2 terms and conditions requiring the Licensee to provide to the Authority, in such manner and at such times as may be reasonably required, such documents, data, accounts, estimates, returns or other information as the Authority may require for the purpose of exercising its powers and fulfilling its duties under this Law. ARTICLE 29 INDIVIDUAL LICENCES (a) An Individual Licence may only be granted on the recommendation of the General Director and following ratification thereof by the Board within thirty days after the date on which the recommendation of the General Director is put to the Board. If the Board refuses to ratify his recommendation or when such period expires without ratification, the General Director may resubmit the matter within 30 days to the Board for a final decision by the Board within 30 days of the re-submission. If the recommendation of the General Director is refused, the Board shall, in all cases, indicate the grounds of such refusal in writing. (b) The Authority may, with the written approval of the Board, hold an auction for Individual Licences in accordance with rules and procedures issued by the Authority. Such auction shall be announced in such manner as the Authority deems appropriate at least thirty days prior to the date of holding such auction. The Licence shall in this case be granted without requiring the ratification of the Board. (c) The Authority shall, before giving a final decision with respect to all applications for Individual Licences, ensure that the applicant has satisfied the conditions provided for in this Law and in the laws, regulations and resolutions issued in implementation of the provisions of this Law, with particular regard to whether: (d) 1 the applicant has sufficient resources, skills and expertise in the field of the subject matter of the application. 2 the applicant meets such criteria for the Licence applied for as are determined and issued by the Authority from time to time. 3 the interests of Subscribers and Users will be served. 4 competition among Licensed Operators will be promoted. The Authority shall, within a period not exceeding ninety days of the application, decide on the Licence application and if the Authority considers it necessary to obtain any further information, the Authority shall notify the applicant of such requirement within a period not exceeding thirty days after date of the submission of the application. In such case, the final decision shall be passed within the longer of: -25Translation dated 12 April 2009 This is an unofficial translation of the Law. It is provided for information purposes only. Reliance may only be placed upon the official Arabic version of the Law published in the Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Any comments on this translation will be gratefully received by the Authority. Please email any comments to: contact@tra.org.bh