Singapore legislation

Clause 7

of Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (Amendment) Bill

Clause 7

Amendment of section 42

Section 42 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsection:“(2) A licence granted under subsection (1) may be granted either to any person, class of persons or a particular person and may include (without prejudice to the power to impose conditions conferred by that subsection) conditions requiring the licensee —

(a)

to enter into agreements or arrangements with any person, class of persons or another telecommunication licensee for —

(i)

the interconnection of, and access to, postal systems;

(ii)

the sharing of installation or plant used for posts belonging to any postal licensee; and

(iii)

such other purpose as may be specified in the licence,and on such terms and conditions as may be agreed to by the licensee and such other persons or licensees or, in default of agreement, as may be determined by the Authority;

(b)

to pay to the Authority a fee on the grant of the licence or to pay to the Authority periodic fees during the currency of the licence or both, of such amount as may be determined by or under the licence;

(c)

to comply with any direction given by the Authority as to such matters as are specified in the licence or are of a description so specified;

(d)

to comply with codes of practice and standards of performance that are applicable to the licensee; and

(e)

to do or not to do such things as are specified in the licence or are of a description so specified.”.