The purpose of these regulations is to prescribe - (a) the administrative fees payable in respect of an application or registrations for a licence amendment, transfer or renewal as contemplated in sections 4(1c)(iv) and 4(1)(c)(v) of the Act; and (b) The annual licence fees payable by licensees as contemplated in section 5(7) (a) (iii) if the Act.

On 24 October 2012, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (“ICASA”) published in Government Gazette number 35819, a notice of its intention to amend the ICASA General Licence fees Regulations, 2009 (“the 2009 Regulations”) . The draft regulations are open for public comment, and the closing date is 5 December 2012.

On 18 March 2013, the NAB submitted its written submission to ICASA on the draft Terrestrial Broadcasting Frequency Plan.

On 15 February, the NAB made its written submission to ICASA on the draft National Radio Frequency Plan. In terms of the ECA, the Minister of Communications needs to give the final approval of the Plan.

The Department of Communications published a draft ICASA Amendment Bill on 23 November 2012, for public comment. The objective for the amendment is to provide for further clarity on the powers and duties of the Authority, to provide for the establishment of the Complaints and Compliance Commission to replace the incumbent CCC. The NAB’s concerns are around the independence of ICASA, and the constitutional independence ICASA derives from section 192 of the Constitution of South Africa. These and opther concerns are raised in the NAB written submission to the Authority

The purpose of these Regulations is to: (a) regulate the digital migration of the existing television channels; (b) prescribe the conditions for the assignment of channel capacity in Multiplex 1 and Multiplex 2 for the purposes of digital migration and the creation of a platform for DTT ; (c) prescribe the procedure for the authorisation of digital incentive channels; and (d) set the time frames within which the terrestrial television broadcasting service licensees must provide for dual illumination.

On 24 October 2012, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (“ICASA”) published in Government Gazette number 35819, a notice of its intention to amend the ICASA General Licence fees Regulations, 2009  (“the 2009 Regulations”). The draft regulations are open for public comment, and the closing date is 5 December 2012.

On 2 October 2012, the Minister of Communications published in Government Gazette number 35734, a proposed Health Content Policy Framework for Television Broadcasting in South Africa (“the draft Health Content Policy”). The draft Health Policy is open for public comment, within 30 calendar days of the date of its publication.

On 17 August 2012, ICASA published both its draft Frequency Migration Regulations as well as the Frequency Migration Plan, in Government Gazette No. 35598. These documents were open for public comment, and the closing date for written comments was 28 September 2012. The closing date was subsequently changed to 12 October 2012. In the draft plan, ICASA has set aside dates for public hearings, and these are 31 October to 2 November 2012. The NAB has submitted its written submission, and has also indicated its intention to participate in oral hearings in accordance with dates specified by ICASA.

The Films and Publications Act, Act No. 65 of 1996 ("the Act") requires certain films, games and publications to be classified by the Film and Publication Board ("FPB"). Once classified the distribution is subject to the conditions imposed by the FPB.