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Regulation 25

of Telecommunications (Radio-communication) Regulations

Regulation 25

Grant of station licence and network licence

Amended byS 100/2016 wef 01/04/2016S 100/2016 wef 01/04/2016

Subregulation 1

The following network licences and station licences may be granted under section 5 of the Act: (a)Network Licence;

(b)

Ship Station Licence;

(c)

Aircraft Station Licence;

(d)

Amateur Station Licence;

(e)

Experimental Station Licence;

(f)

Localised Radio-communication Station Licence;

(g)

General Radio-communication Station Licence;

(h)

Satellite Communication Station Licence; and

(i)

Special Purpose Station Licence.

Subregulation 2

A station licence or network licence authorises the licensee to operate the specified station or network in accordance with the Act, these Regulations and the conditions of the licence.

Subregulation 2A

Amended byS 100/2016 wef 01/04/2016

It is a condition of every station licence and network licence that the licensee must comply with any direction by the Authority specified in a written notice to share all or part of the radio frequency band (allocated to the licensee) with another person specified in the notice for that other person’s use during a national event or where such use is in the public interest.

Subregulation 2B

Amended byS 100/2016 wef 01/04/2016

The written notice referred to in paragraph (2A) —

(a)

must specify the period (not exceeding 90 days at a time) during which the Authority requires the licensee to share the radio frequency band with the other person; and

(b)

may include any direction of the Authority to the licensee to take such measures specified in the written notice to facilitate the sharing of the radio frequency band.

Subregulation 3

The Authority must not grant a station licence or network licence that authorises the operation of a station or network in any radio frequency band that is within a part of the radio frequency spectrum that the Authority has determined under regulation 6(1) to be allocated by the grant of spectrum rights unless the Authority is satisfied that the circumstances of the particular case justify the granting of the licence.