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Government Gazette 16 November 2009
Act No. 8, 2009
No. 4378
COMMUNICATIONS ACT, 2009
(a)
its organisation and the places at which, the employees from whom,
and the methods whereby the public may obtain information, make any
submission or request, or obtain copies of decisions, regulations and
orders of the Authority;
(b)
the general course and method by which its functions are performed,
including the nature and requirements of all formal and informal
procedures available;
(c)
rules of procedure, descriptions of forms available and the places
at which forms may be obtained, and instructions as to the scope
and contents of all non confidential or proprietary papers, reports or
examinations;
(d)
statements of general policy or interpretations of general applicability
formulated and adopted by the Authority;
(e)
orders and decisions of the Authority in furtherance of this Act; and
(f)
minutes of public meetings of the Authority.
(2)
The information contained in the documents referred to in subsection
(1)(d) and (1)(e) must be included in the annual report of the Authority referred to in
section 26.
(3)
Subject to subsection (4), the Authority must maintain a public register
of every licence issued or renewed under this Act which must state all the terms and
conditions attached to each licence.
(4)
The Authority may exclude any information relating to a licence issued
to the Government, if the disclosure of such information may prejudice the combating
or prosecution of crime, or may harm the national interest of Namibia.
(5)
The Authority must make publicly available copies of all documents
and information submitted to it in proceedings before it, including, but not limited
to, applications, submissions relating thereto, orders and other decisions with respect
to licensees of the Authority, and all tariffs required to be submitted to the Authority,
unless such information has been designated to be confidential in terms of section 28.
(6)
The documents and information required to be made publicly available
under this section must be made available for inspection during the normal business
hours of the Authority, and for copying upon payment of such fee as the Authority may
determine.
(7)
In addition to documents and information otherwise required to be
made publicly available under this section, the Authority may make all documents
and information in its files available to any person who requests such document or
information, if –
(a)
the disclosure of that information is in the public interest or will
promote the objects of this Act; and
(b)
the advantage of revealing the information to the person requesting
that information outweighs the interest of any person affected by that
information.