The Kenya Information and Communications (Importation, Type Approval and Distribution of Communications Equipment) Regulations
Legal Notice 57 of 2010
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The Kenya Information and Communications (Importation, Type Approval and Distribution of Communications Equipment) Regulations
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- Is amended by 24th Annual Supplement
- Amends The Kenya Communication Regulations, 2001

LAWS OF KENYA
KENYA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS ACT
THE KENYA INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS (IMPORTATION, TYPE APPROVAL AND DISTRIBUTION OF COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS
LEGAL NOTICE 57 OF 2010
- Published in Kenya Gazette Vol. CXII—No. 44 on 30 April 2010
- Commenced on 30 April 2010
- [Revised by 24th Annual Supplement (Legal Notice 221 of 2023) on 31 December 2022]
1. Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Kenya Information and Communications (Importation, Type Approval and Distribution of Communications Equipment) Regulations.2. Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires—"communication equipment" means telecommunication equipment, radio communication equipment or broadcasting apparatus;"national standards" means the Kenya standards established by consensus and approved by the Kenya Bureau of Standards, that provide, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for products and services and related processes or production methods, aimed at achieving the optimum degree of order in a given context including terminology, symbols, packaging, marking or labeling requirements as they apply to a product, process or production method;"operating network" means a network that can carry communications traffic in the form of voice or data;"service provider" means a person providing communication services under the Act;"type acceptance" means the process of evaluating communications equipment that has been type approved by a recognized foreign national regulatory authority with a view to ensure conformity of such equipment to national standards;"type approval" means a method of checking the compatibility of communications equipment with any operating communication network and the conformance of such equipment to national standards.3. Equipment subject to type approval
4. Application for type acceptance
A service provider shall submit its application for approval or type acceptance of communications equipment in prescribed forms issued by the Commission.5. Evaluation
6. Type acceptance
7. Provisional type approval
8. Final type approval
9. Technical evaluation
10. Type approval certificate
11. Connection of type approved terminals to the public electronic communications network
12. Type approval label for terminal or network equipment
13. Revocation of type approval of device
14. Complaint procedure
15. Installation of approved equipment
16. Exemption from type approval
The Commission may, where it deems expedient, exempt any communications equipment that is temporarily imported into Kenya for re-export from type approval requirements.17. Conditions for importation and distribution
18. Lists of equipment
19. Re-exportation of equipment
20. Capacity of the importer or distributor
The Commission shall not issue a permit to a supplier, importer or distributor unless the Commission is satisfied that the supplier, importer or distributor—21. Import and sale restrictions
The Commission may in consultation with the relevant Government agencies, restrict the importation or sale within Kenya of any communications or other apparatus, where it is of the opinion that the equipment or apparatus may cause damage or harmful interference to communications networks or is a risk to human health or the environment.22. Power to inspect
An authorized officer of the Commission may at reasonable times enter premises on which a supplier, importer or distributor is keeping imported communications equipment for the purposes of inspecting the equipment.23. Disposal of equipment
24. Offencce and Penalty
25. Revocation of Part VIII of L.N. 68 of 2001
Part VIII of the Kenya Communications Regulations, 2001 (L.N. 68/2001) is revoked.History of this document
31 December 2022 this version
Revised by
24th Annual Supplement