Legal Services - General Counsel

The Office of General Counsel performs three main functions. It is the legal advisor to the organization. In this capacity, it advises the Board on whether it is acting within the scope of the Telecommunications Act and Regulations, and also ensures that it complies with procurement and hiring requirements. The General Counsel also serves as the secretariat to the Board, organizing and attending all Board meetings and preparing minutes for these meetings. The bulk of the General Counsel's work, however, is the performance of regulatory functions, including the drafting of licenses, dispute settlement, and any rulings issued by the Authority. While the Office of the General Counsel works closely with other departments in the performance of its regulatory functions, it performs all legal drafting. This includes the following:

• To plan, develop and implement the provision of legal services to the Authority so as to facilitate the implementation of the Telecommunications Act and thereby assure that all activities of the Authority are consistent with the provisions of the legislation and regulations.
• To advise the Authority on adherence of service providers and licence holders on statutory, licence and contractual agreements and recommend appropriate legal action to ensure the delivery of value for money, competitive, reliable and quality services in accordance with the provision of licences and agreements.
• To ensure that there is publication and gazettement of some of the decisions taken by the authority in the official publications. These include service provider licenses and the 1997 Telecommunication Regulations.

For Telecommunications Act and Telecommunications Regulation click here.

For more information on legal services department contact info@bta.org.bw.

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