3.—(1) Where an operator has a licence issued before 1st July 1996 for the operation and provision of any third-party access value-added network service or any audiotex service, that licence shall be revoked as from 1st July 1996 without any refund and he shall be deemed to have been granted a class licence set out in the Second or Third Schedule, as the case may be.
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(1A) Where an operator has a licence granted by the Authority before 1st June 1997 for the operation and provision of any third-party traffic value-added network service, that licence shall be revoked as from 1st June 1997 without any refund and he shall be deemed to have been granted a class licence set out in the Second Schedule.
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(1B) Where an operator has a licence granted by the Authority before 1st June 1997 for —
(a)
the resale of the provision of public switched telecommunication services;
(b)
the rental of mobile telephone and paging services; or
(c)
the provision of telecommunication services through shared use or resale of private automatic branch exchange (PABX),
that licence shall be revoked as from 1st June 1997 and he shall be deemed to have been granted a class licence set out in the Fourth Schedule.
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(2) In every other case, an operator shall, upon compliance with regulations 4 and 5, be deemed to have been granted such class licence as may be appropriate to the type of specified telecommunication systems and services run by him.