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Statutory Instruments
15th June, 2012
(2) The manager shall not without the prior approval of the
Authority, invest assets in excess of twenty percent of the Fund’s
net asset value in any one form of investment.
Contributions
to Fund and
rates of
contribution
S.I. No. 34 of
2010
20. (1) A licensee shall contribute, in accordance with section
seventy of the Act, at the rate not exceeding 1.5 percent of gross
annual turnover collected by the Authority under the Information
and Communications Technologies (Licensing) Regulations, 2010.
(2) A contribution made under sub-regulation (1), shall not
exceed fifty percent of the total collectable annual operating fees
payable to the Authority.
(3) Contributions payable by a licensee under this regulation
shall be payable annually in advance and shall be effected by
payment to the Authority.
(4) The Fund may receive moneys from appropriations from
Parliament, grants, donations and other sources.
(5) The money received by the fund under subregulation (4)
shall be deposited in the Fund
account and shall form part of the moneys accruing to or
otherwise vesting in the fund.
Application
for funds
21. (1) A universal service provider wishing to develop any
un-served or under-served area may apply to the Authority for
money to develop that area:
Provided that the money from the Fund shall only be used
to carry out development which has been approved by the
Authority.
(2) The application referred to in subregulation (1) shall be in
writing and shall contain the following particulars:
(a) the development proposal;
(b) the name of the un-served or under-served area for which
the development proposal is to be implemented;
(c) the estimated cost of the development that the universal
access provider wishes to undertake;
(d) a plan for the implementation of the development proposal;
and
(e) a plan for the future operation and maintenance of the
development and how the development will be financed.