[CAP. 229 Telecommunications 41 such equipment. (2) A provider of customer premises equipment shall have in place systems for the speedy and efficient repairs of its equipment, and as far as practicable, for the temporary allocation to customers of items of equipment whilst theirs are under repair. (3) A provider o f customer premises equipment shall take all reasonable measures to ensure that its items of equipment or its services are maintained, provided or replaced within a reasonable time. 8. The PUC may issue directives to a supplier of customer premises equipment upon receipt of complaints from consumers, providers or operators of telecommunication services. Complaints from customers. 9. (1) Where the PUC intends to take any action that may affect the rights, interests or privileges of the person complained against, it shall notify the provider of the customer premises equipment, in writing, of the proposed action. Notice of action to providers. (2) The PUC shall specify a period of not less than twenty-eight days in which the provider of the customer premises equipment may make representation on its behalf in respect of the proposed action. 10. Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of these regulations commits an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars. Offence. MADE by the Public Utilities Commission this 19th day of December, 2002. DR. GILBERT CANTON Chairman Public Utilities Commission THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE [ ] Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of the Government of Belize. REVISED EDITION 2003

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