1. Artikel 1 van die Bankwet, 1990 (hierna die Hoofwet genoem), word hierby gewysig— (a) deur die volgende omskrywings in subartikel (1) voor die omskrywing van 10 ‘‘afdeling’’ in te voeg: ‘‘ ‘addisionele eerste vlak kapitaal’— (a) daardie aandele wat nie die mees ondergeskikte eis in likwidasie is nie, maar welke aandele ondergeskik is aan deposante, algemene krediteure en enige toepaslike ondergeskikte skuld, en welke aandele— (i) nie gewone ekwiteit eerste vlak kapitaal daarstel nie; en (ii) voldoen aan sodanige verdere kriteria of voorwaardes wat voorgeskryf mag word; (b) sodanige komponent van, persentasie van of komponent en persentasie van minderheidsbelang in bepaalde uitgereikte instrumente of aandele, en voortspruitend uit die konsolidasie van rekeninge en op die voorgeskrewe wyse bereken; (c) kapitaal verkry deur die uitreiking van voorgeskrewe kategorieë van voorkeureffekte; 15 20 25 4 No. 37144 Act No. 22 of 2013 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10 December 2013 Banks Amendment Act, 2013 4 (b) ‘additional tier 1 unimpaired reserve funds’ means— (a) share premium arising from the issue of instruments or shares constituting additional tier 1 capital; such component of, percentage of or component and percentage of accumulated other comprehensive income and other disclosed reserves arising from compliance with Financial Reporting Stan- dards as may be prescribed;’’; (b) by the insertion in subsection (1) after the definition of ‘‘banking group’’ of the following definition: ‘‘ ‘Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’ means a committee of the Bank for International Settlements, the secretariat of which consists of supervisors from central banks and other authorities of member countries and is located in Basel, Switzerland;’’; (c) by the insertion in subsection (1) after the definition of ‘‘close relative’’ of the following definitions: ‘‘ ‘Commission’ means the Companies and Intellectual Property Com- mission established by section 185 of the Companies Act; ‘Commissioner’ means the Commissioner appointed in terms of section 189 of the Companies Act; ‘common equity tier 1 capital’ means— (a) those shares that represent the most subordinated claim in liquida- tion, and which shares— (i) (ii) (iii) absorb the first and proportionately greatest share of any losses as the losses occur; absorb losses proportionately and pari passu on a going concern basis; and comply with such further criteria or conditions as may be prescribed; (b) such component of, percentage of or component and percentage of minority interest in specified issued instruments or shares, and arising from the consolidation of accounts and calculated in such a manner, as may be prescribed, but does not include shares issued in pursuance of the capitalisation of reserves resulting from a revaluation of assets; ‘common equity tier 1 unimpaired reserve funds’ means— (a) share premium arising from the issue of instruments or shares constituting common equity tier 1 capital; retained earnings; such component of, percentage of or component and percentage of accumulated other comprehensive income and other disclosed reserves arising from compliance with Financial Reporting Stan- dards, as may be prescribed;’’; (b) (c) 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 (d) by the substitution in subsection (1) for the definition of ‘‘Companies Act’’ of the following definition: ‘‘ ‘Companies Act’ means the Companies Act, [1973 (Act No. 61 of 1973)] 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008);’’; 45 (e) by the insertion in subsection (1) after the definition of ‘‘consolidating supervisor’’ of the following definition: ‘‘ ‘control’, with reference to the control of a company, includes the meaning as provided for in section 2(2) of the Companies Act;’’; by the substitution in subsection (1) for the definition of ‘‘co-operative’’ of the following definition: (f) ‘‘ ‘co-operative’ means a co-operative incorporated in terms of the Co-operatives Act, [1981 (Act No. 91 of 1981), and includes a co-operative society or co-operative company deemed in terms of section 2 of that Act to be incorporated in terms of the said Act] 2005 (Act No. 14 of 2005);’’; (g) by the substitution in subsection (1) for the definition of ‘‘director’’ of the following definition: ‘‘ ‘director’ has the meaning ascribed to that word in section 1 of the Companies Act, and includes an executive director and a non-executive director, unless expressly stated otherwise;’’; 50 55 60 STAATSKOERANT, 10 Desember 2013 Wysigingswet op Banke, 2013 No. 37144 5 Wet No 22 van 2013 5 ‘addisionele eerste vlak onaangetaste reserwefondse’— (a) aandelepremie na aanleiding van die uitreiking van instrumente of (b) aandele wat addisionele eerste vlak kapitaal uitmaak; sodanige komponent van, persentasie van of komponent en persentasie van opgelope ander omvattende inkomste en ander bekendgemaakte reserwes voortspruitend uit nakoming van Finansiële Verslagdoeningstandaarde soos voorgeskryf mag word; (b) deur die volgende omskrywings in subartikel (1) na die omskrywing van ‘‘bankgroep’’ in te voeg: ‘‘‘Basel-komitee oor Banktoesighouding’ ’n komitee van die Bank vir Internasionale Skikkings, waarvan die sekretariaat uit toesighouers van sentrale banke en ander owerhede van lidlande bestaan en in Basel, Switserland geleë is; ‘beheer’, met verwysing na die beheer van ’n maatskappy, ook die betekenis soos in artikel 2(2) van die Maatskappywet omskryf;’’; (c) deur in subartikel (1) paragraaf (b) van die omskrywing van ‘‘binnelandse aandeelhouer’’ deur die volgende paragraaf te vervang: ‘‘(b) ’n maatskappy is wat[, mutatis mutandis soos bedoel in paragraaf (a), (b) of (c) van die omskrywing van ‘beherende maatskappy’ in artikel 1 van die Maatskappywet,] beheer word deur ’n persoon of persone wat in die Republiek woonagtig is of, in die geval van ’n regspersoon of regspersone, by of kragtens ’n wet van die Republiek opgerig, ingestel of ingelyf is;’’; (d) deur in subartikel (1) die omskrywing van ‘‘direkteur’’ deur die volgende omskrywing te vervang: ‘‘ ‘direkteur’ dit wat in artikel 1 van die Maatskappywet aan daardie woord toegeskryf word, en ook ’n uitvoerende direkteur en ’n nie-uitvoerende direkteur, tensy uitdruklik anders bepaal word;’’; (e) deur in subartikel (1) die omskrywing van ‘‘filiaal’’ deur die volgende omskrywing te vervang: ‘‘ ‘filiaal’ ’n filiaal soos [omskryf] voor voorsiening gemaak in [artikel 1(3)] artikel 3 van die Maatskappywet;’’; (f) deur in subartikel (1) die omskrywing van ‘‘finansiële state’’ deur die volgende omskrywing te vervang: ‘‘ ‘finansiële state’ finansiële jaarstate bedoel in [artikels 286 en 288] artikel 30 van die Maatskappywet;’’; omskrywings omskrywing volgende van die die na (g) deur ‘‘gasheertoesighouer’’ in subartikel (1) in te voeg: ‘‘ ‘gewone ekwiteit eerste vlak kapitaal’— (a) daardie aandele wat die mees ondergeskikte eis in likwidasie verteenwoordig, en welke aandele— (i) die eerste en proporsioneel grootste deel van enige verliese absorbeer namate die verliese voorkom; (ii) verliese proporsioneel en pari passu op ’n lopende ondernemingsbasis absorbeer; en (iii) aan sodanige verdere kriteria of voorwaardes wat voorgeskryf mag word voldoen; (b) sodanige komponent van, persentasie van of komponent en persentasie van minderheidsbelang in bepaalde uitgereikte instrumente of aandele, en voortspruitend uit die konsolidasie van rekeninge en bereken op ’n wyse wat voorgeskryf mag word, maar sluit nie ook aandele in nie wat uitgereik is ter uitvoering van die kapitalisering van reserwes na aanleiding van ’n herwaardering van bates; ‘gewone ekwiteit eerste vlak onaangetaste reserwefondse’— (a) aandelepremie voortspruitend uit die uitreiking van instrumente of (b) (c) aandele wat gewone ekwiteit eerste vlak kapitaal daarstel; teruggehoue verdienste; sodanige komponent van, persentasie van of komponent en persentasie van opgelope ander omvattende inkomste en ander bekendgemaakte reserwes na aanleiding van nakoming van Finansiële Verslagdoeningstandaarde, soos voorgeskryf mag word;’’; 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 6 No. 37144 Act No. 22 of 2013 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10 December 2013 Banks Amendment Act, 2013 6 (h) by the substitution in subsection (1) for paragraph (b) of the definition of ‘‘domestic shareholder’’ of the following paragraph: ‘‘(b) which is a company controlled[, mutatis mutandis as contem- plated in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of ‘controlling company’ in section 1 of the Companies Act,] by a person or persons who is or are resident in the Republic or, in the case of a juristic person or persons, was or were formed, established or incorporated by or under a law of the Republic;’’; 5 by the substitution in subsection (1) for the definition of ‘‘financial statements’’ of the following definition: 10 ‘‘ ‘financial statements’ means annual financial statements referred to in [sections 286 and 288] section 30 of the Companies Act;’’; by the substitution in subsection (1) for the definition of ‘‘holding company’’ of the following definition: ‘‘ ‘holding company’ [means a holding company as defined in section 1 (4)] has the meaning ascribed to that expression in section 1 of the Companies Act;’’; (i) (j) (k) by the substitution in subsection (1) for the definition of ‘‘liquid assets’’ of the following definitions: ‘‘ ‘level one high-quality liquid assets’ means— (a) cash; (b) gold coin and bullion; (c) such percentage or amount of central bank reserves as may be determined by the Governor of the Reserve Bank from time to time; (d) marketable securities representing claims on or claims guaranteed by sovereigns, central banks, non-central government public sector entities, the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund, the European Commission or multilateral develop- ment banks that comply with such requirements or such conditions as may be prescribed; ‘level two high-quality liquid assets’ means— (a) marketable securities representing claims on or claims guaranteed by sovereigns, central banks, non-central government public sector entities or multilateral development banks that comply with such requirements or such conditions as may be prescribed; such corporate bonds that comply with such requirements or such conditions as may be prescribed;’’; (b) 15 20 25 30 35 (l) by the deletion of the definitions of ‘‘primary share capital’’ and ‘‘primary unimpaired reserve funds’’; (m) by the insertion in subsection (1) after the definition of ‘‘public’’ of the 40 following definition: ‘‘ ‘public company’ has the meaning ascribed to that expression in section 1 of the Companies Act;’’; (n) by the deletion in subsection (1) of the definition of ‘‘Registrar of Companies’’; (o) by the substitution in subsection (1) for the definition of ‘‘Regulations relating to branches’’ of the following definition: ‘‘ ‘Regulations relating to branches’ means the Regulations titled ‘Conditions for the conducting of the business of a bank by a foreign institution by means of a branch in the Republic’ published by Government Notice No. [R. 1414 of 28 December 2000] 30627 of 1 January 2008, and amended from time to time;’’; 45 50 (p) by the deletion in subsection (1) of the definitions of ‘‘secondary capital’’ and ‘‘secondary unimpaired reserve funds’’; (q) by the substitution in subsection (1) for the definition of ‘‘subsidiary’’ of the 55 following definition: ‘‘ ‘subsidiary’ means a subsidiary [as defined] provided for in [section 1(3)] section 3 of the Companies Act;’’; (r) by deletion in subsection (1) of the definition of ‘‘tertiary capital’’; STAATSKOERANT, 10 Desember 2013 Wysigingswet op Banke, 2013 No. 37144 7 Wet No 22 van 2013 7 (h) deur in subartikel (1) die omskrywing van ‘‘houermaatskappy’’ deur die volgende omskrywing te vervang: ‘‘ ‘houermaatskappy’ [’n houermaatskappy soos omskryf in artikel 1(4)] dit wat in artikel 1 van die Maatskappywet daaraan toegeskryf word;’’; (i) deur die volgende omskrywings na die omskrywing van ‘‘houermaatskappy’’ in subartikel (1) in te voeg: ‘‘ ‘Kommissie’ die Kommissie vir Maatskappye en Intellektuele Eiendom by artikel 185 van die Maatskappywet gestig; ‘Kommissaris’ die Kommissaris ingevolge artikel 189 van die Maatskappywet, aangestel;’’; (j) deur in subartikel (1) die omskrywing van ‘‘koöperasie’’ deur die volgende omskrywing te vervang: ‘‘ ‘koöperasie’ ’n koöperasie ingelyf ingevolge die [Koöperasiewet, 1981 (Wet No. 91 van 1981), en ook ’n koöperatiewe vereniging of koöperatiewe maatskappy wat ingevolge artikel 2 van daardie Wet geag word ingevolge genoemde Wet ingelyf te wees] ‘Co-operatives Act, 2005’ (Wet No. 14 van 2005);’’; (k) deur in subartikel (1) die omskrywing van ‘‘Maatskappywet’’ deur die volgende omskrywing te vervang: 5 10 15 20 ‘‘ ‘Maatskappywet’ die Maatskappywet, [1973 (Wet No. 61 van 1973)] 2008 (Wet No. 71 van 2008);’’; (l) deur na die omskrywing van ‘‘ongewenste praktyk’’ die volgende omskrywing in subartikel (1) in te voeg: ‘‘ ‘openbare maatskappy’ dit wat in artikel 1 van die Maatskappywet daaraan toegeskryf word;’’; 25 (m) deur die omskrywings van ‘‘primêre aandelekapitaal’’ en ‘‘primêre onaangetaste reserwefondse’’ te skrap; (n) deur in subartikel (1) die omskrywing van ‘‘Registrateur van Maatskappye’’ te skrap; (o) deur in subartikel (1) die omskrywing van ‘‘Regulasies aangaande takke’’ deur die volgende omskrywing te vervang: ‘‘ ‘Regulasies aangaande takke’ die Regulasies met die opskrif ‘Conditions for the conducting of the business of a bank by a foreign institution by means of a branch in the Republic’, soos gepubliseer by Goewermentskennisgewing No. [R.1414 van 28 Desember 2000] 30627 van 1 Januarie 2008, en soos van tyd tot tyd gewysig;’’; (p) deur in subartikel (1) die omskrywings van ‘‘sekondêre kapitaal’’ en ‘‘sekondêre onaangetaste reserwefondse’’ te skrap; 30 35 (q) deur in subartikel (1) die omskrywing van ‘‘tersiêre kapitaal’’ te skrap; (r) deur in subartikel (1) na die omskrywing van ‘‘toegewysde kapitaal en 40 reserwefondse’’ die volgende omskrywings in te voeg: ‘‘ ‘tweede vlak kapitaal’— (a) daardie instrumente of aandele wat ondergeskik is aan deposante en algemene krediteure en welke instrumente of aandele— (i) nie gewone ekwiteit eerste vlak of addisionele eerste vlak kapitaal daarstel nie; en (ii) voldoen aan sodanige verdere voorwaardes wat voorgeskryf mag word; (b) (c) ’n voorgeskrewe persentasie van kapitaal verkry deur die uitreiking, met die vooraf skriftelike goedkeuring van die Registrateur en ooreenkomstig die voorwaardes skriftelik deur die Registrateur goedgekeur, en sodanige verdere voorwaardes, indien enige, wat voorgeskryf mag word, van gewone aandele, voorkeuraandele of ander kapitaalinstrument uitgereik ter uitvoering van die kapitali- sering van reserwefondse na aanleiding van ’n herwaardering van bates; sodanige komponent van, persentasie van of komponent en persentasie van minderheidsbelang in bepaalde uitgereikte instrumente of aandele, en voortspruitend uit die konsolidering van rekeninge en bereken op sodanige wyse wat voorgeskryf mag word; 45 50 55 60 8 No. 37144 Act No. 22 of 2013 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10 December 2013 Banks Amendment Act, 2013 8 (s) by the insertion in subsection (1) after the definition of ‘‘this Act’’ of the following definitions: ‘‘ ‘tier 2 capital’ means— (a) those instruments or shares that are subordinated to depositors and general creditors and which instruments or shares— (i) do not constitute common equity tier 1 or additional tier 1 (ii) capital; and comply with such further conditions as may be prescribed; (b) a prescribed percentage of capital obtained through the issue, with the prior written approval of the Registrar and in accordance with conditions approved by the Registrar in writing, and such further conditions, if any, as may be prescribed, of ordinary shares, preference shares or other capital instrument issued in pursuance of the capitalisation of reserves resulting from a revaluation of assets; such component of, percentage of or component and percentage of minority interest in specified issued instruments or shares, and arising from the consolidation of accounts and calculated in such a manner as may be prescribed; (c) (d) capital obtained through the issue of instruments or shares constituting common equity tier 1 capital or additional tier 1 capital where the relevant proceeds of such instruments or shares, or any portion thereof, are excluded from qualifying common equity tier 1 capital or additional tier 1 capital as a result of a prescribed limit; ‘tier 2 unim paired reserve funds’ means— (a) any premium arising from the issue of instruments or shares that constitute tier 2 capital; (b) a prescribed percentage of general provision, general loan loss reserve or other reserve held against unidentified and unforeseen losses that comply with such conditions as may be prescribed;’’; and (t) by the substitution in subsection (1A)(b) for subparagraph (iii) of the following paragraph: ‘‘(iii) was a director, who has been indicated, as contemplated in section 421(2) of the Companies Act, 1973 (Act 61 of 1973), as the effective cause of a particular company having been unable to pay its debts;’’. Amendment of section 2 of Act 94 of 1990, as amended by section 2 of Act 26 of 1994 and section 90 of Act 40 of 2007