152 No. 15 of 2009]

Information and Communication
Technologies

tariff rates shall be structured and levels set to attract
investments into the communications industry;
tariff rates shall take into account the regulations and
recommendations of the international conventions to
which Zambia is a party; and
(c) all services shall be priced, rated, billed and denominated
in the local currency of the Republic.
Tariff rates
and
regulations

51. (1) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, make
regulations on the determination and publication of tariff rates for
respective services provided by the licensees under this Act.
(2) The regulations under subsection (1) may include
rules about the tariff rates and charges and variation of
rates for specified services or classes of services;
rules about the publication or disclosure of tariff rates
for specified or classes of services; or
(c) tariff rate models that may be applicable to specified
licencees or classes of licensees or specified services
or classes of services.

Penalty for
using
unapproved
tariffs,
charges, etc.

Prohibition
of using
frequency
bands, etc.
without
assignment
Spectrum
and
number
assignment

52. A licensee who exceeds the tariff rates or charges
approved by the Authority for the provision of any service or who
imposes any unauthorised tariff or charge, commits an offence
and is liable, upon conviction, to a fine not exceeding two million
penalty units.
PART VI
T ECHNICAL REGULATION
53. A person who uses one or more frequency bands
and electronic addresses or numbers without an individual
assignment commits an offence and is liable, upon conviction, to a
fine not exceeding five hundred thousand penalty units or to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years, or to both.
54. (1) The Authority may, by declaration, designate the bands
of frequency spectrum and numbers to be used for a class
assignment and that may be used without an assignment
(2) A person intending to undertake an activity covered by a
class assignment shall, prior to undertaking such activity, apply to
the Authority in the prescribed manner and form upon payment of
the prescribed fee.

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