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High Severity

Vague Closure Standards Undermine Business Certainty

The Authority can close ICT businesses based on undefined "required standards" (48.1(b)) that won't be established until 47 publishes performance standards, creating a compliance vacuum where businesses operate without knowing what triggers closure. The provision permits closure for mere license non-compliance without requiring actual harm, and allows immediate seizure and closure when operations are "injurious to the public interest"โ€”a vague standard granting unfettered discretion. With only 15 days' notice before standard closures and no independent review before emergency action, businesses face existential risk from discretionary enforcement that will deter investment and distort competition.