OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during October 2025 onwards)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during October 2025 onwards)

• 30 September 2025
• Opportunities for Public Comment
• SA Legal Academy

The list below features key national government proposals and new legislation still open for public comment during October 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 takes 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 Parliamentary & Provincial Medical Aid Scheme Amendment Bill (1 October 2025)
• draft small vessel safety regulations (5 October 2025)
• draft adjustments to financial sector levies (9 October 2025)
• draft amendments to law courts rules (10 October 2025)
• Protection of Personal Information Act, draft health regulations (10 October 2025) 
• draft conduct standard on securities financing transactions (17 October 2025)
• submissions to parliamentary investigation into allegations of corruption in criminal justice system (17 October 2025)
• Public Service Commission Bill (17 October 2025)
• draft strategy for strengthening deposit insurance fund (24 October 2025)
• Immigration Amendment Bill (24 October 2025) (a notice posted on the Parliamentary Monitoring Group website in September and unceremoniousy removed gave 17 Ocober 2025 as the deadine for submissions) 
• draft Plant Health (Phytosanitary) Act regulations (26 October 2025)
• draft Children’s Amendment Bill (26 October 2025)
• draft Business Licensing Bill (26 October 2025)
• draft adjustments to SMME classification criteria (27 October 2025)
• draft guidelines on water resource rehabilitation management (29 October 2025)
• draft chrome export control proposals (31 October 2025)
• draft accounting standard on social benefits liability verification (14 November 2025)
• draft minimum FLAC denomination for banks (17 November 2025)
• draft replacement regulations on general machinery (20 November 2025)
• draft regulations on state-run school learner admission, school capacity (5 December 2025)

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