matters brought before them. The Appeals Board shall issue its decisions in writing,
explaining its reasons for either affirming or overruling the Commission’s action. In the
event that the Appeals Board overrules a Commission action, it must refer the matter to
the Commission for further proceedings. Members of the Appeals Board shall be
remunerated by the Ministry of Justice.
(d)
Any request for review or appeal of a Commission Decision must be filed
with the relevant authority within thirty (30) days of the effective date of the
Commission’s Decision. For purposes of this subsection, a Decision of the Commission
shall be effective upon its public release unless the Commission shall specify a different
effective date in writing. Further, a Decision of the Commission shall be effective during
the pendency of any request for review or appeal, unless the Commission shall determine
that the interests of justice and the purposes of this Act shall be better served by delaying
the effectiveness of such Decision.
Sec. 336
Neither the Director General nor any member of the Board, the Appeals Board,
nor any member of the Commission’s staff, may work on any Commission matter that
will affect
(a)
his personal financial interests;
(b)
the financial interests of his spouse or minor child;
(c)
the financial interests of his business partner;
(d)
the financial interests of any organization in which he serves as an officer,
director, general partner, employee or trustee; or
(e)
the financial interests of any entity with whom he has an arrangement for
employment or with whom he is negotiating for employment.
In such case, he may either divest himself of the interest causing the conflict of interest or
recuse himself from any involvement in the matter.
IV.
ROLE OF THE MINISTER
Sec. 401
The Minister shall have the following responsibilities and functions
pursuant to this Act—
(a)
the formulation, determination and monitoring, of the general policy for
the communications sector in Somalia with a view to ensuring, amongst others,
the utilization of the sector as a platform for the economic and social development
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