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the first anniversary of the transfer date, and the Minister shall give notice of the dissolution in
the Gazette.
105. —(1) The Minister may from time to time set out in a statement, the policy of the
Government with respect to communications (in this Act referred to as the "National
Communications Policy").
National
communication policy
(2) Any statement made by the Minister pursuant to subsection (1) shall be published in the
Gazette.
106. —(1) Any terminal equipment shall be approved in accordance with regulations made
by the Minister on the advice of the Authority and shall be operated or maintained in
accordance with the terms and conditions of the approval.
Type approval
of equipment
(2) The Authority shall specify and approve standards for terminal equipment which are
applicable to the connexion of terminal equipment to any network used to provide a public
telecommunication service.
(3) Standards for terminal equipment developed under section (2) shall enter into force when
approved by the Authority.
(4) Any approval under this section may apply either to particular equipment or to any
equipment of a description specified in the approval.
107. —(1) The Authority may establish consultative or advisory forums in the
communications sector to assist it with the discharge of its functions under this Act.
Advisory
forums
(2) The Authority may contribute out of its annual budget to the expenses of any forum
established under subsection (1).
Publication of
licences
108. —(1) All licences issued by the Authority under this Act shall be published in the
Gazette.
(2) The Authority shall—
(a) keep a register of every licence issued or renewed under this Act;
(b) record on the register details of the ownership and control of and the holding by any
person of a financial or voting interest in each licensee; and
(c) hold the register for inspection by interested persons at its premises during the normal
office hours of the Authority.
(3) The Authority shall, at the request of any person and on payment of a reasonable fee,
furnish that person with copy of any licence issued by the Authority under this Act.
Licence fees
and other
charges
109. —(1) The Authority shall publish a schedule of any fees that it proposes to charge for
the inspection or the issuing of a licence or the issuing of an approval under the provisions of
this Act.
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