South Africa Act or statute

Parliament of the Republic of South Africa

Telecommunications Amendment Act, 2004

A licensed operator is given the powers, and must perform the duties, of a public operator for guidelines made under subsection (3). A licensed operator is given the powers and duties of a public…

amendmentBusiness registrationoperator licensingpublic operator powers and dutiespublic operatorsstatute titletelecommunications

Jurisdiction: South Africa
Structure: 3 provisions
Citation: Act 2 of 2004
Dates: updated 1 Apr 2004

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“A licensed operator is given the powers, and must perform the duties, of a public operator for guidelines made under subsection (3).”

A licensed operator is given the powers, and must perform the duties, of a public operator for guidelines made under subsection (3). A licensed operator is given the powers and duties of a public operator for guideline purposes under subsection (5). This section states the Act’s short title: the Telecommunications Amendment Act, 2004.

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Section 43 of the Telecommunications Act, 1996 (hereinafter

A licensed operator is given the powers, and must perform the duties, of a public operator for guidelines made under subsection (3).

Section 1

Section 44 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection

A licensed operator is given the powers and duties of a public operator for guideline purposes under subsection (5).

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This Act is called the Telecommunications Amendment Act, 2004.

This section states the Act’s short title: the Telecommunications Amendment Act, 2004.

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§ 1Section 43 of the Telecommunications Act, 1996 (hereinafterAmendment

A licensed operator is given the powers, and must perform the duties, of a public operator for guidelines made under subsection (3).

1. Section 43 of the Telecommunications Act, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the 5 “principal Act”), is hereby amended by the following subsection: insertion after subsection (3) of the - “(3A) For the purposes of guidelines prescribed in terms of subsection (3) an operator licensed in terms of section 32B, 32C, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40A has the powers and shall public operator.”. duties of a the perform 10 Amendment of section 44 of Act 103 of 1996, as amended by section 19 of Act 64 of 2001

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§ 2Section 44 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsectionShort title

A licensed operator is given the powers and duties of a public operator for guideline purposes under subsection (5).

2. Section 44 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (5) of the following subsection: “(SA) For the purposes of guidelines prescribed in terms of subsection (5) an 15 operator licensed in terms of section 32B, 32C, 36, 37, 38, 39 and 40A has the powers and shall perform the duties of a public operator.”. Short title

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§ 3This Act is called the Telecommunications Amendment Act, 2004.Short title

This section states the Act’s short title: the Telecommunications Amendment Act, 2004.

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