Information and Communication
Technologies

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comply with the principles stipulated under section fifty;
are cost oriented; and
(c) meet such other criteria as the Authority may consider
relevant for purposes of this Act.
(4) The Authority may request for additional information from
a licensee and, where it does so, the period referred to under
paragraph (a) of subsection (2) shall commence from the date of
the submission of the additional information.
49. (1) The Authority may forbear from applying to a licensee Forbearance
or a class of licensees, in any or all of the licensees or their
geographic markets, any provision of this Part, where the Authority
considers that
application of the provision is not necessary for the
protection of consumers or the promotion of competition
amongst licensees; and
forbearance from applying the provision is consistent with
the objects of this Act.
The Authority shall, where it decides to forbear from
applying any provision, immediately, publish a notice of forbearance
in the Gazette, setting out the details of and the reasons for, the
decision, and inviting interested parties to make submissions in
relation to that decision within a period specified in that notice, but
in any event, not shorter than thirty days from the date of publication
of the notice.
The Authority shall, before issuing its final decision take
into account any representation that it receives in accordance
with subsection (2).
50. (1) A holder of an individual licence shall not impose any
tariff or charge for the provision of any service unless the Authority
approves the tariff rates and charges in accordance with the
provisions of this Part.
A holder of an individual license shall only provide services
at the tariff rates and charges approved by the Authority.
A holder of an individual license shall publish the tariff rates
charged to customers for any service and any variations thereto,
as may be approved by the Authority.
(4) The tariff rates established by a holder of an individual
licence under subsection (1) shall be based on such conditions as
the Authority may determine in accordance with the following
principles:

Approval of
tariffs and
charges of
holders of
individual
licences

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