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any part thereof causes or is likely to cause harmful interference with the provision of services
by the first operator.
(4) The cost, if any, of making infrastructure available to a requesting operator of public
telecommunications pursuant to subsection (3) shall be borne by that requesting operator.
(5) Any request for sharing of infrastructure pursuant to subsection (3) shall be made in
writing and shall be responded to in writing within twenty-eight days of the receipt of the
request and in the event of refusal the requested operator shall be required to furnish reasons.
(6) Where the parties referred to in subsection (3) fail to reach agreement and the Authority
is of the opinion that it is technically feasible for those parties to share the infrastructure
concerned, the Authority shall have power to compel the parties to reach agreement on such
terms and conditions as the Authority shall determine.
(7) Any agreement for sharing infrastructure made pursuant to subsection (1) and (3) shall be
filed with the Authority by the requesting operator of public telecommunications services
being party to the agreement.
(8) Any dispute regarding the sharing of infrastructure pursuant to this section shall be
resolved by the Authority.
29. —(1) The Authority shall establish and maintain a procedure by which any matter
which—
Settlement of
disputes
(a) relates to the provision of a telecommunication service;
(b) has not, after allowing a reasonable period, been resolved between the subscriber or
subscribers concerned and the provider of the telecommunication services; and
(c) in relation to which the Authority has been requested to act by a subscriber concerned,
may be resolved in an effective, fair and relatively cheap manner.
(2) The Authority may intervene at the request of any party in order to resolve any dispute
between holders of telecommunication licences.
30.
The Authority may require any person holding a telecommunication licence—
Provision of
information
(a) to adopt any method of calculating the costs of providing telecommunication services
and to adopt any accounting method or system of accounts for the purposes of complying
with the provisions of this Act or the exercise of a power conferred on the Authority under
this Act:
Provided that any such accounting system or method shall not be contrary to the
accounting requirements of companies' legislation;
(b) to submit information to the Authority, in periodic reports or in such other form and
manner as the Authority considers necessary for the implementation of this Act.
Confidentiality
31. —(1) The Authority shall not discuss any information provided to it as part of the
exercise of its functions under this Act which relates to the business activities of any body