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TO SECURE THE ISLANDS\u2019 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND\nCONNECTIVITY; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Act may be cited as the Submarine Cable (Telecommunications Resilience) Act,\n2025.\n2.\nInterpretation\n2.\nIn this Act \u2014\n\u201cbeach manhole\u201d means an underground structure located on or near where a\nsubmarine cable comes ashore and is joined to the terrestrial cable that connects\nto the cable landing station;\n(Act 13 of 2025)\nI Assent,\nJane Owen\nGovernor\nDate: 17th December, 2025\n\nSubmarine Cable (Telecommunications Resilience) Act, 2025\nSection 2\n\nc\nAct 13 of 2025\nPage 5\n\n\u201ccable landing station\u201d means a facility at which a submarine cable system\nterminates and then connects to the national telecommunications networks of\nretail telecommunications service providers;\n\u201ccommercial partner\u201d means a legal entity, other than an entity as defined\nunder the Procurement Act (2023 Revision), contracted with the Cayman Islands\nGovernment for the delivery of the submarine cable system to improve national\nresilience by enhancing critical ICT infrastructure;\n\u201ccritical ICT infrastructure\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the\nInformation and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision);\n\u201cICT network\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Information and\nCommunications Technology Act (2019 Revision);\n\u201cICT service\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Information and\nCommunications Technology Act (2019 Revision);\n\u201clicensee\u201d means a person to whom a licence for the provision of an ICT\nnetwork or an ICT service, or both, is granted under the Information and\nCommunications Technology Act (2019 Revision);\n\u201cnational resilience\u201d means the capacity of the Islands\u2019 telecommunications\ninfrastructure to maintain or quickly restore functionality in the event of\ndisruption, including disruption to the submarine cable system due to cable cuts,\nnatural disasters, equipment failure or other emergencies;\n\u201cproject\u201d means the construction and operation of a new submarine cable\nconnection for the Islands in accordance with an agreement referred to in section\n3;\n\u201csubmarine cable\u201d means a telecommunications cable laid on or beneath the\nseabed of the Islands and used, or intended to be used, for the transmission of\ncommunications as part of a submarine cable system;\n\u201csubmarine cable backhaul\u201d means the portion of the telecommunications\nnetwork that links the cable landing station to licensed telecommunications\nretail service providers\u2019 facilities or network;\n\u201csubmarine cable fronthaul\u201d means the segment of a submarine cable system\nthat connects the cable landing station with the beach manhole;\n\u201csubmarine cable system\u201d means a telecommunications cable infrastructure\ncomprised of \u2014\n(a) a submarine cable;\n(b) cable landing stations;\n(c) beach manholes;\n(d) submarine cable fronthauls;\n(e) submarine cable backhauls; and\n(f) associated infrastructure,\n\nSection 3\nSubmarine Cable (Telecommunications Resilience) Act, 2025\n\nPage 6\nAct 13 of 2025\nc\n\nused or intended to be used, for the transmission of communications;\n\u201ctelecommunications network\u201d means a system of telecommunications\nequipment, such as a submarine cable system or retail service provider network,\nthat enables the conveyance of signals between defined termination points; and\n\u201cterrestrial cable\u201d means a telecommunications cable on land.\n3.\nPower to enter into agreement regarding construction and operation of a\nsubmarine cable connection\n3.\n(1) Notwithstanding any other Act, for the purposes of \u2014\n(a)\nenhancing the national resilience of the Islands\u2019 critical ICT infrastructure;\nand\n(b) securing the Islands\u2019 telecommunications and connectivity,\nthe Cayman Islands Government may enter into an agreement with a\ncommercial partner who shall be responsible for constructing and operating a\nnew submarine cable connection for the Islands.\n(2) The terms of the agreement referred to in subsection (1) shall include the\nfollowing \u2014\n(a)\nthe means by which the continued operation of the submarine cable system\nmay be assured;\n(b) provisions regarding termination of the agreement;\n(c)\nthe obligations of parties related to the handover of the project; and\n(d) provisions regarding risk allocation.\n(3) The means by which the continued operation of the submarine cable system may\nbe assured in accordance with subsection (2)(a) may include continuation of the\nsystem pursuant to the exercise by the Cayman Islands Government of step-in\nrights.\n4.\nSelection of commercial partner\n4.\n(1) In selecting the commercial partner, the Cayman Islands Government shall\ncomply with the Procurement Act (2023 Revision).\n(2) In delivering the project, the commercial partner shall be required to comply\nwith all the obligations and requirements with which a licensee is required to\ncomply under \u2014\n(a)\nthe Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision);\n(b) the Utility Regulation and Competition Act (2024 Revision); and\n(c)\nany other applicable law.\n\nSubmarine Cable (Telecommunications Resilience) Act, 2025\nSection 5\n\nc\nAct 13 of 2025\nPage 7\n\n5.\nObligations relating to certain telecommunications cable infrastructure\n5.\nWhere telecommunications cable infrastructure is constructed and owned by the\nCayman Islands Government for the purposes of the project \u2014\n(a)\nfor the period specified in the agreement during which the commercial\npartner operates that infrastructure, the commercial partner shall be\nrequired to comply with all the obligations and requirements with which a\nlicensee is required to comply in respect of that infrastructure under \u2014\n(i)\nthe Information and Communications Technology Act (2019\nRevision);\n(ii) the Utility Regulation and Competition Act (2024 Revision); and\n(iii) any other applicable law; and\n(b) where the period referred to in paragraph (a) ends or the Cayman Islands\nGovernment exercises any step-in rights or any other right of the Cayman\nIslands Government to ensure the continued operation of the submarine\ncable system, the Cayman Islands Government shall be required to comply\nwith all the obligations and requirements with which a licensee is required\nto comply in respect of that infrastructure under \u2014\n(i)\nthe Information and Communications Technology Act (2019\nRevision);\n(ii) the Utility Regulation and Competition Act (2024 Revision); and\n(iii) any other applicable law.\n\nSection 6\nSubmarine Cable (Telecommunications Resilience) Act, 2025\n\nPage 8\nAct 13 of 2025\nc\n\n6.\nGovernment to pay fixed sum to commercial partner in tranches\n6.\n(1) The Cayman Islands Government, in accordance with subsection (2), shall pay\nto the commercial partner a fixed sum authorized by and appropriated in\naccordance with the Public Management and Finance Act (2020 Revision), for\nthe purposes to be delivered under the project for the duration of the project.\n(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) \u2014\n(a)\nthe Cayman Islands Government shall pay the fixed sum in several\ntranches over the duration of the project; 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