6 . No.28894 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1 JUNE 2006 to act as such and are in their majority South African citizens or permanent residents; (9 the principal place of business in respect of rights administered in the Repubtic is situated in the Republic; (g) the accreditation of the applicant does not conflict with, undermine or diminish the adequate, efficient and effective administration of the right to receive payment of a royalty in terms of section 9A of the Copyright Act, 9978, or section 5(l)(b) of the Performers' Protection Act, 1967, as undertaken by a coltecting society already accredited and established under the Copyright Act, 1978. Within thirty days from the lodging of the application, the Registrar shall(a) grant accreditation authorising the applicant to act as a collecting society established under the Copyright Act, 1978, if the Registrar is satisfied that the requirements referred to in subregulation (3) are met; or (b) provisionally refuse to grant accreditation, if the Registrar is not satisfied thatthe requirements referred to in subregulation (3) are met, but if, in the opinion of the Registrar, the applicant may modify and/or supplement the application in a manner that would satisfy the requirements; or (c) refuse to grant accreditation, if the Registrar is not satisfied that the requirements referred to in subregulation (3) are met, and within thirty days of notifying the applicant of the refusal to grant accreditation, the Registrar shall furnish the applicant with the reasons for refusing in writing. (d) In the case of a. provisional refusal to grant accreditation as contemplated in paragraph (b), the Registrar shall within thirty days of notifying the applicant of the provisional refusal furnish the applicant with the reasons for the provisional refusal in writing and grant the applicant a further period of not less than thirty days to submit a modified and/or supplemented application, and/or such further particulars as may be required. Thereafter the Registrar shall grant or refuse the application as provided for in paragraph (a) or (c) of subregulation (4). An accreditation shall be granted for a term of five years and shall subsequently be renewable for further periods of five years. Six months prior to the expiry of a five-year term, a collecting society established under the Copyright Act, 1978, may apply for a renewal. The provisions of subregulations (3) and (4) shall apply rnufafis rnufandis to such a renewal application. The Registrar may withdraw an accreditation granted iffa) the collecting society failed to disclose material facts that, if known at the time of accreditation, would have constituted cause for a refusal of the accreditation; or (b) the Registrar becomes aware of facts unknown at the time of accreditation or of subsequent occurrences which, if placed before him or her prior to a decision in regard to the granting of accreditation, would have oonstituted a ground for refusal of accreditation and cannot be remedied within a time period to be fixed by the Registrar; or (c) ' in the opinion of the Registrar, the collecting society commits (i) a material breach of its obligations; or