Use of Official Languages Act, 2012 (Act No. 12 of 2012)RegulationsUse of Official Languages Regulations, 2013Part 3: Timeframes for establishing a Language Unit4. Timeframes for establishing a language unit |
| (1) | Every national department, national public entity and national public enterprise, other than a national public entity and national public enterprise exempted in terms of section 12 of the Act, must establish a language unit contemplated in section 7 of the Act, within 6 months of the coming into effect of these Regulations. |
| (2) | A national department, national public entity or national public enterprise may apply to the Minister for an extension of the period contemplated in sub-regulation (1). |
| (3) | An application for extension contemplated in sub-regulation (2) must, amongst other things: |
| (a) | be submitted to the Minister at least 2 months before the expiry of the period contemplated in sub-regulation (1); |
| (b) | provide full and detailed reasons for the application for extension; and |
| (c) | stipulate when a language unit contemplated in section 7 of the Act will be established. |
| (4) | The Minister may, after considering the application, grant the extension, provided that such extension may not exceed 2 months. |
| (5) | The Minister must make the decision whether or not to grant the extension within 1 month from the date of receiving the application and inform the applicant in writing of the decision. |
| (6) | If, upon the expiry of the 1 month period provided for in sub-section (5), the Minister has not informed the applicant in writing of the decision, the Minister will be deemed to have refused the application for extension. |