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(b) within ten (10) days from the day on which the tariff
or schedule of tariffs is filed, place a notice in
Samoan and English in the Savali and one other
newspaper circulating in Samoa detailing the
tariff or schedule of tariffs and advising that such
tariff or schedule is subject to the Regulator‟s
approval.
(2) Unless the Regulator orders otherwise, a dominant
service provider shall maintain a complete and up to date
schedule of its Regulator approved tariffs:
(a) in an electronic copy on the dominant service
provider‟s web site; and
(b) in a paper copy available to the public at the
dominant service provider‟s main business
offices.
42.
Tariffs for Services to Other Service
Providers – Tariffs charged by a dominant service provider to
other service providers:
(a) shall be filed with and subject to approval by the
Regulator in accordance with section 40; and
(b) shall comply with any orders made by the Regulator
in relation to such tariffs.
43. General Principles for Tariff Regulation-(1) The
Regulator may issue an order to adopt any approach to tariff
regulation of service providers that is consistent with this Act,
including, but not limited to, price cap regulation, raterebalancing and other forms of cost-based regulation.
(2) The Regulator shall not regulate the tariffs of a service
provider so as to deny that service provider the right to earn a
reasonable return on the service provider‟s investment for the
service provider‟s tariff-regulated services.
44. Cost Studies-(1) Subject to subsection (3), the
Regulator may issue an order to require a dominant service
provider and other specified service providers to prepare, file or
otherwise participate in the development of a cost study of the
dominant service provider‟s telecommunications services if the