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62 No. 23708 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2 AUGUST 2002Act No. 25,2002 ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ANDTRANSACTIONS ACT, 2002Alternative dispute resolutionPart 6Alternative dispute resolution69. (1) The Minister, in consultation with the Minister of Trade and Industry, mustmake regulations for an alternative mechanism for the resolution of disputes in respect 5of the .za domain name space.(2) The regulations must be made with due regard to existing international precedent.(3) The regulations may prescribe-(a) procedures for the resolution of certain types of disputes determined in theregulations and which relate to a domain name registration;10(b) the role which the Authority must fulfil in administering the dispute resolutionprocedure;(c) the appointment, role and function of dispute resolution adjudicators;(d) the procedure and rules which must be followed in adjudicating disputes;(e) unlawful actions or activities in respect of domain names, distinguishing 15cf)between criminal and civil liability;measures to prevent unlawful actions or activities with respect to domainnames;(g) the manner, costs of and time within which a determination must be made;(h) the implementation of determinations made in terms of the dispute resolution 20procedure;(i) the limitation of liability of registrars and registries for implementing adetermination; and(j) the enforcement and publication of determinations.DefinitionCHAPTER XI 25LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF SERVICE PROVIDERS70. In this Chapter, “service provider” means any person providing infomationsystem services.Recognition of representative body 3071. (1) The Minister may, on application by an industry representative body forservice providers by notice in the Gazette, recognise such body for purposes of section72.(2) The Minister may only recognise a representative body referred to in subsection(1) if the Minister that- is satisfied35(a) its members are subject to a code of conduct;(b) membership is subject to adequate criteria;(c) the code of conduct requires continued adherence to adequate standards ofconduct; and(d) the representative body is capable of monitoring and enforcing its code of 40conduct adequately.Conditions for eligibility72. The limitations on liability established by this Chapter apply to a service provideronly if-(a) the service provider is a member of the representative body referred to in 45section 71; and
64 No. 23708 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2 AUGUST 2002Act No. 25,2002ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ANDTRANSACTIONS ACT, 2002(b) the service provider has adopted and implemented the official code of conductof that representative body.Mere conduit73. (1) A service provider is not liable for providing access to or for operatingfacilities for information systems or transmitting, routing or storage of data messages 5 viaan information system under its control, as long as the service provider-(a) does not initiate the transmission;(b) does not select the addressee;(c) performs the functions in an automatic, technical manner without selection ofthe data; and 10(d) does not modify the data contained in the transmission.(2) The acts of transmission, routing and of provision of access referred to insubsection (1) include the automatic, intermediate and transient storage of theinformation transmitted in so far as this takes place-(a) for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission in the information 15system;(b) in a manner that makes it ordinarily inaccessible to anyone other thananticipated recipients; and(c) for a period no longer than is reasonably necessary for the transmission.(3) Notwithstanding this section, a competent court may order a service provider to 20terminate or prevent unlawful activity in terms of any other law.Caching74. (1) A service provider that transmits data provided by a recipient of the service viaan information system under its control is not liable for the automatic, intermediate andtemporary storage of that data, where the purpose of storing such data is to make the 25onward transmission of the data more efficient to other recipients of the service upontheir request, as long as the service provider-(a) does not modify the data;(b) complies with conditions on access to the data;(c) complies with rules regarding the updating of the data, specified in a manner 30widely recognised and used by industry;(d) does not interfere with the lawful use of technology, widely recognised andused by industry, to obtain information on the use of the data; and(e) removes or disables access to the data it has stored upon receiving atake-down referred notice in section to 77. 35(2) Notwithstanding this section, a competent court may order a service provider toterminate or prevent unlawful activity in terms of any other law.Hosting75. (1) A service provider that provides a service that consists of the storage of dataprovided by a recipient of the service, is not liable for damages arising from data stored 40at the request of the recipient of the service, as long as the service provider-(a) does not have actual knowledge that the data message or an activity relating tothe data message is infringing the rights of a third party; or(b) is not aware of facts or circumstances from which the infringing activity or theinfringing nature the of data message is apparent; and 45(c) upon receipt of a take-down notification referred to in section 77, actsexpeditiously to remove or to disable access to the data.(2) The limitations on liability established by this section do not apply to a serviceprovider unless it has designated an agent to receive notifications of infringement andhas provided through its services, including on its web sites in locations accessible to the 50public, the name, address, phone number and e-mail address of the agent.(3) Notwithstanding this section, a competent court may order a service provider toterminate or prevent unlawful activity in terms of any other law.
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