We want legal guidelines with tooth, says Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Commerce, Cooperatives, MSMEs and Communications Manoa Kamikamica.
He informed Parliament that Authorities was taking steps to strengthen legal guidelines.
He stated as new and rising digital applied sciences evolve, our legal guidelines have to be versatile to successfully sort out the challenges forward.
“These embody the assessment of the Telecommunications Act 2008, On-line Security Act 2018, Cybercrime Act 2021, creating our privateness and private information safety regulation, and to make sure that these have the suitable regulatory and enforcement provisions, together with stronger penalties for non-compliance with these legal guidelines,” Mr Kamikamica stated.
“In different phrases, we want legal guidelines with tooth.”
On strengthening the Telecommunications Act 2008, he stated this Act had supplied a stable basis for the event of our telecommunications sector.
“Nonetheless, over the previous 15 years, the worldwide telecommunications setting has remodeled dramatically.
“Whereas this framework has served Fiji properly, it was designed for a distinct period of telecommunications.
“It targeted on conventional voice and information providers, and since then, the breadth of applied sciences and challenges we face as we speak has advanced.”
He stated as a part of the regulation reform course of, the Authorities meant to deal with a number of key areas arising quickly from this evolving digital panorama.
“These embody mitigating dangers and setting up applicable regulatory measures concerning rising applied sciences resembling 5G, AI, Over-The-High (OTT) service, satellite tv for pc infrastructure and submarine cables.
“To handle these would create additional certainties for buyers, allow regulators to reply successfully in these new and rising areas, and supply customers with ample safeguards within the digital age.”
