NATIONAL PORTS ACT: DRAFT AMENDMENT BILL GAZETTED FOR ‘MARITIME STAKEHOLDER’ INPUT

NATIONAL PORTS ACT: DRAFT AMENDMENT BILL GAZETTED FOR ‘MARITIME STAKEHOLDER’ INPUT

• 01 September 2023
• Transport
• SA Legal Academy

Please note: On 9 October 2023, the Department of Transport gazetted a notice withdrawing the draft amendment Bill.

The Department of Transport has called for comments from ‘maritime stakeholders’ on a first draft National Ports Amendment Bill. The deadline for input has been set at 5 October 2023, with consultations planned for later that month.

According to the accompanying Government Gazette notice, the first draft of this amendment Bill was informed by:

• implementation challenges experienced since the Act’s commencement
• ‘international and domestic policy developments and performance trends’
• the 2017 comprehensive policy on maritime transport
• ports regulator provisions to the 2020 Economic Regulation of Transport Bill now being processed in the NCOP, and
• ‘recent pronouncements’ on ‘the future reporting and governance arrangements’ of state-owned transport entities.

Please click the links below for more information:

• 1st draft Bill
• maritime transport policy
• Economic Regulation of Transport Bill (‘B’ version)  

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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