Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001)RegulationsRegulations Relating to Appeals and Applications for Exemptions, 2003Part II : Applications for Exemptions7. Submission of applications for exemptions and consideration thereof by Minister |
| (1) | The Authority must as soon as possible after receipt of an application for exemption that materially complies with the requirements of regulation 6(1), and after having taken any of the steps contemplated in regulation 6(3) that are necessary in the circumstances, submit to the Minister— |
| (a) | the applicant documentation; and |
| (b) | the information and submissions which the Authority wishes to place before the Minister in terms of section 1(2) or 20(5) of the Act. |
| (2) | The Minister may at any stage after the submission of the documentation contemplated in subregulation (1), request the Authority for the submission of— |
| (a) | further documentation, information or submissions of the Authority relating to the application; and |
| (b) | further documentation, information or submissions of the applicant relating to the application. |
| (3) | The Authority must within the period determined by the Minister for this purpose, or within a reasonable period if no such period has been determined— |
| (a) | submit any further documentation, information or submissions to the Minister as requested by the Minister; |
| (b) | communicate any request of the Minister referred to in subregulation (2)(b) to the applicant in writing; and |
| (c) | submit to the Minister any documentation, information or submissions submitted by the applicant to the Authority in response to the request of the Minister. |
| (4) | After the Minister has decided an application for exemption, the Minister may— |
| (a) | communicate this decision in writing to the director and request him or her to inform the applicant accordingly; |
| (b) | request the director to enter the particulars of any exemption granted by the Minister into the register of exemptions; and |
| (c) | direct the Service, if the Minister has granted the exemption, to publish a notice in the Gazette as contemplated in section 1(2) or 20(5) of the Act. |
| (5) | The director must as soon as possible after receipt of a communication from the Minister contemplated in subregulation (4)(a), inform the applicant in writing of the decision of the Minister. |