Independent Communications Authority of South Africa Act, 2000 (Act No. 13 of 2000)

Chapter II : Independent Communications Authority of South Africa

Purchase

(1)

(a)	The chairperson holds office for a period of five years as from the date of his or her appointment.

(b)	The chairperson may at the end of his or her term of office by reappointed in terms of section 5 for one additional term of five years only.

[Paragraph (1)(b) amended by section 8(a) of Act No. 2 of 2014]

[Subsection (1) amended by section 10(a) of Act No. 3 of 2006]

(2)	The other councillors hold office for a period of four years as from the date of their appointment.

[Subsection (2) amended by section 10(b) of Act No. 3 of 2006]

(3)	A councillor may at any time, upon at least three months' written notice tendered to the President, resign from office.

(4)	Notwithstanding the provisions subsections (1) and (2), the chairperson or a councillor remains in office after expiry of his or her term of office until the commencement of the term of office of his or her successor, but the extended term of office may not exceed 45 days.

[Subsection (4) amended by section 8(b) of Act No. 2 of 2014]

(5)	A councillor may at the end of his or her term of office be reappointed in terms of section 5 for one additional term of four years only.

[Subsection (5) amended by section 8(b) of Act No. 2 of 2014]

(6)	A councillor—

(a)	serves in a full-time capacity to the exclusion of any other remunerative employment, occupation or office;

(b)	must not interfere with the exercise by any other councillor of his or her functions in terms of this Act or the underlying statutes; and

(c)	must not create a conflict of interests between his or her other activities and his or her office as councillor.

[Subsection (6) amended by section 8(b) of Act No. 2 of 2014]

(7)	The provisions of subsection (6) do not apply to—

(a)	a councillor who occupies office as a member of a public interest organisation and performs concomitant tasks for which a honorarium is paid or payable;

(b)	any incidental gift received or derived by a councillor for attendance at any conference or public lecture; or

(c)	any other work which reasonably may be considered to advance the work of the Authoriy,

but such appointment, office and honorarium, or gift must be disclosed in writing and recorded as provided for in sections 11B and 12(2).

[Subsection (7) inserted by section 8(c) of Act No. 2 of 2014]