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Telecommunications (Regulation) Act (Cap. 399) Cable Systems (General) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2003. (L.N. 232 Of 2003 )

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (REGULATION) ACT (CAP. 399)
Cable Systems (General) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2003
IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by article 38 of the Telecommunications (Regulation) Act, the Minister for Transport and Communications, after consultation with the Malta Communications Authority, has made the following regulations>

Citation and commencement.

L.N. 167 of 2001

Amends regulation

17 of the principal regulations.

1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Cable Systems (General) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations, 2003 and shall be read and construed as one with the Cable Systems (General) Regulations,
2001, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.
(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force on the 29th July, 2003.
2. For the English text of regulation 17 of the principal regulations there shall be substituted the following>
“17. (1) Subject to international agreements concluded by the Government applicable to the cable sector, a licence may not be granted to a company in which more than fifty per cent of the share capital or of the voting rights are held either directly or indirectly by foreign nationals>
Provided that the provisions of this sub-regulation shall not apply to a company that held a cable licence on the 1st January,
1999 and to which the limitation on foreign participation mentioned above did not already apply.
(2) The Regulator’s prior approval shall be necessary for any changes to an operator’s shareholding structure.”.

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