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Electronic Deeds Registration Systems Act, 2019 (Act No. 19 of 2019)

5. Regulations

 

(1) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Regulations Board referred to in section 9 of the Deeds Registries Act, make regulations relating to—
(a) the procedures for the electronic lodgement of deeds or documents;
(b) the procedures for electronic record storing by deeds registries;
(c) the manner of identification of the person who prepares, executes, lodges, registers, records or stores any deed or document required or permitted to be prepared, executed, lodged, registered, recorded or stored in any deeds registry;
(d) the manner in which electronic payment of fees may be introduced;
(e) the procedure and manner for accessing the electronic deeds registration and recordal system for information purposes only;
(f) the authorisation of any user of the electronic deeds registration and recordal system, as contemplated in section 4; and
(g) any matter that may be necessary to give effect to the objectives of this Act.

[Section 5(1)(c), (e) and (f) substituted by schedule (5)(a)(b) of Deeds Registries Amendment Act, 2024 (Act No. 20 of 2024), Notice No. 5649, GG51730, dated 10 December 2024]

 

(2) The Minister must, before making regulations in terms of this Act—
(a) publish the proposed regulations in the Gazette for public comments;
(b) allow a period of at least 30 days for written comments on the proposed regulations; and
(c) consider any such written comments received.

 

(3) The regulations must be published in the Gazette, and shall come into operation on a date specified in the relevant notice, which date must not be less than 30 days from the date of publication thereof.

 

[Section 5 shall come into operation on 2 December 2024, per Proclamation Notice 230, GG51655, dated 26 November 2024]