Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017 (Act No. 9 of 2017)

Chapter 12A : Resolution of Designated Institutions

Part 7 : Deposit Insurance Fund

166BD. Deposit Insurance Fund

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(1) A fund called the Deposit Insurance Fund is established.

 

(2) The Fund is held by the Corporation.

 

(3) The Corporation must establish an account at the Reserve Bank for the purposes of the Fund.

 

(4) The Fund consists of—
(a) the amount standing to the credit of the account established in terms of subsection (3);
(b) the investments made with money of the Fund; and
(c) the other assets of the Corporation attributable to the Fund.

 

(5) There must be credited to the Fund—
(a) surplus funds of the Corporation referred to in section 166AT;
(b) amounts collected as deposit insurance premiums as envisaged in section 166BG;
(c) interest and other amounts earned from investments of the Fund;
(d) amounts recovered by the Corporation attributable to amounts paid out of the Fund; and
(e) other amounts received by the Corporation for the purposes of, or in connection with, the Fund.

 

(6) The Fund may only be applied as follows:
(a) To make payments in terms of section 166AA, including in terms of agreements contemplated by that section;
(b) by way of investments in terms of section 166BE(1); or
(c) to repay amounts paid into the Fund in error.

 

[Section 166BD inserted by section 51 of the Financial Sector Laws Amendment Act, 2021 (Act No. 23 of 2021), Notice No. 789, GG45825, dated 28 January 2022 - effective 1 April 2024 per Notice No. 4468, GG50372, dated 25 March 2024]