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199. Notwithstanding section
197, the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commission, intervene
freely or frequently in determining and setting the rates for any
competitive facilities or services provided by a provider mentioned in
subsection 197 (1) for good cause, or as the public interest may acquire.
200. In the following cases,
the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commission, determine special
rate regulation regimes, which may include setting, reviewing and approving
rates, or forbearing from the regulation of
rates ----
(a) where the rates are not set in accordance with the
principles in
section 198; or
(b) in respect of the facilities or services provided by
a provider
mentioned in subsection 197 (1), for a particular group of
persons or in a particular area.
201. (1) The
Minister may make rules, to be published in the Gazette, to prescribe
the level of rates to be charged for specified or classes of network
facilities, network services, applications services or content applications
services.
(2) The rules which may be made by the Minister under subsection
(1) may include, but are not limited to ----
(a) rules about the rates and variation of rates for
specified or
classes of network facilities, network services, applications
services or content applications services.
(b) rules about the publication or disclosure of rates
for specified or
classes of network facilities, network services, applications
services or content applications services; or
(c) rate control mechanism applied to specified licensees
or
classes of licensees, or specified or classes of network
facilities, network services, applications services or content
applications
services.
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