OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: NEW YEAR REMINDER

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT: NEW YEAR REMINDER

• 02 January 2024
• Opportunities for Public Comment
• SA Legal Academy

The list provided below focuses on calls for public comment and written submissions made before the festive season began on 14 December 2023. SA Legal Academy reported on each one at the time. All these documents are still open for input from stakeholders and members of the public. Each SA Legal Academy article includes a link to the document on which comments are still sought.

Documents with the shortest period still available for comment appear first, in order of input deadline date. Those with a longer remaining commentary period appear further down the list.

• national minimum wage, proposed adjustment (open until 8 January 2024)
• offshore exploration and production, draft amendment to financial provisioning regulations (open until 9 January 2024)
• scrap metal theft control measures, directive extension proposal (open until 12 January 2024)
• built environment, construction and project management professionals, draft rules (open until 15 January 2024)
• ICASA inquiry into impact of loadshedding (open until 15 January 2024)
• South African Law Reform Commission issue paper, colonial and apartheid era legislation administered by the Department of Justice & Constitutional Development (open until 15 January 2024) 
• draft Aquaculture Development Bill (open until 16 January 2024)
• draft National Water Amendment Bill (open until 16 January 2024)
• draft Water Services Amendment Bill (open until 16 January 2024)
• Basic Education Laws Amendment Bill (open until 19 January 2024)
• Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill (open until 19 January 2024)
• citizenship, immigration and refugee protection, draft White Paper (open until 19 January 2024)
• just energy transition financing mechanism proposals (open until 24 January 2024)
• Independent Police Investigative Directorate Amendment Bill (open until 26 January 2024)
• National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Bill (open until 26 January 2024)
• non-bank financial institutions repo facility proposals (open until 26 January 2024)
• Companies Amendment Bills (two separate Bills) (open until 29 January 2024)
• National Council on Gender-based Violence & Femicide Bill (open until 29 January 2024)
• Climate Change Bill (open until 30 January 2024)
• Upstream Petroleum Resources Development Bill (open until 30 January 2024)
• credit spread risk in the banking book, draft directive (open until 31 January 2024)
• Legal Aid South Africa Act, draft amendments to regulations (open until 31 January 2024)
• Legal Services Ombud, draft rules (open until 31 January 2024)
• Pension Funds Act, Regulation 28 draft reporting standard (31 January 2024)
• targeted financial sanctions, draft compliance guidelines (open until 31 January 2024)
• Electoral Matters Amendment Bill (open until 2 February 2024)
• mercury management, draft regulations (open until 2 February 2024)
• beneficial ownership, draft compliance guidelines (open until 16 February 2024)
• collective investment scheme managers, draft conduct standard (16 February 2024)
• Magistrates’ Courts Rules, proposed amendments to certain tariffs (open until 16 February 2024)

Subscribers to the SA Legal Academy monthly newsletter have already received alerts to calls for comment issued between 15 and 31 December 2023.

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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