15th June, 2012 Statutory Instruments 227 IN EXERCISE of the powers contained in sections seventy and ninety-one of the Information and Communication Technologies Act, 2009, and on the recommendation of the Authority the following Regulations are hereby made: PART I PRELIMINARY 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Information and Communication Technologies (Universal Access) Regulations, 2012. 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires— Title Interpretation “accessibility” means the presence throughout the geographical area of electronic communication services, including in particular, for persons with disabilities; “access point” means a facility from which users can have the use of electronic communications services, including payphones, fax, e-mail, multi-purpose community telecentres, and cyber cafes; “affordability” means the ability of an electronic communications service to facilitate the provision of services at prices that allow the majority of the population to utilise the service; “agreement” means a fund management agreement entered into between a manager and the Authority under regulation 16; “Authority” means the Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority provided for under section four of the Act; “availability” means easily and readily accessible basic communication services by users at any designated time, including persons with disabilities; “basic communication service” means a communications service that facilitates end-to-end transmission of information; “commercial bank” means a bank holding a licence under the Banking and Financial Services Act; “”customer premises equipment” means any communication terminal equipment, mobile cellular telephone handset, fixedline telephone set, personal computer, facsimile machine, radio receiver, television receiver and any other equipment permitted to be utilised for access to basic communication services; Cap. 387