Telecommunications (Registration of SIM Cards) Regulation
Part 2
L.N. 75 of 2021
Section 5
B3551
Part 2
Registration
5. Specified licensee to ensure that SIM card is not active unless currently registered
(1) A specified licensee who supplies, or is to supply, a service through a SIM card must ensure that the SIM card is not active unless the SIM card is currently registered with the licensee.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the SIM card is active solely for the purpose of facilitating registration of the SIM card under section 6.
6. Registration of SIM card for eligible person
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a specified licensee—
- (a) may register a service plan SIM card for any eligible person; and
- (b) may register a pre-paid SIM card for any eligible person mentioned in section 4(1)(a), (b) or (c).
(2) A specified licensee may register a SIM card for an eligible person only if—
- (a) the person has provided the licensee with all the specified information of the person;
- (b) the licensee has no reasonable cause to believe that the specified information is—
- (i) incomplete or contradictory; or
- (ii) false or misleading in a material respect; and
- (c) for a pre-paid SIM card—the registration will not result in a contravention of section 7.
