Electronic Communications Act, 2008
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(6) A licence shall be revoked on the making of a winding up order
by the Court or the Registrar-General.
Amendment of licences and frequency authorisations
14. (1) A licence or a frequency authorisation may be amended by a
written agreement between the licensee or the holder of the frequency
authorisation and the Authority, where
(a) force majeure, national security considerations, change in
national
legislation
or
the
implementation
of
an
international obligation require the amendment, or
(b) the Authority, on account of the public interest, decides that
the amendment is necessary to achieve the objects of the
Authority,
(2) Where a licence or a frequency authorisation is amended on
grounds of national security the licensee or the authorisation holder is
entitled to compensation.
(3) The Authority shall not amend a licence or frequency
authorisation if it has not given the licensee or authorisation holder adequate
advance notice in writing and in any case the notice shall not be given
less than ninety days before the proposed amendment.
(4) The Authority shall state in the notice the reasons for the
amendment and the date on which the amendment takes effect, and shall
give the licensee or the authorisation holder the opportunity to
(a) present its views, and
(b) submit to the Authority a written statement of objections to
the amendment which may include proposed alternatives
to the amendment within the time specified by the Authority.
(5) The Authority shall take into account the views and the written
statement of the licensee before reaching a decision on the amendment.
(6) A licensee or an authorisation holder may request the Authority to amend its licence or frequency authorisation.
Emergency licences
15. Section 14 does not preclude the Authority from amending a
licence or a frequency authorisation without notice where there is, or
there is likely to be, a risk to national security, or where immediate amendment is essential in the public interest.
Duration and renewal of licence and frequency authorisation
16. (1) The duration of a licence shall be stated in the licence.
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