Mandating Procedures of Provinces Act, 2008
R 385
Mutual Banks Act, 1993 (Act No. 124 of 1993)Chapter I : Interpretation of Act1A. Relationship between Act and Financial Sector Regulation Act |
| (1) | A reference in this Act to the Registrar must be read as a reference to the Authority. |
| (2) | Except as otherwise provided by this Act or the Financial Sector Regulation Act, the powers and duties of the Authority in terms of this Act are in addition to the powers and duties that it has in terms of the Financial Sector Regulation Act. |
| (3) | A reference in this Act to the Authority determining or publishing a matter by notice in the Gazette must be read as including a reference to the Authority determining or publishing the matter by notice published in the Register. |
| (4) | Unless expressly provided otherwise in this Act, or this Act requires a matter to be prescribed by regulation in terms of section 91, a reference in this Act to a matter being— |
| (a) | prescribed must be read as a reference to the matter being prescribed in a prudential standard or a conduct standard; or |
| (b) | determined must be read as a reference to the Authority determining the matter in writing and registering the determination in the Register. |
(5)
| (a) | Matters in respect of which regulations relating to banks may be prescribed in terms of this Act may also be made in prudential standards or conduct standards. |
| (b) | Regulations prescribed in terms of this Act that are in force immediately before the commencement of this subsection continue to be in force, but may be repealed by the Minister to allow for prudential or conduct standards to be made in terms of the Financial Sector Regulation Act, in respect of the subject matter of those regulations. |
| (c) | Paragraph (b) does not limit the powers of the Minister in terms of this Act to prescribe regulations. |
(6)
| (a) | A reference in this Act to the Authority announcing or publishing information or a document on a web site must be read as a reference to the Authority publishing the information or document in the Register. |
| (b) | The Authority may also publish the information or document on its web site. |
| (7) | A reference in this Act to a determined or prescribed fee must be read as a reference to the relevant fee determined in terms of section 237 and Chapter 16 of the Financial Sector Regulation Act. |
[Section 7 inserted by section 290, item 2 in Schedule 4, of Act No. 9 of 2017 - has not yet commenced (paragraph (a)(ii) of Notice 142 of 2019, GG 42314, dated 18 March 2019)]
| (8) | A reference in this Act to an appeal of a decision of the Authority must be read as a reference to a reconsideration of the decision by the Tribunal in terms of the Financial Sector Regulation Act. |
(9)
| (a) | If any requirement in the Financial Sector Regulation Act is inconsistent with any provision of this Act, the requirement in the Financial Sector Regulation Act prevails. |
| (b) | If any requirement in a regulatory instrument made in terms of the Financial Sector Regulation Act is inconsistent with any provision of a regulatory instrument made in terms of this Act, the requirement in the regulatory instrument made in terms of the Financial Sector Regulation Act prevails. |
[Section 1A inserted by section 290, item 2 in Schedule 4, of Act No. 9 of 2017 - effective 1 April 2018 (paragraph (h) of Notice 169 of 2018)]
