12 CAP. 229] Telecommunications ninety days of receipt of the application. (9) Where the PUC decides to grant an Individual Licence it shall issue the licence in conformity with the provisions of the Act and upon payment of the prescribed fees. (10) Where an application is refused, the PUC shall notify the applicant in writing giving reasons for its refusal. (11) Where it is proposed that the number of licences to be granted for the operation of a particular type of telecommunications network or the provision of a particular type of telecommunications service should be limited, the PUC shall, (a) publish a consultative document containing detailed reasons for the proposed limitation; (b) consider any representations made to it in respect of the proposed limitation; (c) publish a notice in the Gazette and two local newspapers having national circulation stating the (d) THE SUBSIDIARY LAWS OF BELIZE [ (i) grounds and period during which licences will be granted; and (ii) reasons for proposing to limit the number of licences; and undertake a periodic review of any limitation imposed on the number of licences granted. ] Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of the Government of Belize. REVISED EDITION 2003

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