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determinations, orders or directions, which service providers and any other
person in Solomon Islands shall comply with them.
Inmaking any determination, order or direction which
(2)
establishes, defines or changes significant legal rights or
obligations of a person, the Telecommunications
Commission shall—
(3)
(a)
provide reasonable written notice to persons
who may be significantly affected and, in
cases of significant public interest, carry out a
public consultation process;
(b)
allow such persons a reasonable opportunity
to make representations within forty-five
days, unless the Telecommunications
Commission specifies a longer period;
(c)
publish on its website and provide interested
parties with a draft determination, order or
direction as the case may be and allow any
persons who may be significantly affected a
reasonable opportunity to make
representations in relation to the draft within
fifteen days, unless the Telecommunications
Commission specifies a longer period;
(d)
consider representations duly made by such
persons under paragraph (b) or (c);
(e)
provide reasons in writing for its
determination, order or direction; and
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set the time for compliance taking into
account the nature of the determination, order
or direction.
A determination, order or direction of the
Telecommunications Commission shall not be valid unless it
is—
(a)
signed by the commissioner or a duly
authorised representative; and
)
published in the Gazette except in the case of
interim orders made under section 26.