Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority - Licensing Guidelines

2.

EXEMPTIONS OF SPECIFIC PERSONS AND ACTIVITIES
Where the Authority exempts certain persons and activities from the
necessity to be licensed under the provisions of the ICT Act, the
Authority shall publish a list of such persons or activities. Any person who
wishes to make use of those activities would only require registering with the
Authority thereafter.

3.

CLASS LICENSE APPLICATION PROCEDURES
The following shall be the procedure for applying for a class license:
i.

The applicant shall obtain the prescribed application form at the
Authority’s registered office or online from the Authority’s
website (www.zicta.zm).

ii.

The applicant then submits a dully completed form in duplicate
together with payment of the prescribed application fee.

iii.

For the purpose of avoidance of doubt, the sixty (60) day
statutory period within which the Authority shall issue or reject
the application shall only begin to run upon receipt of a duly
completed form and payment of the full amount of application
fee and an official receipt being issued by the Authority.

iv.

In the event that the Authority shall require further information
from the applicant it shall inform the applicant of the need to
furnish that information in the prescribed form.

v.

Should the applicant not provide the information requested for
within 14 days from the date in (iv) above or such other longer
period as the Authority may consider appropriate the application
shall be rejected by the authority.

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