ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (as amended January 2008) (4) A mass media service shall be registered when it is issued with a certificate of registration by the Commission. (5) A certificate issued in terms of subsection (4) shall be valid for a period of five years59 and may be renewed thereafter. (6) The registered owner shall start circulating his mass media's products six months from the date of the issue of the registration certificate, failing which the registration certificate shall be deemed to be cancelled. (7) The owner of a registered mass media service may, in the form and manner and subject to payment of the fee prescribed, apply to the Commission for the renewal of the registration of the mass media service upon the same terms and conditions that applied when the mass media service was originally registered: Provided that if there are any material changes in the particulars furnished in connection with the original application for registration, the owner concerned shall make a new application for registration of the mass media service in terms of subsection (2).60 66A Renewal of registration of mass media service 61 (1) The owner of a registered mass media service may, before the expiry of the certificate of registration issued in respect of the service in terms of section 66, apply to the Commission for the renewal of the registration of the service. (2) Section 65 shall apply, with any necessary changes, to an application for the renewal of registration in terms of subsection (1). (3) The Commission shall not refuse an application for renewal unless the applicant⎯ (a) has been convicted of contravening section 64; (b) has failed to comply with section 67; (c) has acted in breach of section 86(2). 67 Notification of changes The responsible person of a registered mass media service shall 62 notify the Commission of any changes if— (a) the owner is replaced; (b) the co-owners change; (c) the name, language, form and frequency of the periodical dissemination of mass media products is altered; (d) the area where the mass media products are circulated is changed; (e) the editorial office changes its place of location and form. 59 Five years substituted for former two years by s. 8 of Act 20/2007. 60 Subsection inserted by s. 10 of Act 5/2003. 61 Section inserted by s. 9 of Act 20/2007. 62 Introductory words substituted by s. 10 of Act 20/2007. 39