A 316
2003 No. 19
Communications
(b) make a copy of, or take extracts from the Register.
(2) If a person requests that a copy be provided in an electronic media, the
Commission may provide the relevant information.
(a) on a data processing device ; or
(b) by way of electronic transmission.
(3) The Commission shall from time to time publish guidelines in regard to
its various registers giving details of the registers and indicating, amongst others,
access processes and procedures for members of the public.
PART VI—REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, ETC.
Commission’s
regulations,
guidelines,
etc.
70.—(1) The Commission may make and publish regulations for all or any
of the following issues :
(a) written authorisations, permits, assignments and licences granted or
issued under this Act ;
(b) assignment of rights to the spectrum or numbers under Chapter VIII,
including mechanisms for rate-based assignment ;
(c) any fees, charges, rates or fines to be imposed pursuant to or under this
Act or its subsidiary legislation ;
(d) a system of universal service provision under Chapter VII, including
but not limited to the quality of service standards ;
(e) communications and related offences and penalties ;
(f) any matter for which this Act makes express provision ; and
(g) such other matters as are necessary for giving full effect to the provisions
of this Act and for their due administration.
(2) The Commission may also make and publish guidelines on any matter
for which this Act makes express provision and such other matters as are necessary
for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for their due administration.
Rule-making
process.
71.—(1) The Commission shall, prior to making any regulation under this
Act, conduct an inquiry in the manner specified in Part II of this Chapter on the
subject matter of the proposed regulation.
(2) The Commission shall, in making the regulation, take into consideration
the findings of the inquiry under subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The Commission may prior to making any guideline, at its discretion,
conduct an inquiry in the manner specified in Part II of this Chapter on the subject
matter of the proposed guideline and if the Commission considers it necessary to
hold such an inquiry, it shall in making the guideline take into consideration the
findings of the inquiry.
Regulatory
review.
72.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the Commission may
review, as at when it deems necessary, any rules, guidelines and regulations made
under this Act that are in effect at the time of the review and may in the process
modify or vary, or repeal any such rules or regulations :