TELECOMMUNICATION (HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY) (EXEMPTION FROM LICENSING) ORDER

TELECOMMUNICATION (HONG KONG TELEPHONE COMPANY) (EXEMPTION FROM LICENSING) ORDER

TELECOMMUNICATION (HONG KONG TELEPHONE
COMPANY) (EXEMPTION FROM LICENSING) ORDER

(Cap. 106, section 39)

[5 October 1979.]

1. This order may be cited as the Telecommunication (Hong Kong
Telephone Company) (Exemption from Licensing) Order.

2. In this order, unless the context otherwise requires-

'company' means the Hong Kong Telephone Company Limited.

3. The following persons are exempted, to the extent specified, from
the obligation to hold a licence under section 8(1)(a) of the Ordinance

(a)the company, subject to the conditions specified in paragraph
4, to the extent that it establishes or maintains a means of
telecommunication by the use of any part of the public
telephone system maintained and operated under the
Telephone Ordinance

(i) for any non-telephonic service other than that covered
by an exclusive licence issued under sections 7 and 34 of the
Ordinance; and

(ii) for the provision of circuits for services provided under
an exclusive licence or other licence issued or deemed to be
issued under the Ordinance; and

(b)any person to the extent that he possesses or uses apparatus
connected to the public telephone system for the use of any
service referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i):

Provided that nothing in this sub-paragraph shall exempt
any person from the obligation to hold such a licence where
such apparatus is used by him for the purpose of providing a
service to the public by any means of telecommunication.

4. The company shall-

(a)establish and maintain the services and circuits referred to in
paragraph 3(a) to the satisfaction of the Authority; and

(b)not directly or indirectly fix, levy or make payable any charge,
for any such service or circuit greater than the appropriate
charge in accordance with such scale of charges as may, from
time to time, be specified by the Authority by order published
in the Gazette.
L.N. 245/79. L.N. 79/87. Citation. L.N. 79/87. Interpretation. Exemption. (Cap. 269.) L.N. 79/87. Conditions.

L.N. 245/79. L.N. 79/87. Citation. L.N. 79/87. Interpretation. Exemption. (Cap. 269.) L.N. 79/87. Conditions.

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