ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (REGULATION)
[ CAP. 399.
1
CHAPTER 399
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
(REGULATION) ACT
To regulate Electronic Communications.
Substituted by:
VII. 2004.11.
31st December, 1997
2nd January, 1998
ACT XXXIII of 1997, as amended by Acts XIX of 1998, XVIII of 2000, VI
of 2001, XXVII of 2002, IX of 2003 and VII of 2004; Legal Notice 425 of
2007; Acts XXX of 2007, XII of 2010, IX of 2011 and V of 2012; Legal
Notice 180 of 2012; and Acts VIII of 2014, XVIII of 2016, XI of 2018 and
LII of 2021.
PART I
PRELIMINARY
1.
The short title of this
Communications (Regulation) Act.
Act
is
the
Electronic
2.
In this Act, and in regulations made thereunder, unless the
context otherwise requires "access" means the making available of facilities and, or
services, to another undertaking, under defined conditions, on
either an exclusive or a non-exclusive basis, for the purpose of
providing electronic communications services including when they
are used for the delivery of information society services or
broadcast content services. It covers, inter alia, access to:
(a) network elements and associated facilities, which may
involve the connection of equipment, by fixed or nonfixed means (in particular this includes access to the
local loop and to facilities and services necessary to
provide services over the local loop);
(b) physical infrastructure including buildings, ducts and
masts;
(c) relevant software systems including operational
support systems;
(d) information systems or databases for pre-ordering,
provisioning, ordering, maintaining and repair
requests, and billing;
(e) number translation or systems offering equivalent
functionality;
(f) fixed and mobile networks, in particular for roaming;
and
(g) conditional access systems for digital television
services and access to virtual network services;
"this Act" means the Electronic Communications (Regulation) Act,
and includes any regulations made thereunder unless the context
otherwise requires;
Short title.
Amended by:
VII. 2004.11.
Interpretation.
Amended by:
XIX. 1998.3;
XVIII. 2000. 31;
VII. 2004.12;
IX. 2011.3;
L.N. 180 of 2012;
Amended by:
LII. 2021.14.