CTCOMMUNICATIONS (INFRINGEMENTNOTICE REGIME) DECLARATION 2020

Communications (Infringement NoticeRegime) Declaration 2020

Arrangement of Sections

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COMMUNICATIONS (INFRINGEMENT NOTICEREGIME) DECLARATION 2020
Arrangement of Sections
Declaration
PART I — PRELIMINARY
123Short Title .............................................................................................................. 5
Commencement ..................................................................................................... 5Interpretation.......................................................................................................... 5

PART II — INFRINGEMENT NOTICE REGIME
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Infringement Notice Provisions ............................................................................. 6
Penalties ................................................................................................................. 6

SCHEDULE

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PENALTIES

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Declaration 1CT

COMMUNICATIONS (INFRINGEMENT NOTICEREGIME) DECLARATION 2020
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2015
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by section 162(7) of theCommunications Act 2015, the Minister makes the following Declaration -PART I — PRELIMINARY
1

Short Title
This Declaration may be cited as the Communications (Infringement Notice Regime)
Declaration 2020.

2

Commencement
This Declaration shall come into force on the date it is published in the Gazette.

3Interpretation(1)

Subject to subsection (2), unless the context otherwise requires, terms used inthis Declaration have the same meaning as in the Communications Act 2015.

(2)

In this Declaration, unless the context otherwise requires:

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Declaration 4“Act” refers to the Communication Act 2015; and“infringement notice provision” has the same meaning in the Act.

PART II — INFRINGEMENT NOTICE REGIME
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Infringement Notice Provisions
The following provisions of the Act shall be specified as infringement noticeprovisions (a) Section 24;(b) Section 30;(c) Section 35;(d) Section 36;(e) Section 43;(f) Section 105;(g) Section 156;(h) Section 159; and(i) Section 169.

5Penalties
The amount of any penalty that may be payable under an infringement notice inrespect of an infringement notice provision, shall not exceed the maximum fine that acourt could impose for the offences, as set out in the Schedule.

Made at Nuku’alofa this 21st day of May 2020.

Hon. Poasi Tei
Minister for the Ministry of Meteorology, Energy, Information, Disaster
Management, Environment, Climate Change and Communications

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SCHEDULESCHEDULEPENALTIES(Declaration 5)

Column ASection 24 – Unlawful publication ofsensitive information
Section 30 – Supply of communications
services without authorisation
Section 35 – Non-compliance with licenceconditions
Section 36 – Provision of false or misleading
information
Section 43 – Provision of false andmisleading information
Section 105 – Unlawful supply of content
application services
Section 156 – Accidental damage tocommunications facilities
Section 159 – General penalty
Section 169 – Unlawful disclosuretoColumn B
$2000
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$4000
$4000
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$1000
$2000
$2000

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