Charges and other terms and conditions applicable to information communication service
38.—(1) The Corporation may make, in relation to any information communication service provided by the Corporation or in respect of the hire or sale of any equipment, a scheme or schemes for determining either or both of the following:
(a)
the charges which (save in so far as they are the subject of an agreement between the Corporation and a person availing himself of the service) are to be made by the Corporation; and
(b)
the other terms and conditions which (save as aforesaid) are to be applicable to the service.
(2) A scheme made under this section may make different provision for different cases or classes of cases determined by, or in accordance with, the provisions of the scheme.
(3) A charge exigible by virtue of this section may be recovered by the Corporation in any court of competent jurisdiction as if it were a simple contract debt.
(4) A scheme or any amendment thereof made under this section shall come into operation on such date as may be determined by the Corporation.
(5) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to prohibit the Corporation from levying any charge or collecting any dues for anything done or any service rendered by reason only of not being incorporated in a scheme and the rates, charges and fees payable to the Corporation for any information communication service or in respect of the hire or sale of any equipment or for any other service rendered shall be in accordance with such charges and fees as may from time to time be determined by the Corporation.
(6) The rates, charges and fees applied by the Postal Department and the former Telecommunication Authority immediately before 1st October 1982 shall continue to be valid as though determined by the Corporation under this section until rescinded, varied or otherwise determined by the Corporation.