GOTIERNMENT GAZETTE, 30 NOVEMBER 2001
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT ACT, 2001
No. 22889
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Act No. 64,2001
“ ( 2 )The manner of detemining fees and charges shall be prescribed
only in respect of fields where no or insufficient competition exists:
Provided that within 12 months after the date of commencement of this
Act, the Minister shall determine such fees and charges in respect of
Telkorn, and such fees and charges shall be in force until the later of5
( a ) the third anniversary of the date on which the Minister issued a
licence to Telkom in accordance with section 36( l ) ( a ) ;and
( b ) the date when the Authority prescribes a new determination of fees
and charges in respect of Telkom.”; and
(b) by the addition of the following subsection:
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“(3) From a date to be ;elermined by the Minister, all public schools
as defined in the SouthAfricm Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1 9 9 6 ’1~
and all public further education and training institutions as defined in the
Further Education and Training Act, 1998 (Act No. 98 of 1998), shall be
entitled to a 50% discount on15
( a ) all telecommunication calls to an internet service provider; and
(6) any connection or simdarfees or charges levied by an internet
serviceproviderfor
accessing the internet or transmitting and
receiving any signals via the internet or forsuch access and
transmission and r e c e p t h ” .
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Amendment of section 53 of Act 103 of 1!)96
21. Section 53 of the principal Act is heretly amended by the addition of the following
subslxtion, the existing section becoming subsection (1):
“ ( 2 ) (a) The Authority may, with regard to the matters referred to in subsection
(l),make regulations to ensure efficient and effective monitoring and investigation 25
of uncompetitive actions, ensuring protection of consumer interests and for the
speedy resolutions of complaints in regard thereto.
(6)The Authority shall report annually to the Minister on the overall status and
efficiency of the regulations contemplated in paragraph (a).”.
Amendment of54
section 103
of Act
of 1996
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22. Section 54 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for
subsection (1) of the following subsection:
“( 1) No person shall use, supply, sel:., offer for sale or lease or hire, any type of
telecommunication equipment or facility, including radio apparatus, in connection
with telecommunication unless that type has, subject to subsection (2), been 35
approved by the Authority.”.
Amendment of section 58 of Act 103 of 19196
23. Section 58 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the addition of the following
subsection, the existing section becoming subsection (1):
“(2) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, appoint a board of up to seven 40
members to provide oversight of and guidance to the Universal Service Agency.”.
Amendment of section 61 of Act 103 of 1996
24. Section 61 of the principal Act is hereby amended(a) by the substitution for subsection 1:2) of the following subsection:
“ ( 2 )The [Authority] Agency shall utilise any money contemplated in 45
subsection (1) in accordance with the statement of estimated expenditure
referred to in subsection (3).”; and
/b) by the substitution in subsection (3) for the words preceding paragraph ( a ) of
the following words:
“The [Authority] Agency-“.
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