Proposed amendments to standard terms and conditions
ICASA has indicated its intention to amend the standard terms and conditions applicable to individual and class licences as well as the regulations setting out licensing processes and procedures.
Comment is due by 24 August 2009.
New class licences availableICASA has lifted the moratorium placed on the processing of licence applications and will now proceed to process all applications received to date which it has not yet dealt with as well as new applications for class electronic communications service (CECS) and class electronic communications networks service (CECNS) licences.
The full text of the notice:
GENERAL NOTICE
NOTICE 1295 OF 2008
INDEPENDENT COMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY OF SOUTH AFRICA (ICASA)
NOTICE REGARDING THE LIFTING OF A MORATORIUM IN RESPECT OF NEW LICENCE APPLICATIONS AND REGISTRATIONS, APPLICATIONS FOR LICENCE AMENDMENTS, RENEWAL AND TRANSFERS
1. The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (‘the Authority) hereby gives notice that it has lifted the moratorium on licensing processes imposed in terms of the Notice 1057 published in the Government Gazette 31386 on 29 August 2008.
2. The Authority will proceed to consider all applications lodged before and during the moratorium.
3. The applications will be considered in accordance with the provisions of the Electronic Communications Act, No. 36 of 2005 (“the Act”), the Regulations on Licence Procedures and Processes published on 31 March 2008 in the Notice No. 397 of Government Gazette 30914 of 2008
and any applicable legislation and regulations.
4. The applications, notifications and registrations, where applicable, must be accompanied by the prescribed application fee. Where no application fee has been prescribed, the applicants and licensees will be required to undertake in writing that they will pay the prescribed fee once the Regulations on Licences Fees have been published in the Gazette in terms of section 4 (1) (c) (iv) and (v) of the Act.
PARIS MASHILE CHAIRPERSON
ICASA
ICASA has indicated that Council has resolved to lift the moratorium placed on the processing of applications for licences and for transfers and amendments of licences – see here for further information on the moratorium.
The required Government Gazette will be published on Monday next week by the latest.
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