Belize Telecommunications

Cap. 229 · Revised Edition 2020 · 72 sections

s. 1Short title
s. 2Interpretation
s. 3Objects of the Act
s. 4Application to the government
s. 5Saving of government rights
s. 6Regulatory Agency of the telecommunication sector
s. 7General power of the PUC
s. 8PUC members not personally liable for acts, etc., done in an official capacity
s. 9Obligation of secrecy
s. 10Financial provisions
s. 11Numbering Plan
s. 12Spectrum Plan
s. 13Transparency
s. 14Powers of the Minister
s. 15Licensing application, process for a licence, and consequence of contravening a licence
s. 16Criteria for granting a licence
s. 17Licensee responsibilities and other offences
s. 18Further conditions for the grant of a licence
s. 19Transfer, revocation or modification of a licensee
s. 20Special powers of authorised officers
s. 21Timely provision of service
s. 22Interconnection agreements
s. 23Submission of interconnection disputes to PUC
s. 24Submission of agreements governing external interconnections
s. 25Restriction of resale
s. 26Rates and tariffs
s. 27Filing
s. 28Accuracy of record of tariff
s. 29Costing information
s. 30Accounting procedure
s. 31Reporting requirements
s. 32Information disclosure
s. 33Universal Service
s. 34Universal Access Fund
s. 35Additional duties of service providers
s. 36Access to and use of public property
s. 37Acquisition of private property
s. 38Duty of telecommunications provider to mitigate damage, etc
s. 39Telecommunications provider to provide compensation in certain cases
s. 40Amount of compensation
s. 41Power to cut down, etc., trees
s. 42Uncompetitive practices due to market dominance
s. 43Duty of Licensees to protect consumers
s. 44Licensee’s confidentiality agreement
s. 45Provision of emergency telecommunication services
s. 46Equipment standards
s. 47Injunctions
s. 48Offences
s. 49Obstructing an authorised officer
s. 50False signals
s. 51False communications
s. 52Damage to equipment
s. 53Recovery of civil debt
s. 54General penalty
s. 55Security compliance with licence
s. 56Regulations
s. 57Communications during emergency
s. 58Act to prevail
s. 59Repeals and transitional provisions
s. 60Revocation of licence and acquisition of equipment, etc
s. 61Publication of notice of acquisition
s. 62Verification and settlement of claims
s. 63Procedure for settlement of claim under this Act
s. 64Rules for assessment of compensation
s. 65Interest
s. 66Cost proceedings in the Supreme Court
s. 67Limitation of time for making claims
s. 68Payment of compensation, etc
s. 69Rules of court
s. 70Appeals
s. 71Resolution of conflict
s. 72Service of documents outside Belize