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This Bill also validates certain actions taken in the charging and collection of licence fees. Clause 1 provides the short title of the legislation. Clause 2 provides for the definitions of terms used in the legislation. Clause 3(1) provides for the validation of licence fees charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Authority during the period 5th August, 2003 to 15th January, 2017 by deeming that the licence fees were prescribed in Regulations which were \u2014 (a) made under section 70(3) of the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act, 2002; and (b) published in the Gazette. Clause 3(2) provides for the validation of licence fees that were charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Office for the period commencing 16th January, 2017 and ending on the commencement of this legislation by deeming that the licence fees were prescribed in Regulations which were \u2014 (a) made under section 97(3) of the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and Communications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act; and (b) published in the Gazette. Clause 4 provides for the immunity of any director of the Board or any staff member of the Authority and any director of the Board, non-executive member, or staff member of the Office by validating their actions in the charging and collecting of licence fees during the specified periods as if the actions would have been valid had the licence fees been prescribed in Regulations which were published in the Gazette. However, where the actions of these persons were done in bad faith, the actions are not deemed to have been lawful or valid. Clause 5 provides that any order or determination of a court in respect of licence fees made prior to the commencement of the legislation is not affected by this legislation. Clause 6 contains the transitional provision which provides that any matter or proceeding in a court in respect of licence fees pending or in progress prior to the commencement of this legislation is not affected by this legislation. Arrangement of Clauses Introduced INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (VALIDATION) BILL, 2024 Arrangement of Clauses Clause 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_6\", \"num\": \"6.\", \"text\": \"Clause 1 Introduced INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (VALIDATION) BILL, 2024 A BILL FOR AN ACT TO VALIDATE THE CHARGING, PAYMENT AND COLLECTION OF LICENCE FEES DURING SPECIFIED PERIODS; TO VALIDATE CERTAIN ACTIONS TAKEN IN THE CHARGING AND COLLECTION OF LICENCE FEES; AND FOR INCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES ENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_1\", \"num\": \"1.\", \"text\": \"Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Information and Communications Technology (Validation) Act, 2024.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_2\", \"num\": \"2.\", \"text\": \"Interpretation 2. In this Act \u2014 \u201cAuthority\u201d means the Information and Communications Technology Authority established by section 3 of the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act, 2002; \u201clicence\u201d means a licence granted under the Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision) and any earlier version of that Act; Clause 3 Introduced \u201clicence fees\u201d means the initial, annual or renewal fees for a licence payable to the Office by an applicant for a licence or a licensee; \u201clicensee\u201d means a person to whom a licence was granted by \u2014 (a) the Authority under the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) and any earlier version of that Act in force immediately before the 15th January, 2017; or (b) the Office under the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and Communications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act; and \u201cOffice\u201d has the meaning assigned under section 2 of the Information and Communications Technology Act (2019 Revision).\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_3\", \"num\": \"3.\", \"text\": \"Validation of licence fees 3. (1) The licence fees charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Authority during the period commencing on 5th August, 2003 and ending on 15th January, 2017 are \u2014 (a) validated; and (b) taken to have been lawfully charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Authority, as if the licence fees had been prescribed in Regulations which were \u2014 (i) made under section 70(3)(a) of the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act, 2002; and (ii) published in the Gazette. (2) The licence fees charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Office during the period commencing on 16th January, 2017 and ending on the commencement of this Act are \u2014 (a) validated; and (b) taken to have been lawfully charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Office, as if the licence fees had been prescribed in Regulations which were \u2014 (i) made under section 97(3)(a) of the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and Communications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act; and (ii) published in the Gazette. Clause 4 Introduced\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_4\", \"num\": \"4.\", \"text\": \"Immunity 4. (1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any action of a director of the Board or any staff member of the Authority in the charging and collecting of licence fees by the Authority during the period commencing on 5th August, 2003 and ending on 15th January, 2017 are\u2014 (a) validated; and (b) taken to have been lawful and valid, if the action would have been lawful and valid had the licence fees been prescribed in Regulations which were \u2014 (i) made under section 70(3)(a) of the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act, 2002; and (ii) published in the Gazette. (2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any action of a director of the Board, non-executive member, or staff member of the Office in the charging and collecting of licence fees by the Office during the period commencing on 16th January, 2017 and ending on the commencement of this Act are\u2014 (a) validated; and (b) taken to have been lawful and valid, if the action would have been lawful and valid had the licence fees been prescribed in Regulations which were \u2014 (i) made under section 97(3)(a) of the Information and Communications Technology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and Communications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act; and (ii) published in the Gazette. (3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), an action of a director of the Board or a staff member of the Authority, or a director of the Board, a non-executive member, or a staff member of the Office, is not taken to have been lawful or valid if the action was done in bad faith.\", \"element\": \"section\", \"heading\": null}, {\"eId\": \"sec_5\", \"num\": \"5.\", \"text\": \"Orders or determinations by a court 5. This Act does not affect any order or determination made by a court with respect to licence fees prior to the commencement of this Act. Clause 6 Introduced 6. Transitional provisions - pending and ongoing proceedings 6. Nothing in this Act affects any matter or proceeding in a court with respect to licence fees which is pending or in progress prior to the commencement of this Act. Passed by the Parliament the day of , 2024. 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TO VALIDATE CERTAIN ACTIONS\nTAKEN IN THE CHARGING AND COLLECTION OF LICENCE FEES; AND FOR\nINCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES\n\nPage 2\n Introduced\nc\n\nPUBLISHING DETAILS\nSponsoring Ministry\/Portfolio: Ministry of Planning, Agriculture, Housing and\nInfrastructure,Transport and Development (PAHITD)\n\nInformation and Communications Technology (Validation) Bill, 2024\nObjects and Reasons\n\nc\n Introduced\nPage 3\n\nMemorandum of\nOBJECTS AND REASONS\nThe Bill seeks to validate the charging, payment and collection of licence fees for the\nperiods from 5th August, 2003 to 15th January, 2017, and from 16th January, 2017 and\nending on the commencement of this legislation.\nThis Bill also validates certain actions taken in the charging and collection of licence fees.\nClause 1 provides the short title of the legislation.\nClause 2 provides for the definitions of terms used in the legislation.\nClause 3(1) provides for the validation of licence fees charged by, paid to, and collected\nby, the Authority during the period 5th August, 2003 to 15th January, 2017 by deeming\nthat the licence fees were prescribed in Regulations which were \u2014\n(a) made under section 70(3) of the Information and Communications Technology\nAuthority Act, 2002; and\n(b) published in the Gazette.\nClause 3(2) provides for the validation of licence fees that were charged by, paid to, and\ncollected by, the Office for the period commencing 16th January, 2017 and ending on the\ncommencement of this legislation by deeming that the licence fees were prescribed in\nRegulations which were \u2014\n(a) made under section 97(3) of the Information and Communications Technology\nAuthority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and\nCommunications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any\nlater revisions of that Act; and\n(b) published in the Gazette.\nClause 4 provides for the immunity of any director of the Board or any staff member of the\nAuthority and any director of the Board, non-executive member, or staff member of the\nOffice by validating their actions in the charging and collecting of licence fees during the\nspecified periods as if the actions would have been valid had the licence fees been\nprescribed in Regulations which were published in the Gazette. However, where the actions\nof these persons were done in bad faith, the actions are not deemed to have been lawful or\nvalid.\nClause 5 provides that any order or determination of a court in respect of licence fees made\nprior to the commencement of the legislation is not affected by this legislation.\nClause 6 contains the transitional provision which provides that any matter or proceeding\nin a court in respect of licence fees pending or in progress prior to the commencement of\nthis legislation is not affected by this legislation.\n\nInformation and Communications Technology (Validation) Bill, 2024\nArrangement of Clauses\n\nc\n Introduced\nPage 5\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS\nTECHNOLOGY (VALIDATION) BILL, 2024\n\nArrangement of Clauses\nClause\nPage\n1.\nShort title ...................................................................................................................................7\n2.\nInterpretation .............................................................................................................................7\n3.\nValidation of licence fees ...........................................................................................................8\n4.\nImmunity ....................................................................................................................................9\n5.\nOrders or determinations by a court ...........................................................................................9\n6.\nTransitional provisions - pending and ongoing proceedings ..................................................... 10\n\nInformation and Communications Technology (Validation) Bill, 2024\nClause 1\n\nc\n Introduced\nPage 7\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS\nTECHNOLOGY (VALIDATION) BILL, 2024\n\nA BILL FOR AN ACT TO VALIDATE THE CHARGING, PAYMENT AND COLLECTION\nOF LICENCE FEES DURING SPECIFIED PERIODS; TO VALIDATE CERTAIN ACTIONS\nTAKEN IN THE CHARGING AND COLLECTION OF LICENCE FEES; AND FOR\nINCIDENTAL AND CONNECTED PURPOSES\nENACTED by the Legislature of the Cayman Islands.\n1.\nShort title\n1.\nThis Act may be cited as the Information and Communications Technology\n(Validation) Act, 2024.\n2.\nInterpretation\n2.\nIn this Act \u2014\n\u201cAuthority\u201d means the Information and Communications Technology\nAuthority established by section 3 of the Information and Communications\nTechnology Authority Act, 2002;\n\u201clicence\u201d means a licence granted under the Information and Communications\nTechnology Act (2019 Revision) and any earlier version of that Act;\n\nClause 3\nInformation and Communications Technology (Validation) Bill, 2024\n\nPage 8\n Introduced\nc\n\n\u201clicence fees\u201d means the initial, annual or renewal fees for a licence payable to\nthe Office by an applicant for a licence or a licensee;\n\u201clicensee\u201d means a person to whom a licence was granted by \u2014\n(a) the Authority under the Information and Communications Technology\nAuthority Act (2016 Revision) and any earlier version of that Act in force\nimmediately before the 15th January, 2017; or\n(b) the Office under the Information and Communications Technology\nAuthority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the Information and\nCommunications Technology Authority (Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and\nany later revisions of that Act; and\n\u201cOffice\u201d has the meaning assigned under section 2 of the Information and\nCommunications Technology Act (2019 Revision).\n3.\nValidation of licence fees\n3.\n(1) The licence fees charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Authority during the\nperiod commencing on 5th August, 2003 and ending on 15th January, 2017\nare \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) taken to have been lawfully charged by, paid to, and collected by, the\nAuthority,\nas if the licence fees had been prescribed in Regulations which were \u2014\n(i)\nmade under section 70(3)(a) of the Information and Communications\nTechnology Authority Act, 2002; and\n(ii) published in the Gazette.\n(2) The licence fees charged by, paid to, and collected by, the Office during the\nperiod commencing on 16th January, 2017 and ending on the commencement\nof this Act are \u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) taken to have been lawfully charged by, paid to, and collected by, the\nOffice,\nas if the licence fees had been prescribed in Regulations which were \u2014\n(i)\nmade under section 97(3)(a) of the Information and Communications\nTechnology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the\nInformation\nand\nCommunications\nTechnology\nAuthority\n(Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act;\nand\n(ii) published in the Gazette.\n\nInformation and Communications Technology (Validation) Bill, 2024\nClause 4\n\nc\n Introduced\nPage 9\n\n4.\nImmunity\n4.\n(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any action of a director of the Board\nor any staff member of the Authority in the charging and collecting of licence\nfees by the Authority during the period commencing on 5th August, 2003 and\nending on 15th January, 2017 are\u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) taken to have been lawful and valid,\nif the action would have been lawful and valid had the licence fees been\nprescribed in Regulations which were \u2014\n(i)\nmade under section 70(3)(a) of the Information and Communications\nTechnology Authority Act, 2002; and\n(ii) published in the Gazette.\n(2) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, any action of a director of the Board,\nnon-executive member, or staff member of the Office in the charging and\ncollecting of licence fees by the Office during the period commencing on 16th\nJanuary, 2017 and ending on the commencement of this Act are\u2014\n(a)\nvalidated; and\n(b) taken to have been lawful and valid,\nif the action would have been lawful and valid had the licence fees been\nprescribed in Regulations which were \u2014\n(i)\nmade under section 97(3)(a) of the Information and Communications\nTechnology Authority Act (2016 Revision) as amended by the\nInformation\nand\nCommunications\nTechnology\nAuthority\n(Amendment) (No. 2) Act, 2016 and any later revisions of that Act;\nand\n(ii) published in the Gazette.\n(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), an action of a director of the Board\nor a staff member of the Authority, or a director of the Board, a non-executive\nmember, or a staff member of the Office, is not taken to have been lawful or\nvalid if the action was done in bad faith.\n5.\nOrders or determinations by a court\n5.\nThis Act does not affect any order or determination made by a court with respect to\nlicence fees prior to the commencement of this Act.\n\nClause 6\nInformation and Communications Technology (Validation) Bill, 2024\n\nPage 10\n Introduced\nc\n\n6.\nTransitional provisions - pending and ongoing proceedings\n6.\nNothing in this Act affects any matter or proceeding in a court with respect to licence\nfees which is pending or in progress prior to the commencement of this Act.\nPassed by the Parliament the\nday of\n, 2024.\nSpeaker\nClerk of the Parliament","akn_extracted_at":"2026-07-18 12:35:54.34101+00","cms_id":"2024-0006","law_type":"bill","year":"2024","number":"6","title":"Information and Communications Technology (Validation) Bill, 2024","status":"bill"},"provenance":{"files":[{"file_id":"7125","expr_id":"2326","kind":"akn_xml","filename":"2024-0006.akn.xml","source_url":null,"storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/BILLS\/2024\/2024-0006\/2024-0006.akn.xml","content_md5":"81a3b2be45f08836844694913b6ce07b","byte_size":"11227","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-07-18 12:35:54.381587+00"},{"file_id":"4651","expr_id":"2326","kind":"pristine_pdf","filename":"2024-0006.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/BILLS\/2024\/2024-0006\/2024-0006.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/pristine\/BILLS\/2024\/2024-0006\/2024-0006.pdf","content_md5":"47eee43c95fedde3622fb1fbeca356c0","byte_size":"195501","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-16 04:01:11.365372+00"},{"file_id":"4652","expr_id":"2326","kind":"working_pdf","filename":"2024-0006.pdf","source_url":"\/cms\/images\/LEGISLATION\/BILLS\/2024\/2024-0006\/2024-0006.pdf","storage_path":"\/Users\/q\/kyleg-data\/working\/BILLS\/2024\/2024-0006\/2024-0006.pdf","content_md5":"47eee43c95fedde3622fb1fbeca356c0","byte_size":"195501","http_last_modified":null,"fetched_at":"2026-06-16 04:01:11.365372+00"}],"paragraph_count":14,"latest_history":{"history_id":"270305","change_type":"UPDATE","changed_at":"2026-07-18 00:00:00+00","change_source":"MIGRATION_027","change_reason":"CMS-id-collision audit 2026-07-18: title corrected from the document's own PDF and\/or the (law_type, cms_id)-keyed official legislation.gov.ky listing."}},"quality":{"expr_id":"2326","doc_id":"2326","quality_state":"known_issue","quality_score":"47","needs_human_review":"t","deterministic_categories":"{commencement_metadata_problem,duplicate_text,page_header_footer_noise,title_mismatch}","llm_categories":"{}","repair_actions":"{collapse_duplicate_text,strip_page_furniture,verify_commencement_metadata,verify_title_metadata}","finding_severity_counts":"{\"low\": 1, \"high\": 1, \"medium\": 2}","finding_summary":"stored title is not visible in the opening extracted text; 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