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Sri lanka Telecommunications (Amendment) Act (No. 27 of 1996) - Sect 22

Insertion of the new section 22A in the principal enactment

22. The following new section is hereby inserted immediately after section 22 and shall have effect as section 22A of the principal enactment :-
22A.
(1) No person shall perform cabling work in any premises except under the authority of a license issued by the commission for that purpose under subsection "(2). Every application for a licence under this section shall be made to the commission in such form as may be determined by the commission.
(2) A licence issued under subsection (1) shall be-
(a) in such form and on payment of such fee as may be determined by the commision ;
(b) subject to such terms and conditions as may be specified in such licence ; and
(c) required to conform to such technical standards as may be determined by the commission from time to time by rules made in that behalf.
(3) The commission may at any time revoke and determine any licence granted under this section on the breach of any terms and conditions of the licence, or on the failure of the licence to comply with the technical standards he was required to conform to.
(4) Where the commission refuses an application made for a licence under subsection (1) or revoke a licence issued under subsection (3), the applicant or the licensee as the case may be may, within one month after the date of the communication to him of the decision of the commission, appeal against such refusal or revocation as the case may be, to the court of Appeal, within may confirm or set aside the decision of the commission.
(5) The prohibition imposed under sub-section (1) shall not operate in regard to persons who are employed by a licence holder under this section, in performing cabling work, and who carries out such work under the supervision of the licence holder.
(6) Rules may be made under this section-
(a) specifying the type of premises in or on which a licensee may perform cabling work ; and
(b) specifying the manner in which a licensee may supervise the work of any persons employed by him to perform by him to perform cabling work,",


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