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(c) fees for the use of telecommunications numbers.
(2) The fees provided for in subsection (1) shall not come
into effect until assent by the Head of State, acting on the advice
of Cabinet, of a regulation establishing the fees and related
payment and administration procedures.
(3) A regulation made under this section may provide that
licence fees and fees for radio spectrum usage and
telecommunications numbers shall be collected from all
licensees taking into account the following principles.
(a) such fees may be used to fund, in whole or in part,
the responsibilities, functions and powers of the
Regulator and the operations of the Office of the
Regulator under this Act and other laws;
(b) funding of the Regulator and the Office of the
Regulator may be made indirectly, with fees
payable in the first instance to the Treasury
Fund, and then taken into account by the
Ministry of Finance in funding the budget of the
Regulator through the normal Government
budgetary process;
(c) fees shall be levied on different licensees and users
of spectrum and numbers in an impartial and
competitively neutral manner; and
(d) licence fees may be based on a percentage of the
revenues of licensees from the provision of their
licenced telecommunications services.
(4) Fees required to be paid under this section constitute a
debt due to the Government and may recovered in a court of
competent jurisdiction.
11.
Appeal and Review of Orders of the
Regulator-(1) An appeal from an order of the Regulator may
be made only:
(a) on any question of law; and
(b) to the Supreme Court with the leave of the Court.
(2) An application for leave to appeal shall be made within
thirty days after the date of the order appealed from.
(3) An appeal shall be brought within sixty days after the
day on which leave to appeal is granted.