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Information and Communications Technology (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025 INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (AMENDMENT AND VALIDATION) ACT, 2025 AN ACT TO AMEND THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ACT (2019 REVISION) TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \u201cLICENCE FEES\u201d; TO PROVIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND TYPES OF ANNUAL LICENCE FEES; TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE FOR LICENCE FEES TO BE PRESCRIBED AND FOR THE MAKING OF AN APPLICATION FORM FOR A LICENCE; TO VALIDATE THE CHARGING, PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF CERTAIN FEES DURING SPECIFIED PERIODS; TO VALIDATE ACTIONS TAKEN IN THE CHARGING AND COLLECTION OF CERTAIN FEES; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands. PART 1 - PRELIMINARY\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_1\", \"num\": \"1.\", \"text\": \"Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Information and Communications Technology (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025. I Assent, Franz Manderson Acting Governor Date: 13th December, 2025 Information and Communications Technology (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"General amendments to the Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision) - references to Parts 2. The Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision), in this Act referred to as the \u201cprincipal Act\u201d, is amended as follows \u2014 (a) by deleting the words \u201cPart I\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the words \u201cPart 1\u201d; (b) by deleting the words \u201cPart II\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the words \u201cPart 2\u201d; (c) by deleting the words \u201cPart III\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the words \u201cPart 3\u201d; (d) by deleting the words \u201cPart IV\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the words \u201cPart 4\u201d; (e) by deleting the words \u201cPart V\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the words \u201cPart 5\u201d; (f) by deleting the words \u201cPart VI\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the words \u201cPart 6\u201d; (g) by deleting the words \u201cPart VII\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the words \u201cPart 7\u201d; (h) by deleting the words \u201cPart VIII\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the words \u201cPart 8\u201d; (i) by deleting the words \u201cPart IX\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the words \u201cPart 9\u201d; (j) by deleting the words \u201cPart X\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the words \u201cPart 10\u201d; (k) by deleting the words \u201cPart XI\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the words \u201cPart 11\u201d; and (l) by deleting the words \u201cPart XII\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the words \u201cPart 12\u201d. PART 2 - AMENDMENT OF THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ACT (2019 REVISION)\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Amendment of section 2 - definitions 3. The principal Act is amended in section 2 as follows \u2014 (a) by repealing the section heading and substituting the following section heading \u2014 Information and Communications Technology (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025 \u201cInterpretation\u201d; (b) by renumbering section 2 as section 2(1); (c) by inserting after the definition of the words \u201cadministrative determinations\u201d the following definition \u2014 \u201c \u201cadministrative fee\u201d means a fee under section 30A;\u201d; (d) by deleting the definition of the words \u201clicence fees\u201d and substituting the following definition \u2014 \u201c \u201clicence fee\u201d means any of the following fees payable to the Office by an applicant or a licensee for a licence \u2014 (a) an application fee; (b) an annual fee: (c) a renewal fee; or (d) a one-time fee for each experimental licence or temporary licence;\u201d; (e) by deleting the word \u201cand\u201d after the definition of the word \u201ctelecommunications\u201d; (f) by inserting after the definition of the word \u201ctelecommunications\u201d, the following definition \u2014 \u201c \u201ctype approval\u201d means the process by which the Office authorizes the importation, sale or use of relevant telecommunications equipment in the Islands; and\u201d; and (g) by inserting after section 2(1) as renumbered, the following subsection \u2014 \u201c(2) For the purposes of the definition of the words \u201clicence fee\u201d under subsection (1), the annual fees, where applicable, payable to the Office by a licensee are \u2014 (a) a radio licence fee that is payable to the Office for the authorization \u2014 (i) to operate, supply, import or deal in radiocommunications equipment; or (ii) to establish or operate radio stations in the Islands on Cayman Islands\u2019 registered vessels or aircrafts; (b) a regulatory fee that is payable to the Office on a quarterly basis by a licensee for the general regulatory services of the Office in respect of a licence; (c) a royalty fee that is payable to the Office by a licensee in respect of a licence which equates to six per cent of the licensee\u2019s gross revenue as defined in the licence and which is charged and Information and Communications Technology (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025 collected by the Office on a quarterly basis and subsequently paid to the Government; and (d) a spectrum fee that is payable to the Office for the assignment or allocation of rights to use specified portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, whether on an exclusive or shared basis and includes any associated fee payable for the management, regulation or administration of spectrum resources relating to the functions of the Office.\u201d.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Amendment of section 9 - powers and functions of Office 4. The principal Act is amended in section 9(3) by inserting after paragraph (hd) the following paragraph \u2014 \u201c(he) to conduct a non-interference related spectrum analysis if requested by a person interested in capturing certain data for that person\u2019s internal use and the Office agrees to the analysis;\u201d.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Amendment of section 26 - procedure for the grant of a licence 5. The principal Act is amended in section 26(1) by deleting the words \u201cin the prescribed form and accompanied by such fees as may be determined by the Office\u201d and substituting the words \u201cin the form approved by the Office and accompanied by the applicable licence fees\u201d.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Repeal and substitution of section 30 - licence fees 6. The principal Act is amended by repealing section 30 and substituting the following sections \u2014 \u201cLicence fees\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_30\", \"num\": \"30.\", \"text\": \"(1) An applicant for a licence or a licensee under this Act shall pay the licence fee for the licence as is prescribed. (2) The licence fee referred to in subsection (1) shall be payable directly by an applicant or a licensee, as applicable, to the Office at such time or times as prescribed by regulations. Administrative fee 30A. The Office may charge, as it determines, the following fees for administrative services relating to a request for a regulatory service or relating to a licence \u2014 (a) a fee for a type approval; (b) a fee for amending a licence; (c) a fee for assigning or transferring a licence from a licensee to a third party; Information and Communications Technology (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025 (d) a fee for dealing in shares under section 25; (e) a fee for conducting a non-interference related spectrum analysis under section 9(3); and (f) a fee for copying an entry in the register under section 34.\u201d.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_7\", \"num\": \"7.\", \"text\": \"Amendment of section 34 - register of applications and licences 7. The principal Act is amended in section 34(2)(b) by inserting the word \u201cadministrative\u201d after the words \u201ccharge such\u201d. PART 3 - VALIDATION PROVISIONS AND CONNECTED MATTERS\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_8\", \"num\": \"8.\", \"text\": \"Definitions for this Part 8. For the purposes of this Part \u2014 \u201cadministrative fee\u201d means a fee charged by, paid to, or collected by, the Office or the Authority, as applicable, for services relating to a request for a regulatory service or relating to a licence and includes  \u2014 (a) a fee for type approval; (b) a fee for amending a licence; (c) a fee for assigning or transferring a licence from a licensee to a third party; (d) a fee for dealing in shares under section 25; and (e) a fee for copying an entry in the register under section 34 of the principal Act; \u201cAuthority\u201d means the Information and Communications Technology Authority established by section 3 of the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act, 2002; \u201cBoard\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Utility Regulation and Competition Act (2024 Revision); \u201clicence fee\u201d has the meaning assigned by the principal Act prior to the commencement of this amending and validating Act; \u201clicensee\u201d means a person to whom a licence was granted by \u2014 (a) the Authority under the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) and any earlier version of that Act in force immediately before the 16th January, 2017; or (b) the Office under the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and Communications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act; Information and Communications Technology (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025 \u201cnon-executive member\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Utility Regulation and Competition Act (2024 Revision); \u201cOffice\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision); \u201cradio licence fee\u201d means a fee charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Authority or the Office, as applicable, for the authorization \u2014 (a) to operate, supply, import or deal in radio-communications equipment; or (b) to establish or operate radio stations in the Islands on Cayman Islands registered vessels or aircraft; \u201cregulatory fee\u201d means a fee \u2014 (a) charged and collected on a quarterly basis by; and (b) paid by a licensee for the general regulatory services of, the Authority or the Office, as applicable, in respect of the licence; \u201croyalty fee\u201d means a fee paid by a licensee in respect of the licence which fee equates to six per cent of the licensee\u2019s gross revenue as defined in the licence and which was charged and collected by the Office on a quarterly basis and subsequently paid to the Government; \u201cspectrum fee\u201d means a fee charged by, paid to, and collected by the Authority or the Office, as applicable, for the assignment or allocation of rights to use specified portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, whether on an exclusive or shared basis and includes any associated fee charged for the management, regulation or administration of spectrum resources relating to the functions of the Office; and \u201ctype approval\u201d means the process by which the Office or the Authority, as applicable, authorized the importation, sale or use of relevant telecommunications equipment in the Islands.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_9\", \"num\": \"9.\", \"text\": \"Validation of charge, payment and collection of licence fees 9. The licence fees charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Office during the period commencing on the date of commencement of the Information and Communications Technology (Validation) Act, 2024 and ending on the date of commencement of this amending and validating Act are \u2014 (a) validated; and (b) taken to have been lawfully charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Office, as if the licence fees had been prescribed in regulations which were \u2014 (i) made under section 97(3)(a) of the principal Act; and (ii) published in the Gazette. Information and Communications Technology (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_10\", \"num\": \"10.\", \"text\": \"Validation of charge, payment and collection of fees 10. The fees, including fees for an experimental licence, fees for a temporary licence, radio licence fees, regulatory fees, spectrum fees, royalty fees and administrative fees, charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Authority or the Office, as applicable, under the purported authority of the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act, 2002 and Information and Communications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and Communications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act, prior to the date of commencement of this amending and validating Act are \u2014 (a) validated; and (b) taken to have been lawfully charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Authority or the Office, as applicable, as if the Authority or the Office, as applicable, was empowered under the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act, 2002 and the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and Communications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act, as amended by this amending and validating Act, to charge and collect those fees, and as if the fees, where applicable, had been prescribed in regulations and published in the Gazette.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_11\", \"num\": \"11.\", \"text\": \"Immunity 11. (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any action of a director of the Board, non-executive member, or staff member of the Office in the charging and collecting of licence fees by the Office during the period commencing on the date of commencement of the Information and Communications Technology (Validation) Act, 2024 and ending on the date of commencement of this amending and validating Act are \u2014 (a) validated; and (b) taken to have been lawful and valid, as if the action would have been lawful and valid had the licence fees been prescribed in regulations which were \u2014 (i) made under section 97(3)(a) of the principal Act; and (ii) published in the Gazette. (2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any action of a director of the Board, a staff member of the Authority, a non-executive member, or a staff member of the Office, in the charging and collecting of any fees, including fees for an experimental licence, fees for a temporary licence, radio licence fees, regulatory fees, spectrum fees, royalty fees and administrative fees, by the Authority or the Office, as applicable, under the purported authority of the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act, 2002 and Information and Information and Communications Technology (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025 Communications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and Communications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act, prior to the date of commencement of this amending and validating Act is \u2014 (a) validated; and (b) taken to have been lawful and valid, as if the Authority or the Office, as applicable, was empowered under the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act, 2002; and Information and Communications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and Communications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act, as amended by this amending and validating Act to charge and collect those fees and as if the fees, where applicable, had been prescribed in regulations and published in the Gazette. (3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), an action of \u2014 (a) a director of the Board; (b) a staff member of the Authority; (c) a non-executive member; or (d) a staff member of the Office, is not taken to have been lawful or valid if the action was done in bad faith. Information and Communications Technology (Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_12\", \"num\": \"12.\", \"text\": \"Orders or determinations by a court 12. This amending and validating Act does not affect any order or determination made by a court with respect to fees, including licence fees, fee for an experimental licence, fee for a temporary licence, radio licence fees, regulatory fees, spectrum fees, royalty fees and administrative fees, prior to the date of commencement of this amending and validating Act. Passed by the Parliament the 12th day of December, 2025. Hon. D. 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PRELIMINARY\n1.\nShort title ...................................................................................................................................5\n2.\nGeneral amendments to the Information and Communications Technology Act (2019\nRevision) - references to Parts ...................................................................................................6\nPART 2 - AMENDMENT OF THE INFORMATION AND\nCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ACT (2019 REVISION)\n3.\nAmendment of section 2 - definitions .........................................................................................6\n4.\nAmendment of section 9 - powers and functions of Office ..........................................................8\n5.\nAmendment of section 26 - procedure for the grant of a licence .................................................8\n6.\nRepeal and substitution of section 30 - licence fees ...................................................................8\n7.\nAmendment of section 34 - register of applications and licences................................................9\nPART 3 - VALIDATION PROVISIONS AND CONNECTED\nMATTERS\n8.\nDefinitions for this Part ...............................................................................................................9\n9.\nValidation of charge, payment and collection of licence fees .................................................... 10\n\nArrangement of Sections\nInformation and Communications Technology (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025\n\nPage 4\nAct 15 of 2025\nc\n\n10.\nValidation of charge, payment and collection of fees ................................................................ 11\n11.\nImmunity .................................................................................................................................. 11\n12.\nOrders or determinations by a court ......................................................................................... 13\n\nInformation and Communications Technology (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025\nSection 1\n\nc\nAct 15 of 2025\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS\nTECHNOLOGY (AMENDMENT AND\nVALIDATION) ACT, 2025\n(Act 15 of 2025)\nAN ACT TO AMEND THE INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY\nACT (2019 REVISION) TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF \u201cLICENCE FEES\u201d; TO\nPROVIDE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE FEES AND TYPES OF ANNUAL LICENCE FEES; TO\nCLARIFY THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE FOR LICENCE FEES TO BE\nPRESCRIBED AND FOR THE MAKING OF AN APPLICATION FORM FOR A LICENCE;\nTO VALIDATE THE CHARGING, PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF CERTAIN FEES\nDURING SPECIFIED PERIODS; TO VALIDATE ACTIONS TAKEN IN THE CHARGING\nAND COLLECTION OF CERTAIN FEES; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED\nPURPOSES\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\nPART 1 - PRELIMINARY\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Act may be cited as the Information and Communications Technology\n(Amendment and Validation) Act, 2025.\n(Act 15 of 2025)\nI Assent,\nFranz Manderson\nActing Governor\nDate: 13th December, 2025\n\nSection 2\nInformation and Communications Technology (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025\n\nPage 6\nAct 15 of 2025\nc\n\n2.\nGeneral amendments to the Information and Communications Technology\nAct (2019 Revision) - references to Parts\n2.\nThe Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision), in this Act\nreferred to as the \u201cprincipal Act\u201d, is amended as follows \u2014\n(a)\nby deleting the words \u201cPart I\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the\nwords \u201cPart 1\u201d;\n(b) by deleting the words \u201cPart II\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the\nwords \u201cPart 2\u201d;\n(c)\nby deleting the words \u201cPart III\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the\nwords \u201cPart 3\u201d;\n(d) by deleting the words \u201cPart IV\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the\nwords \u201cPart 4\u201d;\n(e)\nby deleting the words \u201cPart V\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the\nwords \u201cPart 5\u201d;\n(f)\nby deleting the words \u201cPart VI\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the\nwords \u201cPart 6\u201d;\n(g) by deleting the words \u201cPart VII\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the\nwords \u201cPart 7\u201d;\n(h) by deleting the words \u201cPart VIII\u201d wherever they appear and substituting\nthe words \u201cPart 8\u201d;\n(i)\nby deleting the words \u201cPart IX\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the\nwords \u201cPart 9\u201d;\n(j)\nby deleting the words \u201cPart X\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the\nwords \u201cPart 10\u201d;\n(k) by deleting the words \u201cPart XI\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the\nwords \u201cPart 11\u201d; and\n(l)\nby deleting the words \u201cPart XII\u201d wherever they appear and substituting the\nwords \u201cPart 12\u201d.\nPART 2 - AMENDMENT OF THE INFORMATION AND\nCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ACT (2019 REVISION)\n3.\nAmendment of section 2 - definitions\n3.\nThe principal Act is amended in section 2 as follows \u2014\n(a)\nby repealing the section heading and substituting the following section\nheading \u2014\n\nInformation and Communications Technology (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025\nSection 3\n\nc\nAct 15 of 2025\nPage 7\n\n\u201cInterpretation\u201d;\n(b) by renumbering section 2 as section 2(1);\n(c)\nby inserting after the definition of the words \u201cadministrative\ndeterminations\u201d the following definition \u2014\n\u201c \u201cadministrative fee\u201d means a fee under section 30A;\u201d;\n(d) by deleting the definition of the words \u201clicence fees\u201d and substituting the\nfollowing definition \u2014\n\u201c \u201clicence fee\u201d means any of the following fees payable to the Office\nby an applicant or a licensee for a licence \u2014\n(a) an application fee;\n(b) an annual fee:\n(c) a renewal fee; or\n(d) a one-time fee for each experimental licence or temporary\nlicence;\u201d;\n(e)\nby deleting the word \u201cand\u201d after the definition of the word\n\u201ctelecommunications\u201d;\n(f)\nby inserting after the definition of the word \u201ctelecommunications\u201d, the\nfollowing definition \u2014\n\u201c \u201ctype approval\u201d means the process by which the Office authorizes\nthe importation, sale or use of relevant telecommunications\nequipment in the Islands; and\u201d; and\n(g) by inserting after section 2(1) as renumbered, the following subsection \u2014\n\u201c(2) For the purposes of the definition of the words \u201clicence fee\u201d under\nsubsection (1), the annual fees, where applicable, payable to the\nOffice by a licensee are \u2014\n(a) a radio licence fee that is payable to the Office for the\nauthorization \u2014\n(i)\nto operate, supply, import or deal in radiocommunications equipment; or\n(ii)\nto establish or operate radio stations in the Islands on\nCayman Islands\u2019 registered vessels or aircrafts;\n(b) a regulatory fee that is payable to the Office on a quarterly basis\nby a licensee for the general regulatory services of the Office in\nrespect of a licence;\n(c) a royalty fee that is payable to the Office by a licensee in respect\nof a licence which equates to six per cent of the licensee\u2019s gross\nrevenue as defined in the licence and which is charged and\n\nSection 4\nInformation and Communications Technology (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025\n\nPage 8\nAct 15 of 2025\nc\n\ncollected by the Office on a quarterly basis and subsequently\npaid to the Government; and\n(d) a spectrum fee that is payable to the Office for the assignment\nor allocation of rights to use specified portions of the\nelectromagnetic spectrum, whether on an exclusive or shared\nbasis and includes any associated fee payable for the\nmanagement, regulation or administration of spectrum\nresources relating to the functions of the Office.\u201d.\n4.\nAmendment of section 9 - powers and functions of Office\n4.\nThe principal Act is amended in section 9(3) by inserting after paragraph (hd) the\nfollowing paragraph \u2014\n\u201c(he) to conduct a non-interference related spectrum analysis if\nrequested by a person interested in capturing certain data for\nthat person\u2019s internal use and the Office agrees to the analysis;\u201d.\n5.\nAmendment of section 26 - procedure for the grant of a licence\n5.\nThe principal Act is amended in section 26(1) by deleting the words \u201cin the prescribed\nform and accompanied by such fees as may be determined by the Office\u201d and\nsubstituting the words \u201cin the form approved by the Office and accompanied by the\napplicable licence fees\u201d.\n6.\nRepeal and substitution of section 30 - licence fees\n6.\nThe principal Act is amended by repealing section 30 and substituting the following\nsections \u2014\n\u201cLicence fees\n30. (1) An applicant for a licence or a licensee under this Act shall pay the\nlicence fee for the licence as is prescribed.\n(2) The licence fee referred to in subsection (1) shall be payable directly\nby an applicant or a licensee, as applicable, to the Office at such time\nor times as prescribed by regulations.\nAdministrative fee\n30A. The Office may charge, as it determines, the following fees for\nadministrative services relating to a request for a regulatory service or\nrelating to a licence \u2014\n(a)\na fee for a type approval;\n(b) a fee for amending a licence;\n(c)\na fee for assigning or transferring a licence from a licensee to a\nthird party;\n\nInformation and Communications Technology (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025\nSection 7\n\nc\nAct 15 of 2025\nPage 9\n\n(d) a fee for dealing in shares under section 25;\n(e)\na fee for conducting a non-interference related spectrum\nanalysis under section 9(3); and\n(f)\na fee for copying an entry in the register under section 34.\u201d.\n7.\nAmendment of section 34 - register of applications and licences\n7.\nThe principal Act is amended in section 34(2)(b) by inserting the word\n\u201cadministrative\u201d after the words \u201ccharge such\u201d.\nPART 3 - VALIDATION PROVISIONS AND CONNECTED\nMATTERS\n8.\nDefinitions for this Part\n8.\nFor the purposes of this Part \u2014\n\u201cadministrative fee\u201d means a fee charged by, paid to, or collected by, the Office\nor the Authority, as applicable, for services relating to a request for a regulatory\nservice or relating to a licence and includes  \u2014\n(a)\na fee for type approval;\n(b) a fee for amending a licence;\n(c)\na fee for assigning or transferring a licence from a licensee to a third party;\n(d) a fee for dealing in shares under section 25; and\n(e)\na fee for copying an entry in the register under section 34 of the principal\nAct;\n\u201cAuthority\u201d means the Information and Communications Technology\nAuthority established by section 3 of the Information and Communications\nTechnology Authority Act, 2002;\n\u201cBoard\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Utility Regulation and\nCompetition Act (2024 Revision);\n\u201clicence fee\u201d has the meaning assigned by the principal Act prior to the\ncommencement of this amending and validating Act;\n\u201clicensee\u201d means a person to whom a licence was granted by \u2014\n(a) the Authority under the Information and Communications Technology\nAuthority Act (2016 Revision) and any earlier version of that Act in force\nimmediately before the 16th January, 2017; or\n(b) the Office under the Information and Communications Technology\nAuthority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and\nCommunications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and\nany later revisions of that Act;\n\nSection 9\nInformation and Communications Technology (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025\n\nPage 10\nAct 15 of 2025\nc\n\n\u201cnon-executive member\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Utility\nRegulation and Competition Act (2024 Revision);\n\u201cOffice\u201d has the meaning assigned by section 2 of the Information and\nCommunications Technology Act (2019 Revision);\n\u201cradio licence fee\u201d means a fee charged by, paid to, and collected by, the\nAuthority or the Office, as applicable, for the authorization \u2014\n(a) to operate, supply, import or deal in radio-communications equipment; or\n(b) to establish or operate radio stations in the Islands on Cayman Islands\nregistered vessels or aircraft;\n\u201cregulatory fee\u201d means a fee \u2014\n(a) charged and collected on a quarterly basis by; and\n(b) paid by a licensee for the general regulatory services of,\nthe Authority or the Office, as applicable, in respect of the licence;\n\u201croyalty fee\u201d means a fee paid by a licensee in respect of the licence which fee\nequates to six per cent of the licensee\u2019s gross revenue as defined in the licence\nand which was charged and collected by the Office on a quarterly basis and\nsubsequently paid to the Government;\n\u201cspectrum fee\u201d means a fee charged by, paid to, and collected by the Authority\nor the Office, as applicable, for the assignment or allocation of rights to use\nspecified portions of the electromagnetic spectrum, whether on an exclusive or\nshared basis and includes any associated fee charged for the management,\nregulation or administration of spectrum resources relating to the functions of\nthe Office; and\n\u201ctype approval\u201d means the process by which the Office or the Authority, as\napplicable,\nauthorized\nthe\nimportation,\nsale\nor\nuse\nof\nrelevant\ntelecommunications equipment in the Islands.\n9.\nValidation of charge, payment and collection of licence fees\n9.\nThe licence fees charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Office during the period\ncommencing on the date of commencement of the Information and Communications\nTechnology (Validation) Act, 2024 and ending on the date of commencement of this\namending and validating Act are \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) taken to have been lawfully charged by, paid to, and collected by, the\nOffice,\nas if the licence fees had been prescribed in regulations which were \u2014\n(i)\nmade under section 97(3)(a) of the principal Act; and\n(ii) published in the Gazette.\n\nInformation and Communications Technology (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025\nSection 10\n\nc\nAct 15 of 2025\nPage 11\n\n10.\nValidation of charge, payment and collection of fees\n10. The fees, including fees for an experimental licence, fees for a temporary licence,\nradio licence fees, regulatory fees, spectrum fees, royalty fees and administrative fees,\ncharged by, paid to, and collected by, the Authority or the Office, as applicable, under\nthe purported authority of the Information and Communications Technology\nAuthority Act, 2002 and Information and Communications Technology Authority Act\n(2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and Communications Technology\nAuthority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act, prior to\nthe date of commencement of this amending and validating Act are \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) taken to have been lawfully charged by, paid to, and collected by, the\nAuthority or the Office, as applicable,\nas if the Authority or the Office, as applicable, was empowered under the Information\nand Communications Technology Authority Act, 2002 and the Information and\nCommunications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the\nInformation and Communications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act,\n2016 and any later revisions of that Act, as amended by this amending and validating\nAct, to charge and collect those fees, and as if the fees, where applicable, had been\nprescribed in regulations and published in the Gazette.\n11.\nImmunity\n11. (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any action of a director of the Board,\nnon-executive member, or staff member of the Office in the charging and\ncollecting of licence fees by the Office during the period commencing on the\ndate of commencement of the Information and Communications Technology\n(Validation) Act, 2024 and ending on the date of commencement of this\namending and validating Act are \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) taken to have been lawful and valid,\nas if the action would have been lawful and valid had the licence fees been\nprescribed in regulations which were \u2014\n(i)\nmade under section 97(3)(a) of the principal Act; and\n(ii) published in the Gazette.\n(2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any action of a director of the Board,\na staff member of the Authority, a non-executive member, or a staff member of\nthe Office, in the charging and collecting of any fees, including fees for an\nexperimental licence, fees for a temporary licence, radio licence fees, regulatory\nfees, spectrum fees, royalty fees and administrative fees, by the Authority or the\nOffice, as applicable, under the purported authority of the Information and\nCommunications Technology Authority Act, 2002 and Information and\n\nSection 11\nInformation and Communications Technology (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025\n\nPage 12\nAct 15 of 2025\nc\n\nCommunications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the\nInformation and Communications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2)\nAct, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act, prior to the date of commencement\nof this amending and validating Act is \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) taken to have been lawful and valid,\nas if the Authority or the Office, as applicable, was empowered under the\nInformation and Communications Technology Authority Act, 2002; and\nInformation and Communications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as\namended by the Information and Communications Technology Authority\n(Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act, as amended\nby this amending and validating Act to charge and collect those fees and as if\nthe fees, where applicable, had been prescribed in regulations and published in\nthe Gazette.\n(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), an action of \u2014\n(a)\na director of the Board;\n(b) a staff member of the Authority;\n(c)\na non-executive member; or\n(d) a staff member of the Office,\n\nis not taken to have been lawful or valid if the action was done in bad faith.\n\nInformation and Communications Technology (Amendment and\nValidation) Act, 2025\nSection 12\n\nc\nAct 15 of 2025\nPage 13\n\n12.\nOrders or determinations by a court\n12. This amending and validating Act does not affect any order or determination made\nby a court with respect to fees, including licence fees, fee for an experimental licence,\nfee for a temporary licence, radio licence fees, regulatory fees, spectrum fees, royalty\nfees and administrative fees, prior to the date of commencement of this amending and\nvalidating Act.\n\nPassed by the Parliament the 12th day of December, 2025.\nHon. D. 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