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No. 1.3708
Act No. 25,2002
GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE.
3 AUGUST 2003
ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS
AND
TRANSACTlONS ACT. 2002
( 5 ) All directors serve in a part-time and non-executive capacity.
(6) Any vacancy on the Board must be filled in accordance with subsections (2) and
(3).
Staff of Authority
63. ( 1 ) The chief executive officer of the Authority appointed by the Board must 5
perform any work incidental to the functions of the Authority.
(2) The chief executive officer must be assisted by staff appointed by the Board.
(3) The Board must determine the conditions of service, remuneration and service
benefits of the chief executive officer and the staff.
(4) If the chief executive officer is for any reason unable to perform his or her 10
functions, the Board may designate a person i n the service of the Authority to act as the
acting chief executive officer until the chief executive officer is able to resume office.
Part 3
Functions of Authority
Licensing of registrars and registries
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64. ( 1 ) No person may update a repository or administer asecond level domain unless
such person is licensed to do so by the Authority.
(2) An application to be licensed as aregistrar or registry mustbemade in the
prescribed manner and subject to the prescribed fees.
(3) The Authority must apply the prescribed conditions and criteria when evaluating 20
an application referred t o i n subsection (2).
Functions of Authority
65. (1 ) The Authority must( a ) administer and manage the .za domain name space;
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comply with international best practice in the administration of the .za domain
name space:
(c) license and regulate registries;
(d) license and regulate registrars for the respective registries; and
(e) publish guidelines on(i) the general administration and management of the .za domainname
space:
(ii) the requirements and procedures for domain name registration; and
(iii) the maintenance of and public access to a repository,
with due regard to the policy directives which the Minister may make from
time to time by notice in the Ga:ette.
(2) The Authority must enhance public au'areness on the economic and commercial
benefits of domain name registration.
(3) The Authority( a ) may conduct such investigations as it may consider necessary:
( / I ) must conduct research into and keep abreast of devclopments in the Republic
and elsewhere on the domain name system;
(c) must continually survey and e\'aluate the extent to which the .za domain name
space meets the needs of the citizens of the Republic; and
( d ) may. from time to time, issue infornlation on the registration of domain names
i n the Republic.
(4) The Authority may, and must when so requested by the h4inister, make
recommendations to the Minister in relation to policy on any matter relating to the .za
domain name space.
( 5 ) The Authority must continually evaluate the effectiveness of this Act and things
done in terms thereof towardsthe management of the .za domain name space.
(6) The Authority may( a ) liaise, consult and co-operate with any person or other authority; and
(b) appoint experts and other consultants on such conditions as the Authority may
determine.
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