ROAMING ON PUBLIC MOBILE NETWORK REGULATIONS *

ROAMING ON PUBLIC MOBILE NETWORK

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 399.29

ROAMING ON PUBLIC MOBILE NETWORK

REGULATIONS *

2nd November, 2007

LEGAL NOTICE 342 of 2007, as amended by Legal Notices 182 of 2010

and 266 of 2012.

The title of these regulations is the Roaming on Public

Mobile Network Regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires

"the Authority" means the Malta Communications Authority, and

"the Roaming Regulation" means Regulation (EU) No 531/2012 of

the European Parliament and Council of 13 June 2012 on roaming on

public mobile communications networks within the Union.

The Authority shall be the competent national authority

responsible for ensuring compliance with the requirements of, and

for carrying out, the tasks under the Roaming Regulation.

Any non-compliance with the provisions of the Roaming

Regulation shall, for the purposes of the Malta Communications

Authority Act, constitute a breach of a law enforced by the

Aut ho ri ty a nd wi th out p rej ud ic e t o the pr ov is io ns of th e s e

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 of any of the provisions of the Roaming Regulation, the

Authority may 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 43, 44 and 44A of the Malta

Communications Authority 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.

*These regulations have been repealed by Legal Notice 192 of 2022.

ROAMING ON PUBLIC MOBILE NETWORK

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.