Information and Communication
Technologies

[No. 15 of 2009 149

45. (1) The parties to an agreement shall, where
interconnection, access or co-location is established before the
execution of an interconnection, access or co-location agreement,
within sixty days of the establishment, agree on interim
interconnection, access or co-location charges for a specified period
until the interconnection, access or co-location agreement becomes
effective.

Interim
arrangements for
interconnection,
access or colocation

Where the parties fail to agree within the sixty day period
referred to under subsection (1), such charges as the Authority
may determine shall apply.
Where an interconnection, access or co-location agreement
comes into effect, it shall be deemed to have applied from the date
the interconnection, access or co-location was established.
(4) The parties shall, where subsection (3) applies, adjust
retroactively any charges previously agreed or imposed by the
Authority and thereafter effect payments in accordance with the
provisions of the interconnection, access or co-location agreement.
46. Any requests or refusals for interconnection, access or
co- location shall be made in writing, sent by registered post and
copied to the Authority.

Authority
to be copied

47. (1) Subject to the other provisions of this Act, a licensee
may set and revise tariffs in relation to electronic communications
services.

Tariffs for
services to
public

(2) A licensee shall, in setting any tariffs under subsection (1),
observe the following principles:
tariffs shall be transparent and non discriminatory, and
be based on the cost of providing the service;
cross subsidies shall be eliminated; and
(c) tariffs shall not contain discounts that unreasonably
prejudice the competitive opportunities of other licensees
providing electronic communications services to the
public.
(3) A licensee shall submit to the Authority for approval, the
tariffs the licensee intends to charge including the justification, prior
to their introduction.
(4) The Authority shall approve or reject the proposed tariffs
within thirty days of receipt:

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