4. Scope of Application This Directive shall apply to the following categories of Licenses: 1) Individual Licenses; 2) Class Licenses; 3) Radio Frequency Spectrum, and Land Mobile Radio (LMR) Licenses; and, 4) Any other License category as may be determined and published by the Authority. PART TWO LICENSING REQUIREMENT, PROCESS, AND EXEMPTIONS 5. License Requirement 1) No person shall operate a Telecommunications Service or Network without obtaining a License or having been granted a License exemption from the Authority, consistent with the Proclamation and this Directive. 2) No person shall use the Radio Frequency Spectrum without obtaining a License from the Authority, consistent with the Proclamation and this Directive. 3) Notwithstanding Sub-Article (2) of this Article, users in some specific frequency bands may be exempted from the requirement of holding a License as expressly provided by the Authority in accordance with Article 6 of this Directive. 4) The Authority shall issue a license-exempt framework, specifying the operating parameters of devices accessing license-exempt bands. 6. Exemptions from Licensing 1) Notwithstanding Article 5 of this Directive, the Authority may issue an exemption order, pursuant to a transparent stakeholder consultation, to exempt a specified Telecommunications Service or class of persons from the requirement of holding a License. 2) The license exemptions shall address the needs of target persons who may wish to connect specifically defined communities as well as not-for-profit and/or socialpurpose organizations to Telecommunications Services. A community shall, for this purpose, include a group of persons living in the same geographical location, having particular characteristics and interests in common. 3) The License exemption shall include Telecommunications Services for military, police, national security, and Electronic Governance Services. 4) When granting a License exemption, the Authority shall be guided by the principles provided in Article 20 (4) of the Proclamation. 5) The Authority shall, before granting an exemption order, ensure that the service to be provided will not interfere with or cause harm to Telecommunications Service providers or consumers. 7. Scope of a License 1) A Telecommunications Service Provider License issued by the Authority shall authorize its holder to own and operate a Telecommunications Network, and/or provide a Telecommunications Service as prescribed in the License conditions and terms. 4