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

The list below features key national government proposals and new legislation still open for public comment during October 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 amendment to JSE listing requirements (4 October 2024)
  • draft Aeronautical & Maritime Search & Rescue Bill (6 October 2024)
  • draft tax, rates and revenue amendment Bills (7 October 2024)
  • draft UN Framework Convention on Climate Change fourth communication (6 October 2024)
  • draft amendments to Maintenance Act regulations (15 October 2024)
  • draft vocational training coursework programme for candidate attorneys (16 October 2024)
  • Older Persons Amendment Bill (18 October 2024)
  • public service draft digital governance policy framework (19 October 2024)
  • draft amendments to Banks Act regulations (21 October 2024)
  • Merchant Shipping Bill (25 October 2024)
  • input to review of scrap metal export control guidelines (25 October 2024)
  • revised proposals for exempting Kruger Park development projects from environmental authorisation requirements (27 October 2024)
  • draft astro tourism strategy and implementation plan (27 October 2024)
  • input to electoral system reform investigation process (31 October 2024)
  • revised generally recognised practices affecting public sector accounting (31 October 2024)
  • draft amendments to Rules of Court (1 November 2024)
  • draft amendments to Schedule 1, Financial Sector & Deposit Insurance Levies Act (3 November 2024)
  • draft amendments to international public sector accounting standards (8 November 2024)
  • draft amendments JSE equities rules (8 November 2024) 
  • draft fire protection association support strategy (10 November 2024)
  • proposed satellite services licensing framework (12 November 2024)
  • draft amendments to Consumer Protection Act regulations (12 November 2024)
  • draft amendments to Political Party Funding Act regulations (12 November 2024)
  • draft amendment to National Prosecuting Authority Act regulations (22 November 2024)
  • invitation for proposals on wording of National Assembly political party donation and disclosure thresholds resolution (22 November 2024)
  • Immigration Amendment Bill (22 November 2024)
  • draft regulations on DBSA directorship (24 November 2024)
  • draft regulations on explosives (24 November 2024)
  • draft mail conveyance regulations (29 November 2024)
  • draft waste management licensing regulations for facilities operation pre-NEMA  (30 November 2024)
  • discussion document on domesticating UN disability rights convention (4 December 2024)
  • draft Petroleum Products Bill (20 December 2024)

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