STAATSKOERANT, 1 JUNIE 2006 No. 28894 CHAPTER 1: Supervision Accreditation 341) Any person or licensing body intending to act as a representative collecting society and (a) administering on behalf of 50 or more copyright owners, or on behalf of an organisation representing 50 or more copyright owners, the right to receive payment of a royalty in terms of section 9A of the Copyright Act, 1978; or (b) administering on behalf of 50 or more performers, or on behalf of an organisation representing 50 or more performers, the right to receive payment of a royalty in terms of section 5(1)(b) of the Performers' Protection Act, 1967; or (c) administering on behalf of 50 or more copyright owners and performers jointly, or on behalf of an organisation representing 50 or more copyright owners and performers jointly, the right to receive payment of a royalty as contemplated in paragraphs (a) and (b) above requires an accreditation from the Registrar in order to be authorised to function as a collecting society established under the Copyright Act, 1978. (2) Any person or licensing body claiming the right to act as a representative collecting society shall lodge a written application with the Registrar for accreditation. The Registrar shall consider the written application together with any other relevant documents. The Registrar may for the purposes of issuing an accreditation under these regulations consult with any person or institution before granting or refusing to grant accreditation. (3) The Registrar shall not grant accreditation to an applicant unless he or she is satisfied thatit appears from the particulars supporting the application and the information considered that the applicant is able to ensure adequate, efficient and effective administration throughout the Republic of the rights to be entrusted to the collecting society for administration; membership is open to copyright owners or their licensees andlor to performers whose rights the applicant seeks to administer and/or to organisations representing such copyright owners or licensees and/or performers; the applicant affords to copyright owners or their licensees and/or to performers, or to organisations representing copyright owners or licensees and/or performers an appropriate right and opportunity to take part in decision making concerning the affairs of the applicant and the administration of the rights in question, as well as the distribution of royalties to be received; the applicant is able to comply with the obligations set out in these Regulations (chapter 2); the person or persons appointed as representatives, managers and members of the governing body of the applicant are fit or proper persons 5