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Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003 (Act No. 53 of 2003)

Amended Codes of Good Practice (2017)

Amended Code Series CSC100: Measurement of the Ownership Element of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment in the Construction Sector

Statement CSC100: The General Principles for Measuring Ownership

Annexe CSC100 (D)

1. Rules for Trusts (including Family Trusts)

 

1.1 The qualification criteria for the recognition of Trusts are as follows:

 

1.1.1 The trust deed must define the beneficiaries and the proportion of their entitlement to receive distributions;
1.1.1.1 A WRITTEN RECORD of the names of the beneficiaries or the use of a defined class of natural person satisfies the requirement for identification;
1.1.1.2 A WRITTEN RECORD of fixed percentages of entitlement or the use of a formula for calculating entitlement satisfies the need for defining proportion of benefit;

 

1.1.2 The trustees must have no discretion on the above mentioned terms of the trust deed except where it is a family trust. In case of a family trust only the trustees may have a discretion with respect to the above mentioned terms and then only within the confines of the discretion awarded them by the trust deed; and

 

1.1.3 On winding-up or termination of the trust, all accumulated Economic Interest must be transferred to the beneficiaries or to an entity representing the interest of the Participants or class of beneficiaries.