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ICT-related South African Government Documents

Policies and Policy Directions made by the Minister of Communications

• Amendment to Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy, 17 Feb 2012
  
• Amendment to Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy, 7 Feb 2012
  
• Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy, 8 Sept 2008
• Broadband Policy
  
• Draft Broadband Policy
• Amendment to Policy Direction in respect of the licensing of Broadband Infraco
  
• Draft Amendment to Policy Direction
• Policy Direction to ICASA re the licensing of Broadband InfraCo, 6 Feb 2009
• Policy Direction in respect of Square Kilometre Array
  
• Draft policy direction
• History:  Resolution of ICASA Council to establish a committee to support the SKA bid, 10 Nov 2003
• National Radio Frequency Policy, 16 April 2010
  
• Draft Spectrum Policy
• Policy Direction to ICASA re iECNS licences for the provisioning of broadcasting services through satellite infrastructure, 6 Jan 2009
  
  
• Policies and Policy Directions, 17 Sept 2007
• Amendment to Policies and Policy Directions (deleting provision for conversion of USALs), 9 Sept 2011
  

• Determination re Universal Access and Universal Service definitions and targets, 8 Feb 2010
  

• Compliance Procedure Manual Regulations, 15 Dec 2011.  Explanatory Note.  Postponement of commencement date to 2 July 2012
  
• History:  Second draft Compliance Procedure Manual Regulations; extension of comment deadline to 31 Jan 2011;  Draft Compliance Procedure Manual Regulations.  Hearing, 20 May 2010
• Radio Frequency Spectrum Regulations, 31 March 2011.  Explanatory Document
• Draft spectrum regulations.  Explanatory Document
• Repealed regulations:
• Amendment to Spectrum Licence Exemption Regulations, 8 August 2008
• Spectrum Licence Exemption Regulations, 29 July 2008
• Regulations on Procedures and Criteria for competing spectrum applications;  Reasons Document;  History:  Draft Spectrum Licensing Regulations, 22 July 2009; Second Findings Document, 22 July 2009; First Findings Document, 17 June 2008; Discussion Document
• Regulations for permit for possession of radio apparatus, 6 March 2002
• Regulations for spectrum licence applications, 6 March 2002
• Radio Regulations, 1979
  
• Regulations on Party Election Broadcasts, Political Advertisements, the Equitable Treatment of Political Parties by Broadcasting Licensees during Municipal Elections, 8 March 2011.  Overview of the Process Leading to the Development of the Final Regulations
  
• Draft regulations on Party Election Broadcasts, Political Advertisements, and the Equitable Treatment of Political Parties, 19 Nov 2010.  Amendment to draft regulations, 3 Dec 2010
• Regulations re Party Election Broadcasts, Political Advertisements, the Equitable Treatment of Political Parties by Broadcasting Licensees and Related Matters, 3 March 2009
• Draft Regulations re Party Election Broadcasts, Political Advertisements, the Equitable Treatment of Political Parties by Broadcasting Licensees and Related Matters, 29 Jan 2009
  
• Regulations re party election broadcasts, political advertisements and the equitable treatment of political parties by broadcasters, 14 Nov 2008
• Regulations in Respect of the Prescribed Annual Contributions of Licensees to the Universal Service and Access Fund, 10 Feb 2011
• History:  Draft amended regulations re contributions to the Universal Service and Access Fund.  Notice of hearings
• Regulations re Annual Contributions to the USAF, 10 Oct 2008
  
  
• Call Termination Regulations, 29 Oct 2010.  Press statement.  Practice Note, 28 Jan 2011.  Media Release, 25 Feb 2011
  
• History:  Draft Call Termination Regulations, together with Wholesale Call Termination Market Review for the period 2010-2013, parts 1, 2, 3, and market data compliance tables. ICASA media statement.  Comment due date extended to 18 June 2010.  Hearings, 28-30 June 2010.  Date for further written comments, 9 July 2010.  Media release re confidential consultation with certain licensees.  Call for all licensees to answer questionnaire re call termination services.  Due date extended
• Regulations on Spectrum Fees, 27 Aug 2010.  Reasons Document.  Commmencement date deferred until 1 April 2012. Notice of review application, 24 April 2012 - Review application
  
• History:  Discussion Document and draft spectrum licence fee regulations.  Comment date extended
  
• Carrier Pre-selection Regulations, 27 Sept 2010, Code of Conduct, 24 April 2012
  
• Carrier Pre-selection Regulations, 20 Aug 2010.  Repeal of Carrier Pre-selection Regulations, 27 Sept 2010
  
• Draft Carrier Pre-selection Regulations; Corrections and Additions to Draft Carrier Pre-selection Regulations
• Previous Carrier Pre-selection Regulations, 2005
  
• National Radio Frequency Plan, 2010
• Draft Radio Frequency Band Plan (SAFTA), 22 July 2008
• Regulations concerning procedures for Inspectors, 25 June 2010
• Draft Regulations concerning Procedures for ICASA Inspectors
  
  
• Licensing Procedures and Standard Terms and Conditions of Licences
• Commencement of Regulations - 12 Sept 2011
  
• Procedures for Individual Licence and Special Temporary Authorisation applications, 14 June 2010
  
• Standard Terms and Conditions for Individual Licences, 14 June 2010
  
• Procedures for Class Licence applications and Licence Exemption requests, 14 June 2010
  
• Standard Terms and Conditions for Class Licences, 14 June 2010
  
• Reasons for Decisions, 14 June 2010
  
• History:  Draft amended regulations re standard terms and conditions of licences and application procedures; Procedures for Individual Licence Applications and for Temporary Special Authorisations, 31 March 2008; Standard Terms and Conditions for Individual Licences, 30 Nov 2007; Procedures for Class Licence Applications and licence exemptions, 31 March 2008; Standard Terms and Conditions for Class Licences, 23 Nov 2007

• Facilities Leasing Regulations, 31 May 2010
• Draft Facilities Leasing Regulations
• Ordering Systems Specifications for Geographic Number Portability.  Implementation date 26 April 2010.  Consumer Guidelines.
  
  
• Mobile TV Regulations
  
• Reasons Document on Mobile TV Regulations.  Media Release
  
  
• History:
  
• Draft regulations
• Cabinet approval of proposal that ICASA issues temporary mobile TV licences for the 2010 FIFA World Cup
  
  
• ITA for spectrum licences to provide mobile broadcasting services, 5 Dec 2008; Withdrawal of ITA
• Interconnection Regulations, 9 April 2010. Practice Note, 28 Jan 2011
  
• Draft Interconnection Regulations
• Sports Broadcasting Services Regulations, 7 April 2010
• Findings Document on the Sport Broadcasting Services Regulations, 2010
  
• History: Proposed amendments to Sport Broadcasting Rights Regulations
  
• Digital Migration Regulations, 15 Feb 2010
• Findings Document on Digital Migration, 15 Feb 2010
• History
  
• Withdrawal of Final DTT Regulations and publication of new Draft DTT Regulations, 4 Sept 2009
• Final DTT Regulations, 3 July 2009
• Draft DTT Regulations, 31 March 2009
• Draft Broadcasting Digital Migration Framework Regulations, 3 Oct 2008
• Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy, 8 Sept 2008
  

• Regulations in respect of Technical Standards for Electronic Communications Equipment, 22 Jan 2010
  

• Regulations on the Commissioning of Independently Produced South African Programming, 1 Dec 2009

• Final Terrestrial Broadcasting Frequency Band Plan 2008, 18 Nov 2009, in parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
• Erratum, 16 Dec 2009
  
• History: Notice of hearings, 24 Aug 2009; hearing date amended; Second Draft Terrestrial Broadcasting Frequency Band Plan 2008, 6 July 2009; Notice of public workshop, 6 Feb 2009; workshop date amended; Draft Terrestrial Broadcasting Frequency Band Plan 2008, 10 Oct 2008
• Previous Broadcasting Frequency Band Plans: Dec 2005; July 2002; Oct 1999
  

• Regulations Setting out the Minimum Standards for End-User and Subscriber Service Charters, 24 July 2009;  End-user Subscriber Service Charter Reporting Format, 27 Jan 2012
  
  
• History:  Proposed reporting format for End-User and Subscriber Service Charter Regulations; Draft regulations, 13 July 2007; Final regulations, 25 Feb 2008; Final regulations reconsidered, 7 April 2008; New Final regulations, 31 Oct 2008; New Final regulations reconsidered, 18 Jan 2009
  

• Regulations re the Code of Conduct for Broadcasting Service Licensees, 6 July 2009
• Draft Code of Conduct for Broadcasting Service Licensees, 22 Dec 2008
  

• Radio Amateur Amendment Regulations, 10 June 2009
  

• Service Licence and Application Fees, 1 April 2009
  
• Practice Note:  General Licence Fees Regulations, 30 March 2012
  
• Supplementary Position Paper, 1 April 2009
• Position Paper, 6 March 2009
• E-rate Regulations, 3 March 2009
  

• Must Carry Regulations, 10 Oct 2008
  
  
• Decision in enquiry on use of 5725-5875 MHz for broadband fixed wireless access, 2 Dec 2009

• Service Licence Exemption Regulations, 29 July 2008
  
  
• Code of Conduct for Licensees, 7 Dec 2007
  
  
• Regulations on a Code of Conduct on People with Disabilities, 7 Nov 2007
  

• Numbering Plan and Regulations, 15 May 2006
• Number audit annual submissions; Reminder re number audit annual submissions
  

• Number Portability Regulations, 30 Sept 2005 (TA)

• Media release stating that geographic number portability for individual numbers will be implemented from 26 April 2010
  
• Media release stating that geographic number portability for blocks of 1000 numbers or more will be implemented from 18 May 2009

• Frequency Band Plan (SAFTA), 15 July 2004 (TA)
  
• Previous Band Plans:  SABRE 2, 29 Aug 2001
  

• Regulations in respect of the Limitation of Ownership and Control of Telecommunication Services, 16 Jan 2003 (TA)
  
  
• Regulations in respect of Labelling Telecommunications Equipment, 6 March 2002 (TA)