Electronic Communications Regulations, 2011 (L.I. 1991)

Regulation 135 Structural separation requirement (1) The Authority may require an operator to structurally separate divisions of its operation that provide different communications services to further competition among operators and the protection of operators. (2) When the Authority determines that structural separation is necessary, the Authority shall apply provisions to the separated divisions which are referred to in these Regulations as affiliates. (3) An affiliate shall be a separate legal entity from another affiliate. (4) An affiliate may be staffed by personnel of another affiliate, housed in existing offices of another affiliate and use the marketing and other services of another affiliate, subject to sub-regulations (6) and (7). (5) An affiliate shall maintain a separate book of account from another affiliate. (6) Where an affiliate acquires services from another affiliate and the services are tariffed, the acquiring affiliate shall purchase the services under the tariffed rates, terms, and conditions. (7) An affiliate may acquire non-tariffed services from another affiliate according to arm's length agreements, and any agreements involving an exchange of more than the equivalent in Cedis of US Dollars $100,000 shall be disclosed to the Authority.

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National Communications Authority

KIA, 6 Airport By-pass Rd, Accra
Email:info@nca.org.gh
Website:https://www.nca.org.gh/

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