Rev. 2011]

Kenya Information and Communications

CAP. 411A

and convey its decision to the applicant within thirty (30) working days of
receipt of the application:

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Provided however that where the equipment submitted for type approval
is a switch or switches of over one thousand (1000) ports, the Commission
shall convey its decision to the applicant within sixty (60) days of receipt of
the application for type approval.
53. An application for type approval shall provide for—
(a) the name of the equipment;

Applications for type
approval.

(b) the name of the manufacturer;
(c) the intended use within Kenya;
(d) the name, address, and authorized representative of the individual
or organization that will hold the type approval certificate; and
(e) any other information that the Commission may require.
54. All applications for any licence and all other documentation submitted
therewith shall be in english language.

Language.

55. (1) The Commission may type accept any equipment that has received Submission of
type approval from another country or jurisdiction that is recognized by the samples of equipment
Commission:
for testing.
Provided however that the applicant for type acceptance shall submit a
sample or samples of the equipment and copies of test results and type approval
certificate from that country or jurisdiction at the time of the submission of the
application for provisional acceptance.
(2) The Commission may, on its own motion or upon an application,
institute proceedings to determine whether technical standards from other
countries or jurisdictions should be recognized in Kenya for purposes of
exempting any equipment from type approval or testing requirements.
56. (1) Any person may submit to the Commission an equipment for Provisional type
provisional type approval.
approval.
(2) Where the Commission has determined that an equipment which is
the subject of an application for provisional type approval complies with the
requirements for type approval, it may grant provisional type approval for a
period of six (6) months on terms and conditions as it may determine.
(3) The Commission may, where it deems necessary, when granting
provisional type approval to any equipment limit the number of units of such
equipment that an applicant can hold until final type approval is given.
(4) The Commission may extend the grant of the provisional type
approval for one further period of six (6) months when it is of the view that

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