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Submission of samples of equipment for type testing
140. (l) A sample of the equipment shall be submitted for testing at the time of the submission of the
application for provisional approval unless the equipment for which type approval is sought has received a
certificate of approval from another country that is recognized by the Authority in which case copies of the
approval and the relevant underlying test reports shall be submitted together with the application
(2) The Authority shall automatically recognize
(a)
all typeapprovals from the Republic of South Africa; and
(b)
the following typeapprovals from European Union countries:
(c)
(i)
Cellular digital landbased mobile telecommunications equipment that has received
a PanEuropean approval under European Directive 98/I 3/EC, and which falls
within the scope of European Common Technical Rules 019 (Ed2) and 020 (Ed2)
pertaining respectively to the access and telephony application requirements for
terminal equipment for a GSM network comprising constant envelope modulation
and operating in the 900 MHZ band with a channel separation of 200 kHz and
carrying traffic channels according to the TDMA principle; and
(ii)
INMARSAT satellite earth station equipment that has received a PanEuropean
approval under European Directive 98/13/EC and which falls within the scope of
European Common Technical Regulation 030 pertaining to satellite news gathering
transportable earth stations (SNG TES) operating in the 1112/1314 GHz
frequency bands
GMPCS equipment, which has been typeapproved by
(i)
a competent authority in a country with which Lesotho has a roaming agreement.
(ii)
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(3) Upon application the Authority may institute proceedings to determine whether technical rules from other
agencies should be recognized in Lesotho for purposes of relieving applicants of the testing requirements
Effect of provisional typeapproval
141. (1) lf the equipment that is the subject of an application for provisional typeapproval has complied with
the basic requirements for typeapproval:
(a)
provisional typeapproval may be granted for a period of six months during which period
reports regarding the working status and maintenance of the equipment shall be
considered by the Authority; and
(b)
the Authority shall notify the applicant that provisional typeapproval has been granted and
issue a provisional type approval registration number to be displayed on the apparatus.
(2) The Authority may:
(a)
limit the number of units introduced under provisional approval;
(b)
extend the grant of the provisional typeapproval for another six months upon satisfactory
performance of the equipment within this period: or