OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during June 2025 onwards)

The list below features key national government proposals and new legislation still open for public comment during April 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:

  • Legal Practice Council draft rule change (2 June 2025)
  • blank gun imports, draft trade policy directive (2 June 2025)
  • NHI draft fund governance regulations (4/5 June 2025)
  • draft exemption for retail funds from Pension Funds Act amalgamation/transfer requirements (5 (June 2025)
  • draft regulations on electronic communication signal distribution (7 June 2025)
  • proposed Competition Act block exemption for sugar industry (7 June 2025) 
  • construction industry health and safety, draft replacement regulations (12 June 2025)
  • draft national radio frequency plan (13 June 2025)
  • draft amendments to dust control regulations (15 June 2025)
  • revised draft environmental authorisation exemption for electricity sub-station expansion (15 June 2025)
  • draft guidance note for banks on bail-in standard (20 June 2025)
  • draft amendments to the waste management regulations (20 June 2025)
  • draft policy framework for heritage memorialisation (20 June 2025)
  • draft policy directive on ICT and B-BBEE (22 June 2025)
  • draft civil aviation policy (22 June 2025)
  • draft standard industry-specific consumer protection code of conduct (23 June 2025)
  • draft automotive industry consumer protection code of conduct (23 June 2025)
  • Budget 2025/26 Bills (23 June 2025)
  • draft directive on large exposures in banks (26 June 2025)
  • music industry draft policy and strategy (30 June 2025)
  • local government White Paper review discussion document (30 June 2025)
  • draft Mineral & Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill (13 August 2025)
  • e-voting discussion document (30 September 2025)

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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