Telecommunications Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · General Provisions
93. Exclusion of liability of public telecommunication licensees
Feedback & supportA public telecommunication licensee is not liable in respect of any injury, loss or damage suffered by any person by reason of —
public telecommunication licensee
“public telecommunication licensee” means a person designated by the Authority under section 8;
any failure to provide or delay in providing any telecommunication services or any equipment associated therewith or service ancillary thereto;
equipment
“equipment” includes any appliance, apparatus or accessory used or intended to be used for telecommunications, including (to avoid doubt) any such appliance, apparatus or accessory capable of being used for the operation of any broadcasting service;
any failure, interruption, suspension or restriction of any telecommunication service or service ancillary thereto or delay of, or fault in, any communication by means of telecommunications;
telecommunication service
“telecommunication service” means any service for telecommunications, including the leasing of a telecommunication cable, but excludes any broadcasting service;
any error in, or omission of, any information transmitted through telecommunications; or
telecommunications
“telecommunications” means a transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems whether or not such signs, signals, writing, images, sounds or intelligence have been subjected to re‑arrangement, computation or other processes by any means in the course of their transmission, emission or reception;
any loss of secrecy in communication arising from the use of any telecommunication service,which is due to the act or default of another person, or an accident or some other cause beyond the public telecommunication licensee’s control.[70