Electronic Communications Act, 2008
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), on an application by the licensee or
authorisation holder, the Authority may renew a licence or frequency
authorisation granted under this Act.
(3) An application for the renewal of a licence shall be refused if
(a) the licensee or the authorisation holder failed to comply
materially with any of the provisions of this Act,
Regulations or the terms and conditions of the licence or
the frequency authorisation,
(b) the Authority is satisfied. that the applicant will not comply
with this Act, Regulations or the terms and conditions of
the licence or the frequency authorisation if the licence is
renewed,
(c) the licensee or the authorisauon.holder has failed to comply
materially with any lawful direction of the Authority, or
(d) in the case of an operator or service provider, the Authority
determines that it is not in the public interest to renew the
licence and gives the operator or service provider notice of
the decision not less than three years before the expiration
of the licence.
(4) A licence which is of less than three years duration shall
contain the period required for a notice under subsection (3) (d).
(5) Subject to subsection (3) (d), the Authority shall give the licensee
or the authorisation holder advance notice of not less than thirty days of
its intention not to renew the licence or frequency authorisation.
(6) The Authority shall state the grounds for its contemplated refusal
of the renewal of a licence or authorisation and shall give the licensee or
the authorisation holder the opportunity
(a) to present its views, and
(b) to submit to the Authority within the time specified by the
Authority a written statement of objections to the refusal.
(7) The Authority shall take into account the views and the written
statement of the licensee or the authorisation holder before reaching its
final decision.
Regulation of premium rates
17. (1) The Authority may set conditions to regulate the provision,
content, promotion and marketing of premium rate services.
(2) A service is a premium rate service if
(a) there is a charge for the provision of the service,
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