Telecommunications Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5B · Special Administration Order
45. Declaration of specified telecommunication licensee
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The Minister may, after consulting with the Authority, by notification in the Gazette, declare any telecommunication licensee to be a specified telecommunication licensee for the purposes of this Part, if —
the licensee —
is a public telecommunication licensee; or
owns or controls any critical support infrastructure; or
the Minister is satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so.
A declaration of a specified telecommunication licensee under subsection (1)(a)(i) remains in force only so long as the licensee remains a public telecommunication licensee.
specified telecommunication licensee
“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
A declaration of a specified telecommunication licensee under subsection (1)(a)(ii) remains in force only so long as the licensee continues to own or control any critical support infrastructure.
critical support infrastructure
“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;
The Minister may, after consulting with the Authority, by notification in the Gazette, revoke any declaration under subsection (1).[32H