CTCOMMUNICATIONS LICENSING(AMENDMENT) RULES 2019

Communications Licensing (Amendment) Rules
2019

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COMMUNICATIONS LICENSING (AMENDMENT)RULES 2019
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Short title and Commencement .............................................................................. 5
Section 5 amended ................................................................................................. 5
Section 12 amended ............................................................................................... 5
Schedule 3 amended .............................................................................................. 6
New Schedule 4 Inserted ....................................................................................... 6toPage 3

Communications Licensing (Amendment) Rules 2019

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COMMUNICATIONS LICENSING (AMENDMENT)RULES 2019
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2015
IN THE EXERCISE OF THE conferred by section 47 of the Communications
Act 2015, the Regulator hereby makes the following Order —12

Short title and Commencement(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Communications Licensing (Amendment)
Rules 2019.

(2)

In these Rules, the Communication Licensing Rules 2017, shall be referred toas the “Principal Rules”.

(3)

These Rules shall come into force on the date it is published in the Gazette.

Section 5 amended
Section 5(1)(d)(ii) of the Principal Rules is amended by deleting the words “Schedule3” and replacing them with “Schedule 4”

3Section 12 amended
Section 12 of the Principal Rules is amended by inserting the words “and Schedule 4”
after the words “Schedule 3”.

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Communications Licensing (Amendment) Rules 2019

Schedule 3 amended
Schedule 3 of the Principal Rules is deleted and replaced with the following -–“SCHEDULE 3
Fees and amounts payable by network operatorsType of fee oramountAmountReference

Application fee

TOP 200subsection 47(1)(b) of theAct

Threshold amountTOP 250,000

subsection 36(4) of the Act

Fixed amountTOP 2,000

subsection 36(3) of the Act

Fixed percentage

1.50%

subsection 36(5) of the Act

NOTE: These fees will expire after 3 years from the date on which they came intoforce (see sections 36(5)(a) of the Act). After this time, new fees will be set by anamendment to these rules.”5

New Schedule 4 Inserted
The Principal Rules is amended by inserting the following new Schedule 4.
“SCHEDULE 4Fees and amounts payable by service providers

Type of fee oramountPage 6

AmountReference

Application fee

TOP 200

subsection 47(1)(b) of theAct

Threshold amount

TOP 125,000

subsection 43(4) of theAct

Fixed amount

TOP 1,500

subsection 43(3) of theAct

Fixed percentage

1.50%

subsection 43(5) of theActtoCommunications Licensing (Amendment) Rules 2019

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NOTE: These fees will expire after 3 years from the date on which they came intoforce (see sections 43(5)(a) of the Act). After this time, new fees will be set by anamendment to these rules.”Made at Nuku’alofa this 6th day of December 2019.

Paula Ma’u
Chief Executive Officer
Ministry of Meteorology, Energy,Information, Disaster Management, Environment,
Climate Change and Communications

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