c) Advising the Minister on policies to be defined by the Government for the telecommunications sector; d) Managing the registration of persons wishing to provide telecommunications services and operate telecommunications networks, and granting radio-frequency spectrum licenses; e) Monitoring and enforcing compliance with the present Decree-Law and regulatory norms approved pursuant to it; f) Settling disputes arising among service providers; g) Managing, allocating and assigning radio-frequency spectrum, numbers and other scarce resources; h) Representing the Government on matters relating to obligations in the framework of regional and international telecommunications organisations; and i) Exercising such other functions as are assigned to or conferred upon the Authority pursuant to the present Decree-Law or to any lawfully applicable provision. 2. The Authority takes on, for the purpose of exercising its responsibilities provided for in the present Decree-Law, the rights and obligations of the State pursuant to the laws of Timor-Leste. Article 6 Superintendence Without prejudice to its administrative and financial autonomy, the Authority shall operate under the superintendence of the Minister, pursuant to the provisions of the present Decree-Law. Article 7 Board of Administration 1. The Authority shall have a Board of Administration composed of five Administrators: a) Three full-time executive Administrators, of which: b) (i) One is the Chairperson of the Board of Administration; (ii) One is the Financial Administrator; (iii) One is the Technical Administrator. Two part-time non-executive Administrators, one of whom at least shall be the person representing the interests of consumers.