15th June, 2012
Statutory Instruments
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(2) The Authority may, where the Authority considers that a
universal service provider has not met the levels of performance
required by the Authority, revoke the designation of that provider
as a universal service provider.
(3) The Authority shall, every six months, publish in a daily
newspaper of general circulation in Zambia the performance of
the universal service providers in meeting their service obligations.
8. (1) A universal service provider shall —
(a) ensure the availability of services to every household that
requests public communication services;
Service
obligations in
respect of
universal
service area
(b) provide a mechanism to enable the members of the public
access electronic communication services; and
(c) ensure that—
(i) it provides to the members of the public, the
services that the Authority determines as
essential; and
(ii) services are reasonably accessible to all persons
on an equitable basis, irrespective of location.
(2) The Authority may, in promoting universal service
obligations, set up schemes for price caps, geographical averaging
or other similar schemes for some or all the services.
(3) The Authority shall design schemes that ensure affordable
access to services based on the principles of transparency and
non-discrimination through guidelines setting out the criteria that
ensures affordable access to all persons.
9. A designation made under these Regulations shall not, without
the prior approval of the Authority, be transferred, bought, sold,
assigned, leased, mortgaged or charged to a third party.
Prohibition
of transfer,
selling,
leasing, etc.
of
designation
10. (1) Subject to the other provisions of these Regulations,
the Authority may revoke a designation if—
Revocation
of
designation
(a) the universal service provider informs the Authority, in
writing, that the universal service provider does not intend
to provide electronic communications services any
longer;
(b) the Authority has reasonable grounds to believe that the
designation was obtained through fraud,
misrepresentation, concealment of a material fact or
submission of incorrect information;