GOL’ERNMENT 30
GAZETTE,
NOVEMBER 2001
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AMENDMENT
23No. 22889
ACT, 2001
Act Na. 64,2001
(6) requiring all holders of publicswitched telecommunication services
licences to phase in the facilities referred to in paragraph ( a ) by not
later than 31 December 2003.
(2) The framework contemplated is subsection (1) shall ensure that the
implementation and maintenarce of the facilities referred to therein are
n o n - d l s c r i m l n a t o r y ’ e c t to section 2(j).”.
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Amendment of section 96 of Act103 of 11996
%!.Section 96 of the principal Act is hereby amended( a ) by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:
(1) The Authority may make regulations in relation to10
any matter which in t e m s of this Act shall or may be prescribed by
regulation;
(bj any technical matternecessary or expedient for the regulation of
telecommunication activities;
(c) any matter of procedureor form which maybe necessary or 15
expedient to prescribe forthe purposes of this Act.
(b) by the substitution for subsection (4) of the following subsection:
“(4) The Authority shall, not less than [three months] one month
before any regulation is macle, cause the text of such regulation to be
published in the Gazette, together with a notice declaring its intentionto 20
make that regulation and invitinginterestedpersonstofurnish
the
Authority with writtencomments thereon [or representationsin regard
w
thereto].”.
(c) By the substitution in subsection ( 5 ) , for the words preceding paragraph(a), of
the following words:
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The provisions of subsection [(l)](4) shall not apply in respect of(d) by the addition of the following subsection:
“(8) When prescribing any regulation, the Authority shall give due
regard to.section 2dj).”.
Insertion of section 96A in Act 103 of 19916
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33. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 96:
“Telecommunications Museum
96A. (1) The Director-Generalshall establish and managea museum that
depicts the evolution and the history of the telecommunication sector in
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South Africa.
( 2 )The museumand its contents shall be a national assetas defined in the
National Heritage Resources Act, 1999 (ActNo. 25 of 1999).
(3)Thecontent of themuseum housed inthe Telkom Museum on
Telecommunication History shall be transferred to the museum established
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in terms of subsection (1).
Information, Communication and Technologystrategy
96B. (1) (a) The Minister sha..l, as soon as possible after thec o m e n c e ment
of
this section,develop
an Information,Communication
and
Technology (ICT) strategy.
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(bj The strategy shall be reviewed every two years.
(c) The strategy shall bepublished in the Gazette when it hasbeen
developed or reviewed.
( 2 ) When developing or reviewing the strategy, the Minister shall give
due regard to(a) the Republic’s national objectives;
(b) section 2(r) and (s);
( c ) the Republic’s international obligations; and
(d) anyother relevant factor.”.