Criminal
Procedure Act
Changes
to Criminal Procedure Act aim to 'clarify ambiguities' - 28
October
Amendments to section 49 of the Criminal Procedure Act are aimed
at clarifying ambiguities, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa said
on Wednesday. "The amendments to section 49 are aimed at
clarifying ambiguities. We need to point out that many in our
society, including the media, have sensationalised and
misinterpreted this issue," he told business leaders in
Sandton. - Mail & Guardian
website
Draft
Customs Controll Bill and Draft Customs Duty Bill
The
new draft Customs Control Bill and the draft Customs Duty Bill
have been released for public comment.
You
can access these on http://www.sars.co.za/home.asp?pid=294
Comments on these drafts are invited and may be submitted on
the comment sheet indicated to Samantha Authar per email on sauthar@sars.gov.za
by not later than 26 February 2010.
Source
: OSALL (Lara)
Public
Service Broadcasting Bill
Bill
aims to scrap TV licences - 30 October
The communications department has submitted a draft bill which
seeks to abolish TV licences and introduce other changes to
public broadcasting in South Africa. The Public Service
Broadcasting Bill is intended to replace the Broadcasting Act of
1999. Minister of Communications, Siphiwe Nyanda, said his
department is amending and renaming the Broadcasting Act to
bring it in line with international best practices. He added a
strategy will be formulated to secure the SABC's revenue stream
from other sources. - Fin24
website
SA
to abolish television licence fees - 29 October
Television licence fees are to be scrapped. That's the
proposal contained in the draft Public Service Broadcasting
Bill, which has been published for further public comment. The
bill seeks to repeal the Broadcasting
Act of 1999.
The department of communications says the bill is in response to
communications minister Siphiwe Nyanda's call for a "new
vision and mandate for public broadcasting services in line with
SA's developmental agenda". - TechCentral
website
Draft
Tax Administration Bill
The
new Draft Tax Administration Bill has been released for public
comment and can be accessed on http://www.sars.co.za/home.asp?pid=294
Comments are invited and can be submitted per email to policycomments@sars.gov.za
as indicated by not later than 26 February 2010.
Source
: OSALL (Lara)
New
bill to give Sars more powers - 30 October
Sars can now conduct a search and seizure without a warrant. What
the new bill does is essentially to pull the administrative
provisions of the various acts together. The most significant
consequence of this will be that there will be a single
registration of taxpayers for all tax types. - Moneyweb
website
New
on Polity website
Local
Government: Municipal Structures Act 117 of 1998
Local
Government Municipal Regulations for the Term of Office of Ward
Committee Members, 2009
GN
972/GG 32626
National
Framework : Criteria for Determining Out of Pocket Expenses for
Ward Committee Members, 2009
GN
973/GG 32627
Promotion
of Access to Information Act 2 of 2000
Rules of Procedure for Application to Court in terms of the Act
GN
96s5/GG 32622
Promotion
of Administrative Justice Act 3 of 2000
Rules of Procedure for Judicial Review of Administrative Action
GN
966/GG 32622
21
October 2009
Draft
Implementation Plan for Protection of
Personal Information Bill : informal briefing
Taxation
Laws Second Amendment Act 18 of 2009
GG
32611
New
on Parliamentary Monitoring Group website
Adjustments
Appropriation Bill [B13-2009]
Announcement
of Intention to Extend the Accreditation of the Manufacturing,
Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training
Authority (Merseta)
GN
986/GG 32645
Announcement
of Intention to Extend the Accreditation of the Media,
Advertising, Publishing, Printing and Packaging Sector Education
and Training Authority (MAPPP Seta)
GN
990/GG 32645
Customs
and Excise Act, 1964
Amendment of Rules (DAR/63)
GNR
999/GG 32646
International
Trade Administration Commission : Customs Tariff Application (List
9/2009)
GN
1402/GG 32645