No. 12
Tanzania Communications. Regulatory Authority
2003
19
(4) The Minister may specify in a direction under section (3) a time
within which the Authority shall submit its report following the inquiry
and if so the Authority shall submit its report to the Minister within that
time.
(5) The Authority shall give notice of an inquiry by (a) publishing a notice in the Gazette and in a daily newspaper
circulating generally in Tanzania specifying the purpose of the
inquiry, the time within which submissions may be made to the
Authority, the form in which submissions should be made, the
matters the Authority would like the submissions to deal with
and, in the case of an inquiry conducted at the direction of the
Minister, the Minister's terms of reference;
(b) sending written notice of the inquiry, including the information
in paragraph (a), to (i) service providers known to the Authority whose interests the
Authority considers are likely to be affected by the outcome
of the inquiry;
(ii)
the Consumer Consultative Council;
(iii) industry and consumer organizations which the Authority
considers may have an interest in the matter.
(iv) the Minister and other Ministers having interest in the matter.
(6) The Minister shall, by order published in the Gazette, make rules
for conducting inquiries under this section.
Competition
policy
and
contraventions
of law on
competition
19. - (1) In carrying out its functions and exercising its powers under
this Act, and under sector legislation in relation to particular markets for
regulated services, the Authority shall take into account (a) whether the conditions for effective competition exist in the
market;
(b) whether any exercise by the Authority is likely to cause any
lessening of competition or additional costs in the market and is
likely to be detrimental to the public;
(c) whether any such detriments to the public are likely to outweigh
any benefits to the public resulting from the exercise of the powers.