Section 74Part 8 — Service Standards and Data Protection
Equipment standards and technician certification
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The Office may establish or adopt appropriate standards for equipment that may be connected to a public ICT network and for certification of ICT technicians.
Licensees shall, as a condition of licensing —
connect only equipment meeting such standards to public ICT networks; and
employ ICT technicians, who have been certified in accordance with this Act or any other Law, to set-up, maintain and upgrade that equipment.
It shall be a condition of public ICT network use that subscribers connect only equipment to public ICT networks that meet such standards. Failure to comply with such standards is a reasonable ground to refuse to provide, to discontinue or to interrupt the provision of the relevant ICT service or ICT network under section 73.
Notwithstanding subsections (1), (2) and (3), the Office may, by notice published in the Gazette, exempt any equipment from the requirements of this section for such period of time as the Office considers appropriate and in granting such exemption the Office may indicate —
the particular individual or company to which the exemption applies;
the reasons why the exemption is being granted;
the purpose for which the equipment may be used; and
the period of time for which the equipment may be used.
Cross References
- Section 73 of Unknown
reasonable ground to refuse to provide, to discontinue or to interrupt the provision of the relevant ICT service or ICT network under section 73