General Licence Fees Regulations

On 24 October 2008, the Authority published draft regulations in respect of General Licence Fees in Government Gazette 31542. The draft regulations are drafted in terms of section 4(1) (c)(iv-v) and 5(7)(a)(iii) of the Electronic Communications Act. (The EC Act).  The closing date for written submissions being 05 December 2008.

The draft general licence fees regulations gazetted by ICASA on 24 October 2008, if applied in their current form will handicap the financial viability of the broadcasting industry as a whole. For instance, the Authority proposes a leap frog from R30 000 in respect of amendment fees for sound broadcasting services to R250 000. The NAB is of the view that the proposed licence fees are prohibitive in nature, and pose as a barrier to entry

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