Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)Chapter 4 : Electronic Communications Network and Electronic Communications Facilities21. Rapid deployment of electronic communications facilities |
| (1) | The Minister must, in consultation with the Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, the Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, the Authority and other relevant institutions, develop a policy and policy directions for the rapid deployment and provisioning of electronic communications facilities, following which the Authority must prescribe regulations. |
| (2) | The regulations must provide procedures and processes for— |
| (a) | obtaining any necessary permit, authorisation, approval or other governmental authority including the criteria necessary to qualify for such permit, authorisation, approval or other governmental authority; and |
| (b) | resolving disputes that may arise between an electronic communications network service licensee and any landowner, in order to satisfy the public interest in the rapid rollout of electronic communications networks and electronic communications facilities. |
| (3) | The policy and policy directions contemplated in subsection (1) must be made within twelve (12) months of the coming into operation of the Electronic Communications Amendment Act, 2014. |
[Section 21 substituted by section 13 of the Electronic Communications Amendment Act, 2014 (Act No. 1 of 2014)]