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- Amends Post Office Act, 1958
South Africa
Former States Posts and Telecommunications Reorganisation Act, 1996
Act 5 of 1996
- Published in Government Gazette 17053 on 22 March 1996
- Assented to on 12 March 1996
- Commenced on 22 March 1996
- [This is the version of this document from 22 March 1996.]
1. Definitions
In this Act, unless the context otherwise indicates—“companies” means the postal company and the telecommunications company;“department” means the department of posts and telecommunications of a former state;“fixed establishment” means the posts created for the normal and regular requirements of a department which are filled on a fixed basis on the date immediately before the transfer date;“former state” means the former Republic of Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda or Ciskei;“interrupted membership” means current membership of a pension fund where benefits were paid to the member concerned before the transfer date;“Minister” means the Minister responsible for the administration of posts and telecommunications;“operating loss” means excess of operating expenditure over operating income and for that purpose capital gain shall be left out of account;“pension fund” means any pension fund, retirement fund, superannuation fund or provident fund of a department;“postal company” means the South African Post Office Limited;“postal enterprise” means all the assets, liabilities, rights and obligations, including any claim to copyright, trade marks and patentable inventions, of a former state which relate to or are used in connection with the conduct of the postal service of such former state, as determined by the Minister;“Postbank” means the Post Office Savings Bank established by section 52 of the Post Office Act;“Post Office Act” means the Post Office Act, 1958 (Act No. 44 of 1958);“post office savings banks” means the post office savings banks of the former states;“State” means the department of State concerned;“telecommunications company” means Telkom SA Limited;“telecommunications enterprise” means all the assets, liabilities, rights and obligations, including any claim to copyright, trade marks and patentable inventions, of a former state which relate to or are used in connection with the conduct of the telecommunications service of such former state, as determined by the Minister;“transfer date” means the date determined by the Minister in terms of section 2.2. Transfer date
The Minister shall by notice in the Gazette determine the date on which the departments shall be integrated with the companies, as the case may be.3. Transfer of postal and telecommunications enterprises of former states
4. Transfer of staff
5. Regulation of finances before transfer date
6. Regulation of finances after transfer date
7. Repeal and amendment of laws
8. Act binding on State
This Act shall bind the State.9. Transitional provision
All current licences issued in terms of a law on radio or postal matters by any department shall, as from the transfer date, for the remainder of the licence period be deemed to have been issued in terms of the Radio Act, 1952 (Act No. 3 of 1952), or the Post Office Act, as the case may be.10. Short title
This Act shall be called the Former States Posts and Telecommunications Reorganisation Act, 1996.History of this document
22 March 1996 this version
Commenced
12 March 1996
Assented to
Cited documents 4
Legislation 4
1. | Deeds Registries Act, 1937 | 2773 citations |
2. | Income Tax Act, 1962 | 1603 citations |
3. | Post Office Act, 1958 | 437 citations |
4. | South African Reserve Bank Act, 1989 | 197 citations |
Documents citing this one 41
Gazette 39
Judgment 2
1. | Theron v Premier of Western Cape Province and Another (1310/2017) [2019] ZASCA 6 (8 March 2019) | 1 citation |
2. | Lukhele v Letsoalo and Another (58803/21) [2022] ZAGPPHC 780 (1 August 2022) |