8
Communications
No. 34
SECTION
201. Power to make rules
202. Consultations with interested parties
203. Repeal and savings
204. Transitional provisions
205. Legal proceedings
206. Transfer of assets, funds, liabilities, etc.
207. Transfer of employees
FIRST SChEdULE
SECONd SChEdULE
ThIRd SChEdULE
An Act to provide for the regulation of the provision of services
in the electronic communications sector, posts, information
society; for the establishment of the Malawi Communications
Regulatory Authority, the Malawi Broadcasting Corporation
and the Malawi Posts Corporation; and for matters connected
therewith or incidental thereto.
Short title and
commencement
Objectives
ENACTEd by the Parliament of Malawi as follows__
PART I__PRELIMINARy
1. This Act may be cited as the Communications Act, 2016, and
shall come into force on a date to be appointed by the Minister by
notice published in the Gazette.
2. The objectives of this Act are__
(a) to recognize the convergence of technologies and services
for telecommunications, broadcasting, and information through
the establishment of technology and service-neutral licensing
regimes;
(b) to remove unnecessary barriers to entry, and attract
investment, in the communications sector;
(c) to facilitate the deployment and use of communications
services;
(d) to encourage the adoption of new services and technologies
within the communications sector;
(e) to encourage the participation of indigenous Malawians in
the communications sector;