A Licensee must submit written notice to the Authority within seven (7) days of the occurrence of the following changes in its licence:­ (a) the name of the Licensee; (b) contact details; (c) shareholding; and (d) notices and addresses.

The Licence area for a Community Sound Broadcasting Service is the maximum possible area covered by the frequency/ies and power level allocated to a Licensee in terms of the Radio Frequency Spectrum Licence, which area may not exceed a District Municipality as defined in the Local Government Municipal Structures Act, No 117 of 1998. The specific licence area will be as defined by the Licence issued to a Licensee.

The purpose of these Regulations is to regulate and prescribe: (a) process and procedures for registration, amendment, transfer, surrender and renewal of a licence as contemplated in section 5(7)(8)(i) read with sections 16(1) and 17(1) of the Act; (b) documentation to be submitted with a notice for registration or renewal and applications for surrender or transfer of a licence as contemplated in section 5 (7) (a) (ii) of the Act; (c) process and procedures applicable to licence exempt ECS and ECNS; and (d) other matters pertaining thereto, as contemplated in section 5 (7) (b) of the Act.

Regulations regarding standard terms and conditions for class licences under chapter 3 of the electronic communications act 2005 (NO. 36 of 2005).

The Authority considered all submissions and took into account all recommendations made in coming to its decisions. The Authority's reasons and decisions are as detailed below.

The purpose of these regulations is to prescribe the procedures and criteria for the granting of a radio frequency spectrum licence in instances envisaged in section 31 (3) of the Act.

For the purposes of convenience the Authority shall as much as possible not seek to comprehensively restate the positions advanced by interested persons, but rather provide a concise articulation of the cumulative sentiments expressed by interested persons on matters which seemingly evoked significant contentious responses.

In this Reasons Document the Authority has outlined the basis for certain determinations in relation to the Regulations in the context of the representations and submissions it has received from various interested parties and the Broadcasting Digital Migration Policy for South Africa (the Ministerial Policy) published by the Minister of Communications (the Minister) in Government Gazette 31408 of 8 September 2008.

The purpose of these Regulations is: a) to provide for a regulatory framework for the licensing of radio frequency spectrum within the designated range for the provision of mobile television broadcasting services; b) to provide for procedures and criteria for the awarding of radio frequency spectrum licences for the provision of mobile television broadcasting services within the designated range; and c) to provide for other matters ancillary thereto.