ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (MODIFICATION OF RADIO PAGING SYSTEM AGREEMENTS AND LICENCES) REGULATIONS

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (MODIFICATION

OF RADIO PAGING SYSTEM AGREEMENTS AND LICENCES)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 399.20

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE

(MODIFICATION OF RADIO PAGING SYSTEM

AGREEMENTS AND LICENCES) REGULATIONS

4th March, 2001

LEGAL NOTICE 49 of 2001.

The title of these regulations is the Electronic

Communications Service (Modification of Radio Paging System

Agreements and Licences) Regulations.

In these regulations -

"Act" means the Electronic Communications (Regulation) Act

and includes the First Schedule thereto;

"the Instrument of Modification" means the Instrument of

Modification of the original licence issued by the Minister under

article 46 of the Act on the 4th March, 2001 in respect of the said

original licence which instrument was laid on the Table of the

House on the 5th March, 2001;

"the original licence" means the Licence granted to Telepage

Limited by means of an instrument of the 11th day of March of the

year one thousand nine hundred and ninety four (1994) described as

a " L i ce n c e A g r e e m e n t " a n d e n t e r e d i n t o i n t h e f o r m o f a n

agreement between Telemalta Corporation, Telepage Limited,

Mobile Telecommunications Technologies Corp. of Delaware,

USA, APS Bank Limited and Valletta Investment Bank Limited,

the agreement of the 31st July 1998 entered into between Skytel

Communications Inc (formerly Mobile Telecommunications

Technologies Corp) of Delaware USA, Maltacom p.l.c., APS Bank

Limited, Valletta Investment Bank Limited, Telepage Limited and

the Electronic Communications Regulator, and by the instrument of

the 2nd day of September of the year one thousand nine hundred

and ninety eight ( 1998) also described as a "Licence Agreement"

and entered into in the form of an agreement between the

Electronic Communications Regulator and Telepage Limited;

"the modified licence" means the original licence as modified by

the Instrument of Modification.

The terms and conditions of the original licence shall, as

from the 4th March, 2001 and for the purpose of putting into effect

the provisions of the Act and of implementing the liberalisation of

the Maltese electronic communications market in accordance with

the Act and of implementing a new commercial and regulatory

framework as has been deemed appropriate for the purpose of

implementing the provisions of the Act, be modified to the terms

and conditions included in the modified licence and in accordance

therewith.

ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE (MODIFICATION

OF RADIO PAGING SYSTEM AGREEMENTS AND LICENCES)

These regulations shall complement the Instrument of

Modification and nothing in these regulations shall be interpreted

as prejudicing the force, effect and validity of the Instrument of

Modification.