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(1) The Authority may for the' purpose of furthering competition among operators and the protection of operators, require an operator to structurally separate divisions of its operation that provide different communications services.

(2) Upon determination by the Authority that structural separation is necessary, the Authority shall apply the following provision to the separated divisions which are referred to in these Regulations as "affiliates".

(a) affiliates shall be separate legal entities from each other;

(b) affiliates may be staffed by personnel of other affiliates, housed in existing offices of other affiliates and use the marketing and other services of other affiliates, subject to paragraphs (e) and (f).

(c) affiliates shall maintain separate books of account from each other;

(d) if an affiliate acquires services from another affiliate, and the services are tariffed, the acquiring affiliate shall purchase the services under the tariffed rates, terms, and conditions; and

(e) affiliates may acquire non-tariffed services from other affiliates according to arm's length agreements, and any such agreements involving an exchange of more than the equivalent in Cedis of US Dollars $100,000 shall be disclosed to the Authority.