(1) The National Communications Authority shall regulate the radio spectrum designated or allocated for use by broadcasting organizations and providers of broadcasting services in accordance with the standards and requirements of the International Telecommunications Union and its Radio Regulations as agreed to or adopted by the Republic.

(2) In furtherance of carrying out its function under subsection (1) the Authority shall determine technical and other standards and issue guidelines for the operation of broadcasting organizations and bodies providing broadcasting services.

(3) The Authority shall charge fees that it determines for a frequency authorization.

(4) Except as provided by this Act or any other law not inconsistent with this Act, a person shall not operate a broadcasting system or provide a broadcasting service without a frequency authorization by the Authority.

(5) In furtherance of the management of the radio spectrum allocated to broadcasting, the Authority may adopt policies to cater for rural communities and for this purpose may waive fees wholly or in part for the grant of a frequency authorization.

(6) The Minister on the advice of the Authority may by legislative instrument make Regulations to give effect to its mandate and shall in particular make Regulations to prescribe

(a) fees and tariffs,

(b) the issue, conditions, duration, suspension or revocation of frequency authorization,

(c) the procedure to be applied by a provider of a broadcasting service or a broadcasting organization in relation to claims and complaints by customers,

(d) the procedures for the administrative adjudication, mediation or arbitration of disputes between operators and their subscribers, and

(e) for the determination of breaches of the Regulations or conditions of the frequency authorization and the nature of sanctions, impositions, warnings and other penalties in respect of the breaches.

(7) The Authority shall publish the Regulations on its website.

(8) The Authority shall conduct or cause to be conducted research into the social, economic, cultural and technical issues relating to broadcasting to guide the Authority to carry out its mandate.

(9) In pursuit of its mandate, the Authority shall pay particular attention to the provisions of Chapter 12 of the Constitution.