OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during November 2024 onwards)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during November 2024 onwards)

• 31 October 2024
• Opportunities for Public Comment
• SA Legal Academy

The list below features key national government proposals and new legislation still open for public comment during November 2024 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 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 Political Party Funding Act regulations (12 November 2024)
• Adjustments and Special Appropriation Bills(12 November 2024) (National Assembly Appropriations Committee)
• Division of Revenue Amendment Bill (19 November 2024) (NCOP Appropriations Committtee)
• Division of Revenue Amendment Bill (20 November 2024) (National Assembly Appropriations Committee)
• 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)
• tax, rates and revenue Bills (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)
• AI national policy framework (29 November 2024)
• draft waste management licensing regulations for facilities operation pre-NEMA (30 November 2024)
• submissions on Marine Oil Pollution (Preparedness, Response & Cooperation) Bill (30 November 2024)
• draft Special Pensions Amendment Bill (1 December 2024)
• draft Independent Regulatory Board for Auditors fee adjustments (2 December 2024)
• discussion document on domesticating UN disability rights convention (4 December 2024)
• Adjustments and Special Appropriation Bills (4 December 2024) (NCOP Appropriations Committee)
• draft fisheries sector policies on rights transfer and fish processing (4 December 2024)
• proposals for one national emergency number (4 December 2024)
• revised draft amendments to extended producer responsibilty regulations (7 December 2024)
• draft Local Government: Municipal Systems Amendment Bill (8 December 2024)
• proposals for a revised, re-tabled Constitution 19th Amendment Bill (8 December 2024)
• proposals for a revised, re-tabled Remote Gambling Bill (8 December 2024)
• proposals for a Health Professions Amendment Bill (8 December 2024)
• FSCA 2025/26 fee and levy proposals (10 December 2024)
• draft amendments to Consumer Protection Act regulations (12 December 2024)
• draft public sector accounting regulations (15 December 2024)
• draft regulations prohibiting certain activities in the captive lion industry (15 December 2024)
• draft Petroleum Products Bill (20 December 2024)
• draft amendments to several sets of merchant shipping regulations (20 December 2024)
• draft framework for carbon offsets implementation (21 December 2024)
• elephant, rhino and leopard hunting trophy export quota proposals (21 December 2024)
• draft hydraulic fracturing regulations  (13 January 2025)
• draft Intergovernmental Relations Framework Amendment Bill (17 January 2025)
• draft customary initiation regulations (20 January 2025)
• draft Traditional & Khoi-San Leadership Bill (29 December 2024)
• Electronic Deeds Registration Act draft regulations (29 December 2024)
• draft land transport regulations (29 December 2024)
• draft climate-related disclosures reporting standard (14 February 2025)

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