Roaming on Public Mobile Network Regulations, 2007

L.N. 342 of 2007

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (REGULATION) ACT

(CAP. 399)

Roaming on Public Mobile Network Regulations, 2007

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by article 34 of the

Electronic Communications (Regulation) Act, the Minister for

Competitiveness and Communications, after consultation with the Malta

Communications Authority, has made the following regulations>-

The title of these regulations is Roaming on Public Mobile Citation.

Networks Regulations, 2007.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires>

Interpretation.

“the Authority” means the Malta Communications Authority,

and

“the Roaming Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No.

717#2007 of the European Parliament and Council of 27 June 2007

on roaming on public mobile networks within the Community and

amending Directive 2002#21#EC.

The Authority shall be the competent national authority Designation of the

responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements of, and for Authority.

carrying out, the tasks under the Roaming Regulation.

Any non-compliance with the provisions of the Roaming Non-compliance

and powers of the

Regulation shall, for the purposes of the Malta Communications Authority.

Authority Act, constitute a breach of a law enforced by the Authority Cap. 418.

and without prejudice to the provisions of these regulations, the

provisions of article 4 and of articles 29 to 35 of the said Act shall apply

to any such breach and in empowering the Authority to ensure

compliance with the Roaming Regulation .

(1) If the Authority considers that a person has acted in breach Authority may order

of any of the provisions of the Roaming Regulation, the Authority may immediate

of breach.

issue a compliance order requiring that person to cease and, or to desist

from acting in breach of the Roaming Regulation.

(2) A compliance order issued under subregulation (1) shall

come into force with immediate effect.

(3) If a person fails to comply with a compliance order issued

under this regulation, the Authority may, in accordance with its powers

under Part VII of the Malta Communications Authority Act, take any

such enforcement action as it may consider appropriate to ensure

compliance.

The provisions of articles 24 and 25 of the Electronic

Communications (Regulation) Act shall apply to disputes between

undertakings providing electronic communications networks and, or

services, and to disputes between an undertaking and a consumer or

end-user insofar as any such disputes relate to any issue arising under

the Roaming Regulation.

The Authority may, when taking any measure to ensure

compliance with these regulations and, or with the Roaming Regulation,

give such publicity as it may consider appropriate in the circumstances.

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