ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND PROTECTION OF PRIVACY ACT
(SHOWING AMENDMENTS MADE BY ACT 5/2003)
(ii) the number of publications produced significantly exceeds the number of
members or employees to whom the publication is intended to be disseminated,
or exceeds a prescribed number.
69 Refusal of registration of mass media service
(1) The Commission may not refuse to register a mass media service unless—
(a) it fails to comply with the provisions of this Act ; or
(b) the information indicated in an application for registration is false, misleading or contains any misrepresentation; or
(c) that mass media service seeks to be registered in the name of an existing registered
mass media service;
and the Commission shall forward a written notification of the refusal of registration, stating the
grounds upon which such refusal is based.
(2) An appeal shall lie to the Administrative Court against any decision made or action taken by the Commission in terms of this section.
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70 Registration fee
The registration fee shall be as prescribed by the Minister:
Provided that the Minister may prescribe a higher fee for established mass media services
specialising in commercial mass media services and advertising and a lower fee for a mass media service specialising in producing materials intended for children, adolescents and disabled
persons and used for educational, philanthropic and social purposes.
71 Suspension, cancellation and enforcement of registration certificates
(1) Subject to this section, the Commission may, whether on its own initiative or upon the
investigation of a complaint made by any interested person against the mass media service, suspend or cancel the registration certificate of a mass media service if it has reasonable grounds
for believing that⎯
(a) the registration certificate was issued in error or through fraud or there has been a misrepresentation or non-disclosure of a material fact by the mass media owner concerned; or
(b) a mass media service concerned does not publish or go on air within twelve months
from the date of registration; or
(c) the mass media service concerned has contravened section sixty-five, seventy-five, seventy-six, seventy-seven or eighty-nine of this Act.41
(2) The Commission shall not refund the registration fee if a certificate of registration is
cancelled in terms of subsection (1).
(3) A mass media service whose certificate of registration is cancelled in terms of this section by reason of fraud, misrepresentation or non-disclosure of a material fact or contravention
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Subsection (2) substituted for former subsections (2) and (3) by s. 12 of Act 5/2003.
41
Paragraph amended by s. 25 of as read with Schedule to Act 5/2003.
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