Section 45, The Telecommunications Act, 2006

(1) The Commission may prescribe regulations specifyingthe types of telecommunications equipment (hereinafter referred to as “type approval”) which may be used for providing a telecommunications service or for operating or connecting to a telecommunications network or for terminal equipment. (2) No person who provides a telecommunications service or supplies telecommunications equipment shall use or supply, as the case may be, any telecommunications equipment which does not comply with technical standards prescribed by the Commission. (3) The Commission may by regulations, make provision to type approve any telecommunications equipment by reference to a type of approval used in another country. (4) The Commission may, for the purposes of this section, appoint in writing any staff member or agent as an inspector. (5) The inspector appointed under this section to carry out any inspection or investigation under this section may at all reasonable times enter any premises where he has reason to believe any telecommunication equipment is kept, and carry out his inspection or investigation and may take or seize any document or information he may require from any person under inspection or investigation. (6) Any person who obstructs an inspector when carrying out an inspection or investigation under this section commits an offence. PART VII– DUTIES OF PUBLIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS OPERATORS