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Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

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Radio Frequency Spectrum Amendment Regulations, 2021

Part VI - Specific Services

25. Burglar Alarm Services

 

(1) Radio frequency spectrum for the purposes of providing burglar alarm services will be assigned on a shared basis and the various manufacturers or suppliers of the burglar alarm equipment have a responsibility to coordinate the use therein between the different licensees.

 

(2) All alarm equipment must be capable of being programmed with codes in order to allow for efficient use by multiple controls and parrot repeater stations.

 

(3) All lock-on faulty signals and transmitters must be investigated and rectified by a licensee or licensees affected.

 

(4) An assignment for additional frequency spectrum in the licensed area may be issued by the Authority if each of the licensee's existing burglar alarm systems in the same-area services not less than twenty (20) control stations and twenty thousand (20 000) burglar alarm transmitter stations.

 

(5) If the licensee's existing burglar alarm service does not comply with the requirements as specified in these regulations, then the licensee must at least demonstrate that it is using the entire radio frequency spectrum assigned to him or her efficiently.

 

(6) A licence shall be issued by the Authority if proof of channel occupancy is furnished to justify the application.

 

(7) Approval must be obtained from the Authority before any parrot repeater station or control station is supplied and installed on a burglar alarm service.

 

(8) A licensee, providing a burglar alarm service using radio frequency spectrum assigned for that purpose, must keep a register of each client connected to its service and provide a copy of the register to the Authority upon request.

 

(9) A register in terms of sub regulation (9) must clearly indicate any additional burglar alarm transmitters connected to a licensee's system during the preceding year and clearly indicate any burglar alarm transmitters that were cancelled during the same period.