Section 135, The National Communications Authority Act, 2022

(1) Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to thecontrary, a diplomatic mission in Sierra Leone which intends to operate a radio communications station may apply to the Authority through the ministry responsible for foreign affairs for the required facilities referred to in subsection (2). (2) The facilities referred to under subsection (1) shall be granted by the Authority on the following conditions- (a) the government of the diplomatic mission concerned provides reciprocal facilities to the Government of Sierra Leone where required; (b) the power output of the transmitter is not higher than necessary for transmitting to the State to which the diplomatic mission belongs, and is in any case not more than 5 kilowatts. Diplomatic mission. i. the services and applications that use the numbering capacity; ii. technical network elements and their relationship; iii. routing principles to be implemented; iv. future numbering capacity needs; v. charging principles if the applicant considers it useful; vi. principles that the applicant intends to follow in allocating the routing capacity obtained for end-users (c) the applicant shall demonstrate that it has no viable technical or commercial alternative to operate its services and applications without the requested number capacity; (d) changes overtime for the information relating to paragraph (b) of subsection (2); (e) the applicant shall demonstrate that it has complied with this Act (3) The applicant shall be evaluated by the Authority on the basis of the following criteria- (a) sound management of numbering capacity; (b) the need for sufficient numbering capacity to meet future needs; (c) the work needed to achieve optimum compatibility between the numbering plans of different applicants; No. 16 The National Communications Authority Act 2022No. 16 The National Communications Authority Act 2022 (3) Subject to subsections (1) and (2), a station installed by a diplomatic mission shall operate in accordance with the appropriate rules of the International Telecommunications Union. (4) The diplomatic mission shall communicate to the Authority through the ministry responsible for foreign affairs the date for the installation of the equipment. (5) An inspection of any station installed by a diplomatic mission in Sierra Leone shall be carried out by the Authority subject to a reciprocal arrangement between the Government of Sierra Leone and the diplomatic mission concerned. PART XXVII - MANAGEMENT OF NUMBERING RESOURCES