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

This list features documents still open for public comment during September 2024. This is noting that:

  • there has been a significant decrease in the number of calls for public and stakeholder input under the Government of National Unity, and that
  • Parliament is only just beginning to process Bills revived under the new administration.

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 protocol for determining the impact on Cape vultures of onshore wind-generated energy facilities (7 September 2024)
  • draft determinations on benchmark thresholds (10 September 2024)
  • draft amendments to Legal Practice Council rule on investigating misconduct (16 September 2024)
  • Prudential Authority levy and fee proposals (20 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)
  • input to process of recommending possible adjustments to national minimum wage (30 September 2024)
  • 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)
  • draft amendments to international public sector accounting standards (8 November 2024)
  • proposed satellite services licensing framework (12 November 2024)
  • draft mail conveyance regulations (29 November 2024)

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