Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and
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Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)RegulationsConsumer Advisory Panel Regulations7. Disqualification of a Panel Member |
| 7.1. | A person may not be appointed as a Panel Member if he/she: |
| (a) | is not a South African citizen; |
| (b) | is not a permanent resident of South Africa; |
| (c) | is a member of Parliament, a provincial legislature or municipal council; |
| (d) | is an office bearer or employee of a party, movement or organisation of a party -political nature; |
| (e) | or his or her spouse / partner has a direct or indirect financial interest in the electronic communications, postal or broadcasting industry; |
| (f) | has been declared by the court to be mentally ill; |
| (g) | is an unrehabilitated insolvent; |
| (h) | has at any time been convicted, whether in the Republic or elsewhere, of: |
| (i) | theft, fraud, forgery or uttering a forged document, perjury, an offence in terms of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1958 (Act No. 6 of 1958), the Corruption Act, 1992 (Act 94 of 1992), Part 1 to 4, or section 17, 20 or 21 (in so far as it relates to the aforementioned offences) of Chapter 2 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004, or another offence involving dishonesty; or |
| (ii) | an offence under the ICASA Act or the underlying statutes; |
| (i) | has been sentenced, after the commencement of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act No. 200 of 1993), to a period of imprisonment of not less than one year without the option of a fine; or |
| (j) | has at any time been removed from an office of trust on account of misconduct. |
