43 of a description so specified, the apparatus shall be approved by the Authority before it is so connected. (2) A person applying for approval in terms of this section shall comply with such requirements as the Authority may think appropriate. (3) An approval in terms of this section may be granted⎯ (a) so as to apply to any particular telecommunication apparatus or any class thereof, or for the purposes of a particular telecommunication system or any class thereof; (b) absolutely or subject to such conditions as the Authority may specify. (4) The Authority may, subject to subsections (5) and (6), cause a notice to be published in the Gazette establishing standards to which apparatus of a specified description shall conform if it is to be approved for connection to a telecommunication system of a specified description. (5) Before establishing any standard in terms of subsection (4) the Authority shall, by notice in the Gazette⎯ (a) state that it proposes to establish any standard for the purposes of this section; (b) describe any standard it proposes to establish and its effect; (c) invite any representations or objections in relation to its proposal to be made and lodged with it in writing within twenty-one days from the publication of the notice; and the Authority shall consider any representations or objections which are duly made and not withdrawn. (6) In establishing any standard for the purposes of this section, the Authority shall have regard to international standards governing the compatibility and inter-operability of telecommunication systems. 63 Special provisions relating to telecommunication licensees operating telecommunication systems (1) In this section— “appropriate successor company” means the successor company or, where more than one successor company is formed, the company licensed in terms of section one hundred and thirteen to provide the telecommunication services carried on by the Corporation immediately before the fixed date. (2) Subject to this section and to such exceptions or conditions as the Authority may include in the relevant licence, the Authority may apply any of the provisions of the Third Schedule to a telecommunication licensee operating a telecommunication system: Provided that the licensee concerned shall not be released from any duty attaching to or connected with any right or power so applied. (3) The Authority shall not act in terms of subsection (2) unless it is satisfied, upon representations made by the licensee or proposed licensee concerned, that the operation of the telecommunication system concerned is not otherwise practicable. (4) Without derogating from the generality of subsection (2), the exceptions and conditions there mentioned shall include such exceptions and conditions as appear to the Authority to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of securing⎯