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GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30 NOVEMBER 2001
No. 22889
Act No. 64,2001
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT ACT. 2001
Almendment of section 65 of Act 103 of 1996
25. Section 65 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for
subsection (4) of the following subsection:
“(4) The Universal Service Fund shall be administered by the Agency subject to
the control and in accordance with the instructions of the [Authority] Minister.”.
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Amendment of section 66 of Act 103 of 1996
26. Section 66 of the principal Act is hereby amended( a ) by the substitution for subsections (1) and (2) of the following subsections,
respectively:
“(1) The money in the Universal Service Fund shall be utilised 10
exclusively for the payment of subsidies(a) for theassistance of needy persons towards the cost of the provision
to or theuse by them of telecommunication services;
(b) [subject to subsection (3)]to Telkom and to any other holder of a
licence in terms of Chapter V which imposes obligations on the 15
holder relating to the extension of its [public switched] telecommunication service to areas and communities which are not served
or not adequately served by telecommunication services, for the
purpose of financing such extension;
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institutions referred tc section 45(3) for theprocurement of internet
services and equipment necessary to access the internet;
(d) for the establishment of centres where access can be obtained to
telecommunication facilities;
(e) for the establishment of public information terminals; and
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cf) to assist small businesses and cooperatives to acquire and construct
infrastructure toprovide telecommunication services to areas which
are not servedornot
adequately served by telecommunication
services; and
(x) to facilitate the provision of multimedia services.
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(2) The money inthe fund shall be apportioned for the separate
purposes [of paragraph (a) andparagraph (b) of] referred-toin
subsection (1)in accordance with [the prescribed]a formula determined
by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.”;
(c) by the deletion
subsection
of
(3); and
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(d) by the substitution in subsectior. (4) for the wordspreceding paragraph (a) of
the following words:
“The [Authority] Minister may,for thepurposes of payments referred to
in [subsections]subsection ( l ) ( a )and [(3) prescribe] (b)by notice in the
Gazette determine-”.
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Amendment of section 67 of Act 103 of 1996
27. Section 67 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection
(2) for paragraph ( a ) of the following paragraph:
“(a)the basis and manner of detem-.nationof such contributions, which shall not
exceed 0,5% of a licencee’s annual turnover; and”.
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Insertion of section 67A in Act 103 of 1996
28. The principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after section 67 of the
following section:
“Competitive tender for universalservice projects
67A. (1) The Agency
competitive bid to the
project.
(2) The Agency shall in allocating the subsidy take into account, inter
alia, the provisions of section 2.