Tanzania
Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation Act, 2017
Act 12 of 2017
- Published in Tanzania Government Gazette 48 on 1 December 2017
- Assented to on 28 November 2017
- Commenced on 1 February 2018 by Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation (Date of Commencement) Notice, 2018
- [This is the version of this document from 1 December 2017.]
Part I – Preliminary provisions
1. Short title and commencement
2. Application
This Act shall apply to Mainland Tanzania as well as to Tanzania Zanzibar.3. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—“access network” means a portion of telecommunications infrastructure used to connect end users or devices for the purpose of delivering telecommunications services, and the access network can be in the form of wire line or wireless;“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation established pursuant to section 7;“core network” means the central network control system of a telecommunications network that provides control, interconnection, exchange and transfer of information;“Corporation” means the Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation whose establishment and continued existence are referred to in section 4;“Data center” means a facility composed of networked computer servers, storage and associated components such as telecommunications systems, redundant power supply, environment controls and security equipment; and is used by government, organizations and businesses to store, process and distribute large amounts of data;“defunct company” means the Tanzania Telecommunications Company Ltd established in terms of the Tanzania Telecommunications Company Incorporation Act;“Director General” means the Director General of the Corporation appointed under section 15;“Minister” means the Minister responsible for telecommunications matters;“National Data center” means Data center facility owned by the government;“passive infrastructure” means the elements which enable active equipment to operate as required, and includes towers and buildings;“strategic telecommunications infrastructure” means Transport Core Infrastructure, Data center and such other telecommunications infrastructure;“support infrastructure” means a portion of electronic communication network infrastructure that provides operation support services including billing function;“transport core network” also referred to as Transmission backbone, means a portion of telecommunications infrastructure that provides transmission capacity to facilitate high speed transfer of information in the form of voice, data, video and other electronic formats within the same local service area, or nationally, or internationally, and the transport core network may be in the form of wire line, that is optic fiber and wireless, and includes Satellite and microwave.Part II – Tanzania Telecommunications Corporation
4. Establishment of Corporation
5. Application of Cap. 257
6. Functions of the Corporation
7. Board of Directors
8. Duties of the Board
9. Minister may direct Board
10. Powers of the Board
11. Committees of the Board
The Board shall, for the purposes of efficient performance of its functions and by resolution in writing appoint such number of committees to perform functions as may be directed by the Board.12. Delegation of functions of Board
13. Conflict of interest
Part III – Staff of the Corporation
14. Appointment of Director General
15. Duties of Director General
16. Directions on execution of functions
Save as otherwise provided in this Act, the Board may give directions to the Director General in relation to the carrying out of any of the functions of the Corporation.17. Delegation of functions of the Director General
The Director General may, subject to such conditions as he may impose, delegate to any senior officers of the Corporation his duties conferred or imposed under this Act.18. Other officers and staff of Corporation
The Board may, subject to the Public Service Act, engage or employ such number of officers and staff in such categories and levels to the service of the Corporation as it thinks fit for better implementation of its functions.[Cap.298]Part IV – Management of, and access to strategic infrastructure services
19. Prudent management of infrastructure
Consistent with the functions provided for under section 6, the Corporation shall manage infrastructural facility in a manner that ensures the safety, economic and commercial viability of the strategic telecommunications infrastructure.20. Accessibility
The Corporation may, on the basis of contractual obligations with other operators, afford access to an operator for the provision of telecommunications services via the strategic telecommunications infrastructure referred to under this Act.Part V – Financial provisions
21. Funds of the Corporation
22. Budget Approval
Subject to provisions of the Budget Act, the Director General shall in not less than three months before the end of financial year, prepare and submit to the Board a budget estimate of income and expenditure for the following year.[Cap.439]23. Accountability of the Corporation
The provisions of the Public Corporations Act relating to annual reports, accounts and dividend, half-year reporting, Audit, financial supervision of the Corporation and laying of information before the National Assembly shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the Corporation.[Cap. 257]Part VI – Miscellaneous provisions
24. Regulations
The Minister may make Regulations which are necessary or desirable to give effect to the provisions of this Act.25. Repeal
The Tanzania Telecommunications Company Incorporation Act is hereby repealed.[Cap 304]Part VII – Transitional and savings provisions
26. Savings of instruments and administrative directives
Notwithstanding the repeal of the Tanzania Telecommunications Company Incorporation Act, and the subsequent winding up of the defunct Company, any license, certificate and any other administrative order, circular, instrument, directive and guideline made, given or issued to or by the defunct Company under or in pursuance of the provisions of respective Acts which are in force on the commencement of this Act, shall be deemed to have been made, given or issued under or in pursuance of the provisions of this Act, and shall remain in force until revoked, replaced or rescinded by subsidiary legislation or another license, certificate or any other administrative order, directives or instructions made under this Act.27. Transfer of assets and liabilities
28. Certificates
29. Public officers and employees of defunct Company
30. Outstanding remunerations
The Corporation shall continue to pay out all outstanding remunerations to a public officer or employee of the defunct Company, including any unpaid salaries and allowances.31. Transfer of records and documents
All documents and records of the defunct Company relating to public officers and employees transferred to the Corporation shall, from the effective date, be transferred to the Corporation.History of this document
01 February 2018
01 December 2017 this version
28 November 2017
Assented to