14 indirect, to the Authority for record and transmission to the register which must be kept and maintained by the Authority. (3) The register must be— (a) open for inspection during office hours on business days; and (b) contained in the annual report referred to in section 16.’’. 5 Amendment of section 12 of Act 13 of 2000 12. Section 12 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (4) for the words preceding paragraph (a) of the following words: ‘‘A councillor is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding [R250 000] R1 000 000 or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 [five] three years, or to both such fine and imprisonment, if he or she—’’. Amendment of section 14 of Act 13 of 2000, as amended by section 14 of Act 3 of 2006 13. Section 14 of the principal Act is hereby amended— (a) by the substitution in subsection (1) for the words preceding paragraph (a) of the following words: ‘‘The Council must establish such staff component as it requires in order to support its own administration and to assist the Authority in the performance of its functions, and to this end the Council must appoint—’’; (b) by the substitution in subsection (1) for paragraph (b) of the following paragraph: ‘‘(b) such other staff as the Council may deem necessary to assist the Authority and the chief executive officer, as the case may be, with all such work as may arise through the performance of its functions, including research, regulatory impact assessments, reports, the giving of reasons, preparing public consultation documents and preparing recommendations relating to this Act, the underlying statutes and the Electronic Transactions Act.’’; and (c) by the addition of the following subsection: ‘‘(4) The staff must carry out the day to day operations of the Authority as directed by the chief executive officer in accordance with the annual plan referred to in section 15A.’’. 15 20 25 30 Amendment of section 14A of Act 13 of 2000, as inserted by section 15 of Act 3 of 2006 35 14. Section 14A of the principal Act is hereby amended— (a) by the substitution for subsection (1) of following subsection: ‘‘(1) The Authority may appoint as many experts as may be necessary with a view to assisting the Authority in the performance of its functions, but any appointment of experts which is not within the budget of the 40 Authority for a particular year is subject to the approval of the Minister.’’; and (b) by the deletion of subsection (2). Repeal of section 14B of Act 13 of 2000 15. Section 14B of the principal Act is hereby repealed. 45 Amendment of section 14C of Act 13 of 2000, as inserted by section 15 of Act 3 of 2006 16. Section 14C of the principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion in subsection (1) of the word ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (b), the insertion of the expression ‘‘; or’’ after the word ‘‘law’’ in paragraph (c) and the addition of the following paragraph: 50 ‘‘(d) where required to do so in terms of section 12.’’.