(5) Any disputes as to the reasonableness of a request
for interconnection shall be referred to the Commission.
(6)
The Commission may, where it deems
expedient to do so, exempt any telecommunications systems
provider from the obligation to enter into an interconnect
agreement where (a)
such an agreement is prohibited by law;
(b)
the licence issued to the interconnect provider
exempts the interconnect provider from the
obligation to interconnect;
(c)
the licence issued to the interconnect operator
does not authorise the telecommunications
services for which interconnection is requested;
(d)
the requested interconnection is not feasible due
to technical specifications required by the
Commission or technical limitations inherent in
the telecommunications systems to be
interconnected;
(e)
such interconnection would endanger life or
safety or result in injury or harm to the
interconnect provider's property or unreasonably
impair the quality of the licensed services
provided by the interconnect provider; and
(f)
that there are technically and commercially
viable alternatives to the form
of
interconnection requested.
(7)
Where parties have commenced interconnection
negotiations and one party claims that the other party is
unwilling to negotiate or agree on any term or condition on
which interconnection is to be provided, the matter shall be
referred to the Commission for determination.
(8)
Where a party or any other person alleges that
there has been a contravention or failure to comply with the
provisions of the Act, these Regulations or an interconnection
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