In a letter dated 09 November 2012 titled “Customs Preferred Trader Accreditation: Competency Assessment”, Sars advised of competency assessments that will be conducted during the latter part of November 2012. The letter reads: The South African Revenue Service has introduced a tiered approach to accreditation of which the Preferred Trader is the second level. Rules under Section 64E have been promulgated in Government Gazette no. 34498 on 29 July 2012. Section 64E.13 stipulates that to be eligible for level two accreditation the person employed by the applicant who will be responsible for Customs matters must, before being employed in that capacity, first demonstrate sufficient knowledge of Customs and Excise laws. To this end competency assessment will be conducted within the latter part of November 2012. Nominated individuals will be invited in individual stakeholder communications. The programme for the selected assessment will be: Registration (08:30 – 09:00); Welcome and programme overviews (09:00 – 09:30); Information Session: Customs Preferred Trader (09:30:-11:30); Assessment Admission Process (Pre-assessment Questionnaire (11:30 – 12:00); Lunch (12:00 – 13:00); and Competency Assessment (13:00 – 15:00). All impacted staff must be informed of the assessments that will be conducted.