| (1) | Subject to subsection (2), the Reserve Bank may recognise a payment system management body established with the object of organising, managing and regulating the participation of its members in the payment system. |
| (2) | The Reserve Bank may recognise a payment system management body as contemplated in subsection (1) if the Reserve Bank is satisfied that— |
| (a) | the payment system management body, as constituted, fairly represents the interests of its members; |
| (b) | the deed of establishment or constitution, as the case may be, and the rules of the payment system management body, including the rules relating to admission as members of that body, are fair, equitable and transparent; and |
| (c) | the payment system management body will enable the Reserve Bank to adequately oversee the affairs of the payment system management body and its members and will assist the Reserve Bank in the discharge of the Reserve Bank's responsibilities, specified in section 10(1)(c)(i) of the South African Reserve Bank Act, regarding the monitoring, regulation and supervision of payment, clearing and settlement systems. |
(2A)
| (a) | The Reserve Bank may, if it is no longer satisfied that the payment system management body complies with the requirements specified in subsection (2) and after it has consulted with the members of the payment system management body, withdraw its recognition of the payment system management body. |
| (b) | Such withdrawal of recognition will in no way affect any arrangements made, including rules and agreements, or authorisations given by the payment system management body prior to such withdrawal, unless otherwise determined by the Reserve Bank. |
| (3) | Besides the Reserve Bank, the following may also be members of a payment system management body: |
that complies with the entrance and other applicable requirements laid down in the rules of the payment system management body.
| (3A) | [Sub-section (3A) deleted by section 34(b) of Act 22 of 2008.] |
| (a) | such person is the Reserve Bank, a bank, a mutual bank, a co-operative bank or a branch of a foreign institution and, in the case where a payment system management body has been recognised by the Reserve Bank as contemplated in subsection (1), such person is a member of the payment system management body so recognised; |
| (c) | such person meets the criteria for participation in the Reserve Bank settlement system as established by the Reserve Bank in consultation with the payment system management body. |
| (5) | No person may be allowed to clear as contemplated in section 4(2)(d)(i) unless, in the case where a payment system management body has been recognised by the Reserve Bank as contemplated in subsection (1), such person is a member of the payment system management body so recognised. |
