OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during October 2026 onwards)

OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (open during October 2026 onwards)

• 30 September 2026
• 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 2026 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:

• six more discussion papers (Criminal Procedure Act review) (2 October 2026)
• draft Executive Members’ Ethics Aemndment Bill (2 October 2026) 
• three sets of draft regulations under the South African Schools Act (teacher development, remuneration for extra work, national education information system) (4 October 2026)
• draft strategy for leopard conservation (4 October 2026)
• Second Special Appropriation (2025/26 Financial Year) Bill (6 October 2026)
• International Trade Administration Commission draft administrative fees guidelines (6 October 2026)
• veld fire managment-related draft guidelines and regulatory amendments (11 October 2026)
• draft Statistics Amendment Bill (11 October 2026)
• draft water and sanitation services strategic framework (11 October 2026)
• General Finance Laws Amendment Bill (12 October 2026)
• ICASA inquiry telecommunications pricing questionnaire (14 October 2026)
• pulp and paper products, ITAC review (15/16 October 2026)
• Financial Intelligence Centre draft compliance communication (16 October 2026)
• consultation paper on modernising VAT (16 October 2026)
• draft amendments to land transport regulations (25 October 2026)
• energy sector market transformation position paper (28 October 2026)
• draft revised electricity pricing policy (28 October 2026)
• draft radio frequency spectrum assignment plans (30 October 2026)
• Criminal Procedure Act review, final two discussion papers (30 October 2026)
• draft regulations under the Protection, Promotion, Development & Management of Indigenous Knowledge Act (30 October 2026)
• draft National Building Regulations & Standards Amendment Bill (2 November 2026)
• draft Consumer Protection Act supplier compliance guidelines (2 November 2026)
• Employment Services Amendment Bill (6 November 2026)
• draft regulations on marine pollution (no deadline provided)

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