Telecommunications (Registration of SIM Cards) Regulation
Part 3
L.N. 75 of 2021
Section 8
B3555
Part 2
Deregistration
8. Deregistration of SIM card on cessation of service
A specified licensee may deregister a SIM card that is currently registered with the licensee if the licensee has ceased to supply any service through the SIM card.
9. Deregistration of SIM card in case of irregularity
(1) A specified licensee must deregister a SIM card that is currently registered with the licensee for an eligible person if the licensee has reasonable cause to believe that—
- (a) the current specified information of the eligible person contained in the SIM card record is—
- (i) incomplete or contradictory; or
- (ii) false or misleading in a material respect; or
- (b) for a pre-paid SIM card—the registration of the SIM card has contravened section 7.
(2) However, before the specified licensee deregisters a SIM card under subsection (1)(a) or (b)—
- (a) the licensee must take reasonable steps to allow the eligible person to rectify the circumstance mentioned in that subsection; and
- (b) the licensee is not required to deregister the SIM card if the person rectifies the circumstance within a reasonable time.
