CHAPTER 20 TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ARTICLE 80 ADAPTATION OF CIRCUMSTANCES (a) Every Person that is lawfully providing on the date on which this Law comes into force, any of the services that are subject to the provisions of this Law or is operating a Telecommunications Network or using Radiocommunications frequencies spectrum in the Kingdom at such time shall be deemed a Licensee for a transitional period not exceeding six months from the date on which the provisions of this Law comes into force. (b) The Person referred to in the preceding paragraph shall, if it desires to continue carrying out the activity, submit an application to obtain the appropriate Licence within a period not exceeding four months after the date on which this Law comes into force. (c) The Authority may, upon the submission of a justified application by the Person referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article, extend the transitional period to more than six months from the date on which this Law comes into force if the Authority considers that the application shows due cause. The Persons referred to in paragraph (a) of this Article may not provide any Telecommunications service, operate any Telecommunications Network or use the Radiocommunications frequency spectrum in the Kingdom after the end of the transitional period without obtaining a Licence therefore in accordance with the provisions of this Law. (d) The Authority may amend Licences that are valid on the date on which this Law comes into force to ensure compliance with the provisions of this Law. The provisions provided for in Articles 31 and 34 of this Law shall not apply to such amendment. (e) The Authority shall, within a period not exceeding six months after the date on which this Law comes into force, grant to Batelco Licences substantially in the form of the Licences promulgated by a resolution issued by the Council of Ministers within two months from the date on which this Law comes into force, and such resolution shall be published in the Official Gazette. ARTICLE 81 INVALIDATION OF PRIOR POWERS Without prejudice to the provision of Article 80 of this Law, any authorities, rights, privileges, powers, Licences or permits granted to any entity which are inconsistent with the provisions of this Law shall be invalidated. -55Translation 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