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Films and Publications Act, 1996 (Act No. 65 of 1996)

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Films and Publications Regulations, 2022

Schedule 1

Part 11: Obligations of Internet Service Providers in relation to the Duty to Register with the FPB and Display Registration Certificates

29. Internet Service Providers

 

(1) An application for registration as an internet service provider in terms of section 27A of the Act shall be made on the relevant Form provided by the FPB or submitted through an electronic system accessible on its website and accompanied by—
(a) proof of registration of the business of the applicant in terms of the applicable legislation;
(b) a document confirming that the applicant's tax affairs are in order; and
(c) a declaration that the applicant warrants to the best of its knowledge and insofar as it is reasonably aware, that it complies with the laws and regulations applicable to it, with its legal obligations pertaining to its business in general and undertakes to continue to take all reasonable and necessary steps to ensure that such compliance is maintained.

 

(2) Every internet service provider must, when making an application for registration as an internet service provider, indicate in the application form all measures, or steps taken or put in place to ensure that children are not exposed to child pornography and pornography.

 

(3) The FPB may, in terms of section 27A of the Act, require an internet service provider to demonstrate that the measures contemplated in sub-regulation (2) are still effective.