Gary Moore

Gary Moore BA LL.B. (Witwatersrand) LL.M. (UC London) is a South African lawyer and Senior Researcher at the Free Market Foundation.

FAIS Act (37 of 2002) – Fit and proper requirements

Posted on 20 11, 201722 02, 2018

By Gary MoorePosted In: Financial services, Research, Rule of LawTagged: Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services ActLeave a comment

Author: Gary Moore Date: 20 November 2017 The provisions of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002[1] which provide for the determining of “fit and proper requirements,” and for the granting of exemptions therefrom, violate the Rule of Law....Read More

Financial Services Laws General Amendment Act (45 of 2013)

Posted on 14 11, 201722 02, 2018

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Author: Gary Moore Date: 14 November 2017 The Financial Services Laws General Amendment Act, 2013[1] is an omnibus statute[2] which[3] amended certain statutes that regulate financial services, including[4] the— Pension Funds Act, 1956;[5] Long-term Insurance Act, 1998;[6] Short-term Insurance Act...Read More

Protection of Information Act (84 of 1982)

Posted on 10 10, 201722 02, 2018

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Author: Gary Moore Date: 10 October 2017 The Protection of Information Act, 1982[1] declares that it is a statute to provide for the “protection from disclosure of certain information.”[2] The Act replaced[3] the Official Secrets Act, 1956.[4] It was amended...Read More

National Road Traffic Act (93 of 1996)

Posted on 04 10, 201722 02, 2018

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Author: Gary Moore Date: 4 October 2017 The National Road Traffic Act, 1996[1] contains provisions[2] concerning[3] the appointment of traffic officers[4] and the powers of traffic officers.[5] The provisions[6] were inserted into the principal Act[7] by a provision of the...Read More

National Key Points Act (102 of 1980)

Posted on 15 08, 201722 02, 2018

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Author: Gary Moore Date: 15 August 2017 The National Key Points Act, 1980[1] provides for the declaration and safeguarding[2] of national key points.[3] The Minister[4] may declare any place[5] (or area[6]) a key point— If it appears to him at...Read More

FAIS Act (37 of 2002) – Debarring representatives

Posted on 04 08, 201722 02, 2018

By Gary MoorePosted In: Financial services, Research, Rule of LawTagged: Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services ActLeave a comment

Author: Gary Moore Date: 4 August 2017 The Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002[1] stipulates a person may not act as representative of a financial-services provider by rendering intermediary services or advice on the latter’s behalf to its clients[2]...Read More

Income Tax Act (58 of 1962)

Posted on 30 06, 201722 02, 2018

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Author: Gary Moore Date: 30 June 2017 The income-tax statutes’ general anti-avoidance provisions have all violated the Rule of Law: The current statute’s[1] predecessor, the Income Tax Act, 1941,[2] in its anti-avoidance provision[3] had originally stipulated that, if the Commissioner[4]...Read More

National Credit Act (34 of 2005)

Posted on 15 06, 201722 02, 2018

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Author: Gary Moore Date: 15 June 2017 The National Credit Act, 2005[1] is an Act to[2] promote a non-discriminatory marketplace for access to consumer credit, provide for general regulation of consumer credit, prohibit certain unfair credit practices, promote responsible credit...Read More

FAIS Act (37 of 2002) – Intermediary service

Posted on 07 06, 201722 02, 2018

By Gary MoorePosted In: Financial services, Research, Rule of LawTagged: Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services ActLeave a comment

Author: Gary Moore Date: 7 June 2017 The Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act, 2002[1] regulates the furnishing to clients of defined types of “advice”[2] about financial products.[3] It also regulates the rendering of defined types of “intermediary service”[4] for[5]...Read More

Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act (53 of 2003)

Posted on 02 06, 201722 02, 2018

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Author: Gary Moore Date: 02 June 2017 The object of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, 2003[1] is to facilitate broad-based black economic empowerment[2] (“BEE”)[3] by[4] achieving substantial change in the racial composition of ownership and management and in skilled occupations of...Read More