Information and Communication
Technologies

[No. 15 of 2009 155

(iii) allow licensees to assign numbers to subscribers
in an efficient manner without unreasonable
delay or disruption of service;
(d) the protection of consumers including
disclosure of consumer rights relating tonumbers; and
the process and procedures to be followed for
resolving subscriber complaints and affording
subscribers remedies in the form of discounts
and credits when a holder of a network licence
or service licence fails to meet the holder's
obligations under this section; and
(e) a framework, including a schedule for transforming the
numbering plan to a non geographic numbering system
taking into account similar non geographic numbering
plans adopted in other jurisdictions and
implementation of electronic numbering, allowing the
inter operation between telephone numbers and the
internet domain name system.
(1) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Part, an
assignment shall not be required under this Part for any activities
listed as exempt in a declaration issued by the Authority.
(2) The Authority may, by declaration published in the Ga-ette,
exempt a person or class of persons from the requirement to hold
an individual assignment or a class assignment under this Part.
(1) The Minister may, by statutory instrument, and in
consultation with the Authority, determine—

Assignment
exemption'

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the one off fees payable for the filing of class assignment fees
registration forms and individual assignment application
forms;
the one off fees payable for the actual assigning of
frequency spectrum, electronic addresses or numbers;
the annual fees payable for the monitoring ofthe licencee's
compliance with the conditions attached to the class or
individual assignment; and
the exemption, from the payment of assignment fees, by
persons engaged in activities declared under section
fifty-six.

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