CHOBE DISTRICT COUNCIL (PHONE SHOPS, KIOSK, DESKTOP) CONTROL BYE-LAWS

(section 33)

(19th December, 2008)

ARRANGEMENT OF BYE-LAWS

    BYE-LAW

    1.    Citation

    2.    Application

    3.    Interpretation

    4.    Application for certificate

    5.    Issue of certificate

    6.    Period of certificate

    7.    Prohibited forms of phone shop, kiosk or desktop phones

    8.    Structures used for business

    9.    Sanitary conditions

    10.    Display of certificate

    11.    Modification, suspension or revocation of certificate

    12.    Certificate to be produced for inspection

    13.    Appeals

    14.    Penalties

    15.    Revision and adoption of levies

        Schedule

S.I. 108, 2008

1.    Citation

    These Bye-Laws may be cited as the Chobe District Council (Phone Shops, Kiosk, Desktop) Control Bye-Laws*.

*Originally made under the Township Act now repealed, these regulations have been continued under s 94(2) of the Local Government Act, 2013.

2.    Interpretation

    These Bye-Laws shall apply to the whole of the Chobe District Council area as prescribed under the Administrative Districts Act (Cap. 03:02).

3.    Application

    In these Bye-Laws, unless the context otherwise requires—

    "authorised official" means the Council Secretary or any employee of the Council duly authorised as such, in writing, by the Council;

    "Council" means the Chobe District Council;

    "council area" means the area under the jurisdiction of the Council;

    "certificate" means a phone shop, kiosk and desktop certificate issued under bye-law 5;

    "desktop public pay phones" means desk placed phones commonly placed at the entrance of shops or any other designated place and are mostly coin operated and measuring at most 0.12 square metres;

    "meter pay phones" means phones which have meters that determine the bill of the caller; and

    "telephone attendant" means the owner of the phone or a person employed to operate any type of phone specified in these Bye-Laws.

4.    Application for certificate

    (1) Any person wishing to carry on the business of a phone shop, kiosk or desktop shall make a written application to the Council, supplying such information as the Council may require and in particular—

    (a)    specifying the type of phone; and

    (b)    providing a sketch plan of the location in which such person wishes to trade.

    (2) The application shall be accompanied by—

    (a)    a certified copy of the applicant’s identity document (Omang) ; and

    (b)    in case of subletting, a lease agreement.

    (3) The Council may refuse to issue a certificate to any person—

    (a)    if the applicant is not a citizen of Botswana;