GOL’ERNMENT 30 GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 2001 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT 23No. 22889 ACT, 2001 Act Na. 64,2001 (6) requiring all holders of publicswitched telecommunication services licences to phase in the facilities referred to in paragraph ( a ) by not later than 31 December 2003. (2) The framework contemplated is subsection (1) shall ensure that the implementation and maintenarce of the facilities referred to therein are n o n - d l s c r i m l n a t o r y ’ e c t to section 2(j).”. 5 Amendment of section 96 of Act103 of 11996 %!.Section 96 of the principal Act is hereby amended( a ) by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: (1) The Authority may make regulations in relation to10 any matter which in t e m s of this Act shall or may be prescribed by regulation; (bj any technical matternecessary or expedient for the regulation of telecommunication activities; (c) any matter of procedureor form which maybe necessary or 15 expedient to prescribe forthe purposes of this Act. (b) by the substitution for subsection (4) of the following subsection: “(4) The Authority shall, not less than [three months] one month before any regulation is macle, cause the text of such regulation to be published in the Gazette, together with a notice declaring its intentionto 20 make that regulation and invitinginterestedpersonstofurnish the Authority with writtencomments thereon [or representationsin regard w thereto].”. (c) By the substitution in subsection ( 5 ) , for the words preceding paragraph(a), of the following words: 25 The provisions of subsection [(l)](4) shall not apply in respect of(d) by the addition of the following subsection: “(8) When prescribing any regulation, the Authority shall give due regard to.section 2dj).”. Insertion of section 96A in Act 103 of 19916 30 33. The following section is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 96: “Telecommunications Museum 96A. (1) The Director-Generalshall establish and managea museum that depicts the evolution and the history of the telecommunication sector in 35 South Africa. ( 2 )The museumand its contents shall be a national assetas defined in the National Heritage Resources Act, 1999 (ActNo. 25 of 1999). (3)Thecontent of themuseum housed inthe Telkom Museum on Telecommunication History shall be transferred to the museum established 40 in terms of subsection (1). Information, Communication and Technologystrategy 96B. (1) (a) The Minister sha..l, as soon as possible after thec o m e n c e ment of this section,develop an Information,Communication and Technology (ICT) strategy. 45 (bj The strategy shall be reviewed every two years. (c) The strategy shall bepublished in the Gazette when it hasbeen developed or reviewed. ( 2 ) When developing or reviewing the strategy, the Minister shall give due regard to(a) the Republic’s national objectives; (b) section 2(r) and (s); ( c ) the Republic’s international obligations; and (d) anyother relevant factor.”.