ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT (SHOWING AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACT 5/2003) (2) Subject to this Part, the Fund shall be vested in and administered by the Commission as trustee. 44 Objects of Fund The objects of the Fund shall be— (a) the standardisation of mass media services and the maintenance of high standards of quality in the provision of such services; and (b) to assist in the training of persons in the provision of mass media services; and (c) to promote and contribute towards research and development in the field of information and mass media; (d) to promote public awareness on the right of access to information and protection of privacy; in accordance with an annual implementation plan prepared by the Commission in consultation with registered mass media services 25. 45 Moneys of Fund The Fund shall consist of— (a) such moneys as may be raised by levies imposed in terms of section forty-six; (b) such moneys as may be payable to the Fund from moneys appropriated by an Act of Parliament for the purpose of the Fund; and (c) any surplus of income over expenditure at the end of the Commission’s financial year appropriated in terms of paragraph 3 of the Fifth Schedule; (d) any other moneys to which the Fund may be lawfully entitled; and (e) accreditation fees. 46 Levies (1) Every mass media owner, other than a broadcasting licensee as defined in the Broadcasting Services Act [Chapter 12:06], shall pay the prescribed annual levy to the Fund. (2) The dates on which the levies to the Fund become payable and the manner in which they shall be paid shall be as prescribed. (3) Where any mass media owner fails to pay the whole or any part of a levy within seven days after the date when it is due to the Fund the owner shall be liable to pay to the Fund an amount equivalent to double the levy due. (4) The Commission may, by action in a competent court, recover the amount of a levy or penalty payable in terms of this section. 47 Holding of Fund (1) All moneys received on behalf of the Fund shall be paid into a banking account and no money shall be withdrawn therefrom except by means of cheques signed by such persons as are authorised in that behalf by the Commission. 25 Concluding words amended by s. 25 of as read with Schedule to Act 5/2003. 24

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