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concerning the draft.
(5) Any telecommunication licence issued by the Authority shall come into effect when
published in the Gazette.
Registration
under a
General
Licence
19. —(1) The Authority shall publish a notice specifying—
(a) the procedure by which any person wishing to operate a telecommunication network
or provide a telecommunication service which is regulated by a general licence may register
with the Authority;
(b) the information which must be provided to the Authority at the time of initial registration
or subsequently; and
(c) the registration fee payable.
(2) The Authority may, after due inquiry has been made, refuse to recognize the registration
of any person even if made in accordance with the published procedure if so directed by the
President in the interest of national security:
Provided that any person dissatisfied with a decision of the Authority may have recourse
to the High Court.
(3) Subject to subsection (2), any person may begin to operate a telecommunication network
or provide a telecommunication service which is regulated by a general licence twenty-eight
days after its registration has been duly made within which period all other technical
procedures and formalities would have been complied with.
(4) No person may operate a telecommunication network or provide a telecommunication
service to which a general licence relates until the registration procedure of the Authority has
been complied with.
Application
for individual
licences
20. —(1) The Authority shall publish the procedures by which individual licences may be
applied for.
(2) Licensing procedures shall be objective, transparent and non-discriminatory and shall
specify—
(a) the kinds of individual licences which may be applied for;
(b) the criteria by which each licence will be issued; and
(c) the fees payable for the issue of a licence.
(3) The Authority may grant or refuse an application for an individual licence taking into
consideration—
(a) the applicant's capability to operate the network or service for which he seeks a
licence;
(b) the published criteria by which the licence will be issued;
(c) the extent to which issuing such a licence would be consistent with the principles stated
in section 4; and