OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during January 2025 onwards)

The list below features key national government proposals and new legislation still open for public comment during January 2025 and beyond.

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 hydraulic fracturing regulations  (13 January 2025)
  • proposed adjustment to national minimum wage (14 January 2025)
  • draft Intergovernmental Relations Framework Amendment Bill (17 January 2025)
  • draft Revenue Laws Amendment Bill (17 January 2025)
  • draft Economic Regulation of Transport Amendment Bill (22 January 2025)
  • draft directive under the Mutual Banks Act (24 January 2025)
  • draft guidelines on price-cost margin calculation (30 January 2025)
  • discussion document on domesticating UN disability rights convention (31 January 2025)
  • draft directive under the Banks Act (31 January 2025)
  • One-Stop Border Post Bill (31 January 2025)
  • draft fisheries sector policies on rights transfer and fish processing (31 January 2025)
  • draft amendments to environmental impact assessment regulations (4 February 2025)
  • draft General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Bill (6 February 2025)
  • ITAC flat-rolled steel industry investigation (6 February 2025)
  • revised draft guidelines on interpreting the term ‘credit provider’ (7 February 2025)
  • investigation into declaring pre-school and elementary education services essential (7 February 2025)
  • draft climate-related disclosures reporting standard (14 February 2025)
  • discussion paper on alcoholic beverages tax (14 February 2025)
  • National State Enterprises Bill (14 February 2025)
  • draft amendments to Financial Sector & Deposit Insurance Levies Act Schedule 2 (16 February 2025)
  • draft amendments to court rules (21 February 2025)
  • draft amendments to uniform court rules (21 February 2025)
  • draft customary initiation regulations (28 February 2025)
  • draft code of good practice for dismissals (22 March 2025)

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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