Section 1: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires–

“Chairman” means the person appointed Commissioner and Chairman of the Commission; “Commission” means the National Telecommunications Commission established by section 2; “consumer” means a user or customer of telecommunications services; “Executive Secretary” means the Executive Secretary appointed under section 14; “frequency” means radio frequency; “Government” means the Government of Sierra Leone; “member” means a member of the Commission; “Minister” means the Minister of Transport and Communications; “public telecommunications’’means telecommunications networks or services placed at the disposal of the public. “resale” means the offering to the users or customers for profit of telecommunications services obtained from another telecommunications operator or service provider; “Roads Authority” means the Sierra Leone Roads Authority; “station” means a transmitter, receiver, a combination of transmitters and receivers or any accessory thereto which is used or intended to be used for radio communication; “telecommunications” means a transmission, emission or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical or other electro-magnetic systems whether or not such signs, signals, writing, images, sounds or intelligence have been subjected to rearrangement, computation or other processes by any means in the course of their transmission, emission or reception; “telecommunications operator” has the meaning assigned thereto in section 22 and the expressions “operator” or public telecommunications operator” shall be construed accordingly; “vessel” includes any ship, boat, air-cushioned vehicle or floating rig or platform used in any form of operations at sea or any other description of vessel. PART II – ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION