RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (UNSERVICEABLE EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS

RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS

(UNSERVICEABLE EQUIPMENT)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 399.41

RADIOCOMMUNICATIONS (UNSERVICEABLE

EQUIPMENT) REGULATIONS

3rd October, 2008

LEGAL NOTICE 246 of 2008.

The title of these regulations is the Radiocommunications

(Unserviceable Equipment) Regulations.

The licencee of radiocommunications equipment which at

any time has been disposed of may file a sworn declaration with the

Minister responsible for radiocommunications, hereinafter "the

Minister", confirming that the said equipment has been disposed of

or is about to be disposed of, and such person shall, as from the day

of the filing of such declaration with the Minister and subject to the

provisions of Radiocommunications (Broadcast Receiving Licence

Charges) Regulations, and to his paying any arrears that may be

due, be exempt from the payment of any licence fees with regard to

that apparatus which may have become due during the year during

which the said declaration is filed and in any subsequent year.

(1) Where the sworn declaration made in terms of

regulation 2 refers to television broadcast receiving equipment, the

declaration shall also include a statement declaring whether the

declarant has in his possession any such other equipment and the

number thereof.

(2) Any declaration that does not comply with the provisions of

sub-regulation (1) shall be null and void and shall be disregarded

by the Minister.

(1) The Minister may refuse to act upon any declaration

made in terms of these regulations where he is satisfied that such

declaration is untruthful.

(2) Where the Minister refuses to act upon a declaration in

terms of sub-regulation (1), he shall give the declarant the reason

for his decision.