Section 53, The Telecommunications Act, 2006

(1) The tariff proposals submitted under subsection (2)of section 52, shall become effective thirty days after submission unless before then the Commission issues a notice of modification to the operator. (2) The tariffs proposals shall contain all relevant information concerning the costing for the rates or charges for services, including deposits and other non-recurring charges, monthly charges as well as terms and conditions applicable to the provision of services, including rights and remedies available to consumers in the event of unauthorised charges or other disputes or claims over billing or provision of services. (3) Notice of such submission shall be published by the Commission for public information in a local newspaper with an invitation to consumers to comment on the reasonableness or otherwise of the tariffs. (4) If, after thirty days, the Commission has not issued any notice of modification to the operator, the Commission shall be deemed to have approved the proposals and shall publish them by Government Notice as the tariffs chargeable by the operator. (5) Where the Commission and the operator fail to reach an agreement on the proposed tariff and any modification thereto proposed by the Commission, the operator may appeal to a tribunal of three persons appointed by the Chief Justice. (6) The tribunal shall be chaired by a judge of the High Court or a person qualified to be appointed as a judge of the High Court with an accountant and telecommunications engineer as the other members. (7) The tribunal shall make its decision within thirty days of the lodgement of the appeal. (8) Any operator who fails to lodge an appeal within thirty days after the date of the disagreement referred to in subsection (5) shall be deemed to have abandoned his tariff proposal and accepted the modification proposed by the Commission and the Commission shall publish the modified tariff as the approved tariff. (9) All tariff proposals approved under this Act shall come into force from the date of such approval. (10) Every public telecommunications operator shall make the tariffs approved under this section available to the public..