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Transfer of
licences
(1) No licence granted under this Act shall be transferred, assigned or encumbered in
any way without the prior approval of the Authority.
(2) An application for the transfer, assignment or encumbrance of a licence shall be made
to the Authority in such form as the Authority may prescribe, and upon payment of such fee
as may be prescribed.
(3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of subsection ( 1 ) shall be guilty of an
offence and shall be liable to a fine of not less than P10 000.00 but not more than
P2 000 000.00
Change of
ownership of
licence
(1) A licensee who is a body corporate shall, where a change in the ownership thereof
occurs, notify that change in waiting to the Authority.
(2) The Authority may, where in its opinion the change in ownership of a licence which is
held by a body corporate would be detrimental to the development of the telecommunication
sector or would not facilitate the exercise of the Authority’s functions under this Act, revoke
the licence thereof.
Limitation of
number of
licences
(1 ) The Authority may limit the number of licences which it will grant in respect of
any particular type of telecommunication service and shall, where it does so, publish its
reasons for so doing.
(2) The Authority shall, not less than three months before doing so, or not less than three
months before the expiry of any licence granted in terms of this Act, publish, in the Gazette,
its decision to limit the number of licences which it will grant in respect of any particular
type of telecommunication service.
Exclusive
licences
The Authority shall not, without the prior written approval of the Minister, grant any
exclusive licence under this Act.
Register of
licences
The Authority shall maintain a register of all licences granted under this Act, which
register shall be open for inspection by the public.
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