Singapore legislation
Clause 39
Clause 39
Charges and other terms and conditions applicable to telecommunication service
(1)
The Authority may make, in respect of any of the telecommunication service provided by the Authority or in respect of the hire or sale of any telecommunication equipment, a scheme or schemes for determining either or both of the following: —
the charges which (save in so far as they are the subject of an agreement between the Authority and a person availing himself of those services) are to be made by the Authority; and
the other terms and conditions which (save as aforesaid) are to be applicable to these services.
(2)
A scheme made under this section may make different provisions for different cases or classes of cases determined by, or in accordance with, the provisions of the scheme.
(3)
A charge exigible by virtue of this section may be recovered by the Authority in any court of competent jurisdiction as if it were a simple contract debt.
(4)
A scheme or any amendment thereof made under this section shall come into operation on such date as is specified therein, not being earlier than the date after that on which publication of the scheme in the telecommunication guide by the Authority pursuant to subsection (5) has been effected; and conclusive evidence of a scheme so made may be given, in all legal proceedings whatsoever, by the production of a copy of the telecommunication guide purporting to contain it.
(5)
The Authority shall from time to time publish a telecommunication guide incorporating all information relating to its telecommunication service.
(6)
Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the Authority from levying any charge or collecting any dues for anything done or any service rendered purely by virtue of not being incorporated in a scheme and the rates, charges and fees payable to the Authority in respect of telecommunication service or in respect of the hire or sale of any telecommunication equipment or for any other service rendered shall be in accordance with such charges and fees as may from time to time be laid down by the Authority.
(7)
The rates, charges and the fees applied by STB and TAS immediately before the date of the coming into operation of this Act shall continue to be valid as though laid down by the Authority under this section until rescinded, varied or otherwise determined by the Authority.
(8)
The Authority in fixing charges and fees in respect of telecommunication service or in respect of the hire or sale of any telecommunication equipment shall not show preference as between subscribers similarly situated.