OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (expiring from 1 July 2024 onwards)

This list features documents and draft Bills still open for public comment during July 2024. Please note:

  • the documents are listed according to the date by which input should be received, beginning with deadlines scheduled to expire first
  • input deadlines are indicated in parenthesis next to each document
  • each link provided take readers to a summary with the source document/s
  • where the original deadline has been extended, the date is highlighted in yellow
  • where the original deadline has been brought forward, the date is emboldened in red
  • the list is updated throughout the month, with new opportunities highlighted in blue
  • expired opportunities for comment are only removed at the month-end

Full list:

  • draft regulations on hazardous chemical agents in the workplace (3 July 2024)
  • Competition Act draft block exemption for rail and port industries (4 July 2024) 
  • revised draft compliance communication on beneficial ownership (5 July 2024)
  • capital markets discussion document (8 July 2024)
  • draft revised standards for municipal policing (11 July 2024)
  • fresh produce market inquiry provisional report (16 July 2024)
  • draft amendments to the automotive development and production programme’s second phase legislative framework (17 July 2024)
  • draft joint standard on minimum requirements for market infrastructure recovery plans (18 July 2024)
  • draft biodiversity management plan for black and white rhino (18 July 2024)
  • revived Appropriation Bill (18 and 19 July 2024)
  • revised draft directive on restructured credit exposure identification requirements (19 July 2024)
  • draft adjustments to financial sector and deposit insurance levies (19 July 2024)
  • draft policy for electrical and electronic equipment waste management (19 July 2024)
  • draft National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Bill (23 July 2024)
  • draft guidelines on multiple transaction mergers (26 July 2024)
  • draft amendments to JSE listing requirements (26 July 2024)
  • draft Local Government: General Laws Amendment Bill (31 July 2024)
  • draft Local Government: Municipal Structures Amendment Bill (31 July 2024
  • draft amendments to Uniform Court Rules on bail appeals (31 July 2024)
  • draft amendment to Magistrates' Courts Rules on pleadings (31 July 2024)
  • draft amendments to Magistrates' Courts Rules on criminal proceedings (31 July 2024)
  • draft amendments to the Second-hand Goods Act regulations (11 August 2024)
  • draft regulations on restrictive vertical practices under the Competition Act (15 August 2024)
  • draft determination on legacy annuity tax exemption conditions (16 August 2024)
  • input to process of reviewing court rules on document discovery, inspection and production (30 August 2024)
  • draft determinations on benchmark thresholds (10 September 2024)
  • draft regulations on registering traditional health practitioners (21 September 2024)
  • discussion paper on review of colonial and apartheid-era legislation (30 September 2024)

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