Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

49.   Access to towers sites and underground facilities

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    (1)   Where access to telecommunications towers, sites and underground facilities is technically feasible, a telecommunications provider (in this section referred to as the first provider) must, upon request, give another telecommunications provider (in this section referred to as the second provider) access to—

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      (a)     a telecommunications tower owned or operated by the first provider; or

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      (b)     a site owned, occupied or controlled by the first provider;

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      (c)     an eligible underground facility owned or operated by the first carrier,

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    for the sole purpose of enabling the second provider to install a facility for use in connection with the supply of a telecommunications service.

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    (2)   A telecommunications provider, in planning the provision of future telecommunications services, must co-operate with other telecommunications providers to share sites and eligible underground facilities.

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    (3)   Access to sites, towers or eligible underground facilities shall, with the necessary modifications, be on such terms as set out in sections 45 to 47 above; and—

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      (a)     on such terms and conditions as are agreed between providers; or

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      (b)     failing agreement as determined by the Commission.