The South African ICASA release draft ＂Equipment Authorization Regulations＂
The South African “Independent Communications Authority of South Africa’s”ICASA released on 31 March 2021 their new draft regulations on “Equipment Authorization Regulations”.
New is the conformity assessment approach based on 3 classification levels for low, medium and high-risk equipment, where low risk equipment is exempted from equipment authorization.
Furthermore, a 2-step authorization process is implemented, where first a certificate of conformity with limited validity must be obtained before a homologation certificate “Equipment Authorization” can be issued by the authority.
There is also an adjustment to the label requirements, where a minimum height of 3 mm is specified for the ICASA logo. Also, the equipment class must be referenced. There are no provisions for exemptions.
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