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No. 23708
Act No. 25,2002
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2 AUGUST 2002
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND
TRANSACTIONS ACT, 2002
statement of estimated income and expenditure or supplementary statement contemplated in subsection (6).
(8) To the extent that the Authority is provided with start-up capital by the State, the
Authority may, at the election of the Ministerof Finance, be madesubject to thePublic
Finance Management Act, (Act No. 1 of 1999), until such time as the Authority, to the 5
satisfaction of the Ministerof Finance, becomes self-sustaining through the alternative
sources of revenue provided for in subsection( 3 ) .
Reports
67. As soon as practicableafter the end of every financial year,the Board must submit
a report on its activities during that year to the Minister who must table that report in 10
Parliament.
Part 5
Regulations
Regulations regarding Authority
68. The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister,makeregulations
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regarding(a) the requirements which registries
and registrars must meet in order to be
licensed,includingobjectivestandardsrelatingtooperationalaccuracy,
stability, robustness and efficiency;
(b) the circumstancesandmanner
in whichregistrations may beassigned, 20
registered, renewed, refused, or revoked by the registries with due regard to
the express recognition of the right of groups and members of groups within
the Republictoidentifywith,use
or communicatecultural,linguistic,
geographical, indigenous or any other expressions of heritage including any
visual or audible elements
attributes
thereof;
or
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( c ) pricingpolicy;
(d) provisions for the restoration of a domain name registrationand penalties for
late payments;
(e) the terms of the domain name registration agreement which registries and
registrars must adopt anduse in registering domain names, including issues in30
respect of privacy, consumer protectionand alternative dispute resolution;
(f) processes and procedures to avoidunfairandanti-competitivepractices,
including bias to,or preferential treatmentof actual or prospective registrants,
registries or registrars, protocols or products;
( g ) requirements to ensure that each domain name contains an administrative and35
technical contact;
( h ) the creation of new sub-domains;
(2) procedures for ensuring monitoringof compliance with theprovisions of this
Act and the regulations provided for in this Chapter, including regular .za
name audits;
domain
technical space
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( j ) suchothermattersrelating
to the.zadomainnamespaceasit
may be
necessary to prescribe to achieve the objectivesof this Chapter; and
( k ) policy to be applied by the Authority.