36. Amendment of section 73 of the principal enactment

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

Section 73 of the principal enactment is hereby amended as follows:-

(1)

by the insertion immediately before the definition of the expression “cabling work” of the following definitions:-

““Army” means Army raised and maintained under the Army Act (Chapter 357);

“cable landing station” means a facility where undersea fiber optic cables carrying international telecommunications and internet traffic are connected to terrestrial network;”;

(2)

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “cabling work” of the following definition:-

““Department of Coast Guard” means the

Department of Coast Guard established under section 2 of the Department of Coast

Guard Act, No. 41 of 2009;”;

(3)

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “Director-General” of the following definitions:-

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““exclusive economic zone” means a zone declared under section 5 of the Maritime

Zones Law, No. 22 of 1976;

“infrastructure” means a telecommunication facility including a line, submarine cable, distribution point, duct, pit, tunnel, manhole, tower, mast, pole, antenna, structure and active network used for the purpose of providing telecommunication service;”;

(4)

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “operator” of the following definitions:-

““person” include a body of persons;

“police officer” shall have same meaning assigned to it in the Police Ordinance

(Chapter 53);”;

(5)

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “prescribed” of the following definition:-

““provider” means a person authorized by a licence under section 17B to provide telecommunication services or infrastructure facilities or cable landing station facilities;”;

(6)

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “public switched network” of the following definition:-

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“radio access network” means a part of a telecommunication network that connects end-user devices to the core network through a radio link;”; and

(7)

by the insertion immediately after the definition of the expression “radio beam” of the following definition:-

““radio frequency emitting apparatus” means a radio communication equipment designed or intended to transmit or emit radio waves;

“Sri Lanka Air Force” means the Sri Lanka Ari

Force raised and maintained under section 2 of the Air Force Act (Chapter 359);

“Sri Lanka Navy” means the Sri Lanka Navy raised and maintained under section 2

of the Navy Act (Chapter 358);

“submarine cable” means a cable laid under the sea, between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals;”.

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