discriminatory, reasonable, and based on the actual costs incurred by
the owner of the facility.
10. Part III of the Guidelines provides the general rules for sharing
infrastructure. It requires operators that own infrastructure which
could be shared, to have a Reference Offer and Standard Price List.
The conditions under which capacity may be allocated, refused and
or reserved are addressed under this Part. To facilitate improved coordination and compatibility of equipment, parties to an infrastructure
sharing arrangement are required to develop and employ standard
procedures for provision and operations under the sharing
arrangement.
11. Part IV deals with the role of the Authority in the infrastructure
sharing framework. The BTA’s role is twofold. The first role is with
respect to dispute resolution. The Authority has the power to
intervene to resolve disputes at the request of either party and to
impose facility/infrastructure sharing arrangements between
operators after giving each and/ or all of the concerned parties a
hearing. It is proposed that in resolving disputes, the Authority will
rely on its dispute resolution procedures, processes and or
mechanism as may be in existence from time to time.
12. The second role of the BTA in the infrastructure sharing framework
as provided for under Part IV is what is referred to in the Guidelines
as “Supportive Action.” This refers to steps that the Authority would
take to encourage infrastructure sharing.
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