CESSATION OF EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES ORDER

CESSATION OF EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 399.12

CESSATION OF EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES ORDER

19th September, 2000

LEGAL NOTICE 191 of 2000.

The title of this Order is the Cessation of Exclusive

Privileges Order.

For the purposes of article 44(3) of the Electronic

Communications (Regulation) Act, the 19th day of September,

2000, has been appointed as the day when the following exclusive

privileges of running any electronic communications systems or of

providing any electronic communications services as may have

been granted in or under any law, licence, authorisation, contract or

other instrument, shall cease to exist

(a) all exclusive privileges to operate electronic

communications systems and to provide electronic

communications services granted to Maltacom p.l.c.

by virtue of the Licence granted to Maltacom p.l.c. by

means of an instrument of the 10th day of August,

1998 described as a "Licence Agreement" and entered

into in the form of an agreement between the

Electronic Communications Regulator, acting with the

concurrence of the Minister for electronic

communications, and Maltacom p.l.c., which

instrument was concluded with retrospective effect

from the 2nd January, 1998. Provided that nothing in

this Order shall be interpreted as bringing about the

cessation of such exclusive privileges as are provided

for in the modified licence issued to Maltacom p.l.c.

by means of an instrument of modification of the 19th

September, 2000 issued in pursuance of article 46 of

the Electronic Communications (Regulation) Act;

(b) all exclusive privileges to operate electronic

communications systems and to provide electronic

communications services granted to Telecell Limited

(now named Vodafone Malta Limited) by means of a

the Licence granted to Telecell Limited (now called

Vodafone Malta Limited) by means of an instrument of

the 11th day of August, 1989 described as and entered

into in the form of a "Licence Agreement" between the

Telemalta Corporation and the said Telecell Limited

and all exclusive privileges as may have been granted

to the said company under an authorisation entitled

and concluded in the form of a "Supplementary

Agreement" of the 5th November, 1997 between

Telemalta Corporation and Telecell Limited (now

named Vodafone Malta Limited).

This Order shall be deemed to have come into effect on the

CESSATION OF EXCLUSIVE PRIVILEGES

19th September, 2000.