Singapore legislation

Section 44

of Telecommunications Act 1999

Section 44

Interpretation of this Part

Amended by19/2011

In this Part —“critical support infrastructure” means any infrastructure that belongs to, or is under the control of, a telecommunication licensee, and that satisfies all of the following criteria:

(a)

the infrastructure is required by other telecommunication licensees to provide a telecommunication service;

(b)

the infrastructure cannot be replicated within the foreseeable future, or obtained from a third party, by an efficient new entrant to the market for telecommunication services in Singapore, in either case, at a cost that would reasonably allow market entry;

(c)

the failure or refusal by the firstmentioned telecommunication licensee to allow other telecommunication licensees to use the infrastructure would unreasonably restrict competition in any market for telecommunication services in Singapore;“prescribed transferee” means —

(a)

the Authority; or

(b)

a person nominated by the Authority;“specified telecommunication licensee” means a telecommunication licensee which the Minister has declared under section 45 to be a specified telecommunication licensee for the purposes of this Part.[32G

Definition

“critical support infrastructure” means any infrastructure that belongs to, or is under the control of, a telecommunication licensee, and that satisfies all of the following criteria:

(a)

the infrastructure is required by other telecommunication licensees to provide a telecommunication service;

(b)

the infrastructure cannot be replicated within the foreseeable future, or obtained from a third party, by an efficient new entrant to the market for telecommunication services in Singapore, in either case, at a cost that would reasonably allow market entry;

(c)

the failure or refusal by the firstmentioned telecommunication licensee to allow other telecommunication licensees to use the infrastructure would unreasonably restrict competition in any market for telecommunication services in Singapore;

Definition

“prescribed transferee” means —

(a)

the Authority; or

(b)

a person nominated by the Authority;

Definition

“specified telecommunication licensee” means a telecommunication licensee which the Minister has declared under section 45 to be a specified telecommunication licensee for the purposes of this Part.[32G

Amended by19/2011