Government Gazette

Vol. 408, No. 20162, 4 June 1999

Regulation Gazette, No. 6562

GOVERNMENT NOTICE

Issued by the
Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting

Please take note that Regulations R. 674 and R. 675 published in Government Gazette number 20111 dated 22 May 1999 is hereby withdrawn and replaced with the following Regulations. (R. 729 and R. 730)

JAY NAIDOO
MINISTER

No. R. 730

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

REGULATIONS RELATING TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES FUND

The South African Telecommunications Regulatory Authority has, under section 96(1) read with sections 86 and 96(5)(b) of the Telecommunications Act, 1996 (Act No. 103 of 1996), with the approval of the Minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Broadcasting, made the regulations in the Schedule.

JAY NAIDOO
MINISTER

SCHEDULE

Definitions

  1. In this Schedule any expression to which a meaning has been assigned by the Telecommunications Act, 1996 (Act No. 103 of 1996) (hereinafter referred to as "the At"), shall have the same meaning unless the context indicates otherwise.

Contributions payable by licence holders to the Human Resources Fund

  1. (1) Every holder of a licence granted or deemed to have been granted in terms of Chapter V of the Act, shall pay contributions to the Human Resources Fund (hereinafter referred to as "the Fund") as follows:

  1. A holder of a telecommunications licence issued or deemed to have been issued under section 36, 37 or 42 of the Act, shall contribute 0.08% of the annual turnover derived from the provision of the telecommunications service that it is licensed to provide.
  2. A holder of a value added network services licence, (other than Telkom) issued or deemed to nave been issued under section 40 of the Act, shall contribute R750 per annum.
  3. A holder of a licence to provide private telecommunications network service issued or deemed to have been issued under section 41 of the Act, shall contribute R500 per annum.

Payment

  1. (1) Contributions to the Fund in terms of regulation 2 shall become due and payable in full on or before 18 June 1999.

(2) Payment in terms of regulation 2 (1) (a) shall be calculated on the annual turnover based on the latest available audited accounts of the licensee.

(3) Total limits of contribution in terms of these regulations shall be subject to any policy direction that the Minister has made or may make in terms of section 5(4)(a) of the Act.

Commencement

  1. These regulations shall come into operation on the date of publication.