On 10 March 2015 the South African Revenue Service (Sars) announced that, as it had mentioned at its briefing on the implementation of the new Customs legislation (Acts) on 24 November 2014, it anticipated the implementation of the majority of the provisions of the Customs Control Act, 2014 and the Customs Duty Act, 2014 in June 2015 or July 2015.
Apparently, due to a number of factors (that weren’t identified), including the ongoing consultative process with stakeholders, it has revised the anticipated implementation date for the Acts to "later in 2015 or during the course of 2016". Sars committed to continue to communicate with stakeholders on the implementation of the Acts. Apparently, adequate notice will also be given as to when registration and licensing applications may be submitted in terms of the Customs Control Act, 2014. (Is the initial focus thus on registration?)