Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)ICASANotice regarding Termination of the Information and Communications Technology ("ICT") COVID-19 National Disaster Regulations, 2021Schedule |
Regulation |
Subject |
Applicable Termination Date and/or Due Date |
4(5) & (6) |
Advertising licence conditions & Local television content quotas relaxation
|
4 July 2022 |
4(7) & (8) |
Programme syndication relaxation
|
13 April 2022 |
4(13) & (14) |
Suspension of the requirement to submit hardcopies of applications
|
26 April 2022 |
4(15) & (16) |
Suspension of the 60-day period for ICASA to notify the applicant of the outcome of the pre-registration
|
26 April 2022 |
4(19) |
Duration of a special event community broadcasting service and radio frequency spectrum licence for the purpose of providing COVID- 19 related programming
|
4 May 2022 |
4(20), (21) & (22) |
Television Broadcasting Services to Persons with Disabilities
|
7 April 2022 |
5 (10) |
Duration of Type Approvals made in line with the Regulations
|
4 July 2022 |
5 (11) |
Decommissioning of Type Approved equipment operating in the provisional radio frequency spectrum
|
30 September 2022 |
6 (1) |
Duration of the temporary radio frequency spectrum licences issued in April 2020
|
30 November 2021 |
6(3) & (4) |
Duration of provisional radio frequency spectrum licences & the return of provisional radio frequency spectrum to ICASA
|
30 June 2022 |
6 (19) |
Duration of spectrum sharing agreements
|
30 June 2022 |
6 (21) |
Maintenance of network connectivity for the virtual classrooms platforms by licensees that were assigned with temporary radio frequency spectrum in April 2020
|
Seventeen (17) months after deployment of the connectivity solution |
6 (23) |
Maintenance of network connectivity for the schools by licensees that are assigned with provisional spectrum
|
Twelve (12) months from the date determined by ICASA |
Any other provision not listed above
|
4 April 2022 |