Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

Regulations

Purchase

(1)	Documents (including applications and registrations) must be submitted to the Authority in hard copy or as may be prescribed otherwise.

(1A)	Registrants must submit at least five (5) hard copies when filing/submitting a registration notice (including amendment, renewal, licence transfer and surrender) and must further provide one (1) electronic copy of the documents submitted.

[Regulation 5(1A) substituted by regulation 3.1 of Notice 157 of 2016]

(2)	Where any document is required in terms of these Regulations, it must be submitted to the Authority before 16h00 during working days.

(3)	Documents (including applications, registrations and notices) and other submissions to the Authority must be signed by an authorised representative. The authorisation must be in writing.

(4)	Any fee in respect of an application, transfer, renewal, registration or notice:

(a)	may be paid by way of an electronic transfer or via a direct deposit into the Authority's bank account;

(b)	must be paid on or before the day when the application, notice or registration is submitted to the Authority and proof of payment must accompany such submission;

(c)	the applicable fees are prescribed in terms of the General Licence Fees Regulations as amended; and

(d)	is non-refundable.

[Regulation 5(4) substituted by regulation 3.2 of Notice 157 of 2016]

(5)	The Authority will not consider any application, notice or registration where an applicant fails to pay the applicable fee.

(6)	The Authority will not consider an application or registration if a licensee or registrant is not compliant with subregulation (1), (2), (3) and (4) and/or is in arrears with respect to any fees prescribed by the Authority or legislated in terms of the Act.

[Regulation 5(6) substituted by regulation 3.3 of Notice 157 of 2016]

(7) No fee is payable in respect of notifications in terms of these regulations.