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(d) maintain a register of certified or approved types of
telecommunications equipment, criteria for
certification and standards for approval.
(2) Marketing or selling telecommunications equipment is
not subject to authorized except as provided in this section.
(3) The Regulator may enter into mutual recognition
agreements with authorities in other countries to provide for
mutual recognition of, certification and approval of
telecommunications equipment in other countries and/ or
Samoa.
PART XI
NUMBERS
61. National Numbering Plan-(1) By order the Regulator
shall prepare, publish and manage a National Numbering Plan
and shall assign numbers and number ranges to service
providers and customers in accordance with the National
Numbering Plan.
(2) In preparing and managing the National Numbering
Plan, the Regulator shall have due regard for the existing
allocation and assignment of numbers.
(3) The National Numbering Plan shall take into account
any existing or proposed regulation for the establishment of fees
for telecommunications numbers under section 10.
(4) The Regulator may modify the National Numbering
Plan by publishing a notice to customers and service providers
at a reasonable time prior to the date when the modification is to
me into force.
(5) The National Numbering Plan shall be consistent with
the requirements of international agreements, commitments,
conventions, regulations and recommendations to which Samoa
has subscribed or is otherwise subject to.
(6) All service providers shall be required to use numbers
assigned to them by the Regulator in accordance with the
National Numbering and shall ensure that these numbers are
used efficiently and in accordance with the National Numbering
Plan.