20 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 30 NOVEMBER 2001 No. 22889 Act No. 64,2001 TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMENDMENT ACT. 2001 Almendment of section 65 of Act 103 of 1996 25. Section 65 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (4) of the following subsection: “(4) The Universal Service Fund shall be administered by the Agency subject to the control and in accordance with the instructions of the [Authority] Minister.”. 5 Amendment of section 66 of Act 103 of 1996 26. Section 66 of the principal Act is hereby amended( a ) by the substitution for subsections (1) and (2) of the following subsections, respectively: “(1) The money in the Universal Service Fund shall be utilised 10 exclusively for the payment of subsidies(a) for theassistance of needy persons towards the cost of the provision to or theuse by them of telecommunication services; (b) [subject to subsection (3)]to Telkom and to any other holder of a licence in terms of Chapter V which imposes obligations on the 15 holder relating to the extension of its [public switched] telecommunication service to areas and communities which are not served or not adequately served by telecommunication services, for the purpose of financing such extension; (c) to public schools and public further education and training 20 institutions referred tc section 45(3) for theprocurement of internet services and equipment necessary to access the internet; (d) for the establishment of centres where access can be obtained to telecommunication facilities; (e) for the establishment of public information terminals; and 25 cf) to assist small businesses and cooperatives to acquire and construct infrastructure toprovide telecommunication services to areas which are not servedornot adequately served by telecommunication services; and (x) to facilitate the provision of multimedia services. 30 (2) The money inthe fund shall be apportioned for the separate purposes [of paragraph (a) andparagraph (b) of] referred-toin subsection (1)in accordance with [the prescribed]a formula determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.”; (c) by the deletion subsection of (3); and 35 (d) by the substitution in subsectior. (4) for the wordspreceding paragraph (a) of the following words: “The [Authority] Minister may,for thepurposes of payments referred to in [subsections]subsection ( l ) ( a )and [(3) prescribe] (b)by notice in the Gazette determine-”. 40 Amendment of section 67 of Act 103 of 1996 27. Section 67 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (2) for paragraph ( a ) of the following paragraph: “(a)the basis and manner of detem-.nationof such contributions, which shall not exceed 0,5% of a licencee’s annual turnover; and”. 45 Insertion of section 67A in Act 103 of 1996 28. The principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after section 67 of the following section: “Competitive tender for universalservice projects 67A. (1) The Agency competitive bid to the project. (2) The Agency shall in allocating the subsidy take into account, inter alia, the provisions of section 2.