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Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

Chapter 4 : Electronic Communications Network and Electronic Communications Facilities

20. Application

 

(1) This chapter applies only to electronic communications network service licensees.

 

(2) An electronic communications network service licensee must perform its obligations in terms of this Chapter and in accordance with the regulations prescribed by the Authority.

 

(3) The Authority must, within 18 months of the coming into operation of the Electronic Communications Amendment Act, 2014, prescribe how electronic communications network service licensees must exercise their rights and fulfil their obligations under this Chapter and may, within that period, in the prescribed manner, impose conditions and obligations on licensees in the exercise and fulfilment of such rights and obligations, having considered the policy and policy directions contemplated in section 21.

[Section 20(3) substituted by section 12 of the Electronic Communications Amendment Act, 2014 (Act No. 1 of 2014)]