COMMUNICATIONS

CHAPTER 68:01
COMMUNICATIONS

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

    SECTION

PART I
PRELIMINARY

    1.    Short title

    2.    Objectives

    3.    Interpretation

PART II
THE MALAWI COMMUNICATIONS REGULATORY AUTHORITY

    4.    Establishment of the Authority

    5.    Ministerial policy directions

    6.    Duties, functions and powers of the Authority

    7.    Membership of the Authority

    8.    Appointment of members of the Authority

    9.    Disqualification from membership

    10.    Chairperson of the Authority

    11.    Tenure and vacation of office of members of the Authority

    12.    Filling of vacancies

    13.    Removal from office of a member of the Authority

    14.    Meetings of the Authority

    15.    Committees of the Authority

    16.    Co-opted persons

    17.    Governance powers of the Authority

    18.    Honoraria of members of the Authority

    19.    The Director General of the Authority

    20.    Tenure of office of the Director General of the Authority

    21.    Powers and functions of the Director General of the Authority

    22.    Other staff of the Authority

    23.    Disclosure of conflicts of interest

    24.    Confidentiality

    25.    Oath of secrecy

    26.    Delegation of powers

    27.    Advisory fora

    28.    Funds of the Authority

    29.    Accounts and audit

    30.    Annual report

PART III
REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES

    31.    Requirement of licence for provision of electronic communications services

    32.    Authority to prescribe types and categories of electronic communications licenses

    33.    Exemptions

    34.    Licence eligibility

    35.    Local ownership requirement

    36.    Publication of rules relating to type or category of licence

    37.    Application for a licence

    38.    Grant of a licence through a restricted procedure

    39.    Issue of a licence

    40.    General licence conditions

    41.    Amendment of a licence

    42.    Transfer, assignment, etc., of a licence or rights thereunder

    43.    Suspension or revocation of a licence

    44.    Application for renewal of a licence

    45.    Obligation to roll out

    46.    Individual licence

    47.    Scope of a class licence

    48.    Class licence to state terms and conditions of issuance

    49.    Sub-classification

    50.    Registration under a class licence

    51.    Establishment of new licence categories

    52.    Licence fees

    53.    Provision of essential services

    54.    Protection of subscriber information

PART IV
ECONOMIC REGULATION

    55.    Promotion of fair competition

    56.    Regulation of interconnexion, access, etc.

    57.    Market analyses and dominant market players

    58.    Obligations for dominant market players

    59.    Power to prevent anti-competitive practices

PART V
INTERCONNEXION

    60.    Interconnexion agreements

    61.    Rules for interconnexion terminal rates

    62.    Interconnexion request

    63.    Negotiations in interconnexion agreements

    64.    Application for approval of interconnexion

    65.    Order to enter into an interconnexion agreement

    66.    Maximum interconnexion rates

    67.    Registration of interconnexion agreements

PART VI
ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

    68.    Access agreements, and access to electronic communication networks

    69.    Registration of access agreements

PART VII
CO-LOCATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SHARING

    70.    Co-location and infrastructure sharing agreements

    71.    Request for co-location and infrastructure sharing

    72.    Registration of co-location and infrastructure sharing agreements

    73.    Disputes relating to interconnexion agreements, etc.

PART VIII
REGULATION OF TARIFFS

    74.    Setting or revision of tariffs

    75.    Justification for tariff setting or revision

    76.    Obligations of a licensee to publish approved tariffs

    77.    Tariff register

    78.    Tariff reframing

    79.    Investigations on tariffs

    80.    Offences relating to tariffs

PART IX
MANAGEMENT OF FREQUENCY SPECTRUM

    81.    Management of frequency spectrum

    82.    National frequency allocation plan

    83.    Designation of frequency bands

    84.    Prohibition on transfer of frequency spectrum

    85.    Frequency coordination

    86.    Power of entry and search

PART X
REGULATION OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION NUMBERING

    87.    Regulation of electronic communication numbering

    88.    National numbering plan

    89.    Assignment of numbers or blocks of numbers

    90.    Rights not to be transferred

    91.    Rules relating to number portability, etc.

PART XI
REGISTRATION OF GENERIC NUMBERS AND SIM CARDS

    92.    Registration of generic numbers and SIM cards

    93.    Distributors, agents and dealers to submit information to licensees

    94.    Sale or distribution of generic numbers or SIM cards

PART XII
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, APPLIANCES AND DEVICES

    95.    Technical and performance standards for equipment connected to a network

    96.    Approval of type of equipment to be connected to a network

PART XIII
REGULATION OF CONTENT SERVICES

    97.    Authority to regulate content services

    98.    Requirement of licence to provide content services

    99.    Types of content licences

    100.    Public content licences

    101.    Commercial content licences

    102.    Community content licences

    103.    Content licence not to be granted to entities that are political in…