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Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017 (Act No. 9 of 2017)

Schedules

Schedule 4 : Amendments and repeals

Financial Institutions (Protection of Funds) Act, 2001

 

SCHEDULE 4

 

AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS (continued)

(Section 290)

 

Act No. and year

Short Title

Extent of repeal or amendment

Act No. 28 of 2001

Financial Institutions (Protection of Funds) Act, 2001

1. The amendment of section 1—
(a) by the deletion of the definitions of "administrative sanction" and "applicant";
(b) by the insertion before the definition of "Companies Act" of the following definition:

" 'Authority' means the Financial Sector Conduct Authority established in terms of section 56 of the Financial Sector Regulation Act;";

(c) by the deletion of the definitions of "board", "determination", "directorate", "enforcement committee" and "financial institution";
(d) by the insertion after the definition of "financial institution" of the following definition:

" 'Financial Sector Regulation Act' means the Financial Sector Regulation Act, 2017;";

(e) by the substitution for the definition of "institution" of the following definition:

" 'institution', for the purposes of sections 5[, 6, 9] and 10, means—

(a) a [financial institution] supervised entity;
(b) any person, partnership, company or trust in which, or in the business of which, a [financial institution] supervised entity or an unregistered person has or had a direct or indirect interest;
(c) any person, partnership, company or trust which has or had a direct or indirect interest in a [financial institution] supervised entity or unregistered person, or in the business of a [financial  institution] supervised entity or an unregistered person;
(d) a participating employer in a pension fund organisation;
(e) any person, partnership, company or trust that controls, manages or administers the affairs or part of the affairs of a [financial institution] supervised entity or an unregistered person; or
(f) any unregistered person;";
(f) by the substitution for the definition of "law" of the following definition:

" 'law', for the purposes of section 5A, means—

(a) this Act;
(b) the Pension Funds Act, 1956 (Act No. 24 of 1956);
(c) the Friendly Societies Act, 1956 (Act No. 25 of 1956);
(d) the Close Corporations Act, 1984 (Act No. 69 of 1984);
(e) the Trust Property Control Act, 1988 (Act No. 57 of 1988);
(f) the Banks Act, 1990 (Act No. 94 of 1990);
(g) the Mutual Banks Act, 1993 (Act No. 124 of 1993);
(h) the Long-term Insurance Act, 1998 (Act No. 52 of 1998);
(i) the Short-term Insurance Act, 1998 (Act No. 53 of 1998);
(j) the Medical Schemes Act, 1998 (Act No. 131 of 1998);
(k) the Financial Intelligence Centre Act, 2001 (Act No. 38 of 2001);
(l) the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002 (Act No. 37 of 2002);
(m) the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, 2002 (Act No. 45 of 2002);
(n) the Co-operative Banks Act, 2007 (Act No. 40 of 2007);
(o) the Companies Act, 2008 (Act No. 71 of 2008);
(p) the Financial Markets Act, 2012 (Act No. 19 of 2012);
(q) the Credit Rating Services Act, 2012 (Act No. 24 of 2012);

including any subordinate legislation, enactment or regulatory instrument made under these Acts;";

(g) by the substitution for the definition of "registrar" of the following definition:

" 'registrar' means—

(a) the Authority [the registrar as defined in any of the Acts referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of "financial institution" in section 1 of the Financial Services Board Act, 1990;
(b) the executive officer defined in section 1 of the Financial Services Board Act, 1990;] or
[(c)](b) [except for the purposes of sections 6A to 6I,] the registrar of medical schemes referred to in section 1 of the Medical Schemes Act, 1998;";
(h) by the deletion of the definition of "respondent"; and
(i) by the addition in section 1 of the following subsection, the existing section becoming subsection (1):
"(2) Unless the context otherwise indicates, words and expressions not defined in subsection (1) have the same meaning ascribed to them in terms of the Financial Sector Regulation Act.".

 

 

2. The repeal of section 4A.

 

 

3. The amendment of section 5—
(a) by the substitution in subsection (5) for paragraph (e) of the following paragraph:
"(e) the costs incurred by the registrar in respect of an inspection of the affairs of the institution [concerned] that was conducted in terms of the Inspection of Financial Institutions Act, 1998 (Act No. 80 of 1998) prior to its repeal, or a supervisory on-site inspection or investigation in terms of the Financial Sector Regulation Act;"; and
(b) by the substitution for subsection (7) of the following subsection:
"(7) The curator of an institution must furnish the registrar [of the institution concerned] with such reports or information concerning the affairs of that institution as the registrar may require.".

 

 

4. The repeal of sections 6, 6A to 6I, 7, 9 and 9A.