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Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017 (Act No. 9 of 2017)

Chapter 2 : Financial Stability

Part 2 : Managing systemic events and risks in relation to systemic events

14. Determination of systemic events

 

(1) The Governor may, after having consulted the Minister, determine that a specified event or circumstance, or a specified combination of events or circumstances, is a systemic event.

 

(2) The Governor may, before making a determination in terms of subsection (1), consult the Financial Stability Oversight Committee.

 

(3) A determination in terms of subsection (1) may be made whether or not the event or circumstance, or combination of events or circumstances, has already occurred or arisen.

 

(4) The Governor may, after having consulted the Minister, determine that a specified systemic event has occurred or is imminent.

 

(5) The Governor—
(a) must notify the Minister of a determination made in terms of subsection (1) or (4);
(b) must keep the determination under review;
(c) may, at any time, after having consulted the Minister, amend or revoke a determination in writing; and
(d) must notify the Minister of any amendment or revocation of a determination made in terms of subsection (1) or (4).

 

(6) The Reserve Bank must notify the financial sector regulators of a determination in terms of this section, and of an amendment or revocation of such a determination.

 

(7) The Reserve Bank must, in respect of a determination made in terms of subsection (1) or (4), and any amendment or revocation of such a determination—
(a) table the determination, or the amendment or revocation of the determination, in Parliament; and
(b) publish the determination, or the amendment or revocation of the determination, on the Reserve Bank’s website.