:
Do you mean that Ofcom had remit over issues not regulated by those five bodies? *Lunatic*, n. One whose delusions are out of fashion.