Radiocommunications (Unserviceable Equipment) Regulations,

L.N. 246 of 2008

RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS ACT

(CAP. 49)

Radiocommunications (Unserviceable Equipment) Regulations,

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by article 19 of

the Radiocommunications Act, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport

and Communications has made the following regulations>

The title of these regulations is the Radiocommunications

(Unserviceable Equipment) Regulations, 2008.

The licencee of radiocommunications equipment which at any

time has been disposed of may file a sworn declaration with the Minister

responsible for radiocommunications, hereinafter “the Minister”,

confirming that the said equipment has been disposed of or is about to

be disposed of, and such person shall, as from the day of the filing of

such declaration with the Minister and subject to the provisions of

paragraph 3 of the Radiocommunications (Broadcast Licence Charges)

Regulations, 1962 in the Schedule to the Radiocommunications Act,

and to his paying any arrears that may be due, be exempt from the

payment of any licence fees with regard to that apparatus which may

have become due during the year during which the said declaration is

filed and in any subsequent year.

(1) Where the sworn declaration made in terms of regulation

2 refers to television broadcast receiving equipment, the declaration

shall also include a statement declaring whether the declarant has in his

possession any such other equipment and the number thereof.

(2) Any declaration that does not comply with the provisions

of sub-regulation (1) shall be null and void and shall be disregarded by

the Minister.

(1) The Minister may refuse to act upon any declaration made

in terms of these regulations where he is satisfied that such declaration

is untruthful.

(2) Where the Minister refuses to act upon a declaration in

terms of sub-regulation (1), he shall give the declarant the reason for

his decision.

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