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Legislation

Draft Customs Controll Bill and Draft Customs Duty Bill

30 October 2009
Release of the Draft Customs Control Bill and Draft Customs Duty Bill for Public Comment
SA Government Information website

Draft Public Service Broadcasting Bill

2 November 2009
Statement by Ministry of Communications on the Draft Public Service Broadcasting Bill
SA Government Information website

Dept notes public reaction to draft Bill - 3 November
The Ministry of Communications has noted public reaction to the draft Public Service Broadcasting (PSB) Bill recently released by the Department of Communications. The PSB Bill, which seeks among other things to abolish TV licences, was published in the Government Gazette on 28 October 2009 for public comment. According to the gazette, the aim of the Bill is to repeal the Broadcasting Act, 1999, so as to align the broadcasting system to the developmental goals of the country and to establish a Public Service Broadcasting Fund to fund public broadcasting in the country. - BuaNews Online website

New on Parliamentary Monitoring Group website

The Department of Communications has, in terms of section 3(1) of the Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act 36 of 2005), gazettes the Public Service Broadcasting Bill, Charter of the Corporation and the Charter of Community Broadcasting Services as a process to repeal the Broadcasting Act 4 of 1999. Interested persons are invited to furnish comments on the Public Broadcasting Service Bill, Charter of the Corporation and Charter of Community Broadcasting Services. Comments can be emailed to Miyelani Khosa at miyelani@doc.gov.za  by no later than 7 December 2009. Enquiries telephone Miyelani Khosa : 012-427 8174 / Humbulani Rambau : 012-421 7046 The Bill is here : www.pmg.org.za/bill The charters are here : www.pmg.org.za/gazettes

27 October 2009
Protection of Personal Information Bill : Department response to submissions, Draft Implementation Plan and Costing

28 October 2009
Protection of Personal Information Bill : Department's Responses to public submissions

New on Polity website

Customs and Excise Act, 1964

Amendment of Rules (DAR/63)
GNR 999/GG 32646

Amendment of Schedule No.1 (No. 1/3/8)
GNR 1000/GG 32464

National Standards Bodies Regulations

Standards Generating Body (SGB) for Engineering
GN 993/GG 32651

Standards Generating Body (SGB) for Manufacturing, Engineering and Assembly Processes
GN 992/GG 32651

Notice of proposed renegotiation of an Agreement for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income with the Government of the Republic of Mauritius
GN 991/GG 32650

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