Transitory Provisions
Section 80. During the absence of the NBTC under this Act, the National
Telecommunications Commission established under the Organization to Assign Radio
Frequency and to Regulate the Broadcasting and Telecommunication Services Act B.E.
2543 (2000) shall continue to perform the duties as the NBTC under this Act except for
the broadcasting business under the Broadcasting Business Act, which shall be in
accordance with that law.
The National Telecommunications Commission under paragraph one shall vacate
office upon the appointment of the NBTC.
Section 81. The Commission under the Broadcasting Business Act B.E. 2551
(2008), Commission under the Telecommunications Business Act B.E. 2544 (2001), and
the National Commission on Radio and Television Broadcasting Service under Section
61 of the Thai Public Broadcasting Service Act B.E. 2551 (2008) shall mean the NBTC
under this Act.
All powers and duties of the ministers, Director General of Post and Telegraph
Department, and government licensing officials under the Radiocommunication Act
shall become powers and duties of the NBTC under this Act.
Section 82. When the NBTC has been appointed, government departments, state
enterprises, state agencies or any persons who are assigned frequency or using frequency
for the operations of sound broadcasting, television broadcasting, and
telecommunications business on the date of the entry into force of this Act shall have the
duties to inform the NBTC of the details of the use of frequency including reasons of
holding the frequencies in accordance with the criteria and timeframe specified by the
NBTC.
In complying with paragraph one, the government departments, state enterprises,
and state agencies shall inform the NBTC of the details of the permits, concessions, or
contracts, including contract duration and concession fees or other benefits according to
respective permits, concessions, or contracts in accordance with the criteria and
procedures specified by the NBTC. The NBTC shall examine legality of those permits,
concessions, or contracts, as well as disclose the information and results of the
examination to the public.
Section 83. Any person having been assigned frequency or using frequency for
lawful operations of sound broadcasting or television broadcasting business on the date of
the entry into force of this Act and in compliance with Section 82 shall be deemed to be
licensed under this Act. The NBTC shall supervise the frequency assignees, or frequency
users in accordance with this Act, other laws and the criteria specified by the NBTC until
the expiry of the assignment under paragraph three.
The provision of Section 43 shall not apply to government departments and state
enterprises whose assigned frequencies have been granted by means of authorization,
concession or contract to other person for lawful business operation. The person granted