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PARLIAMENT: MARINE OIL POLLUTION, PUBLIC SERVICE BILLS PASSED
- 04 December 2025
- Parliament
- SA Legal Academy
Two more longstanding Bills have been passed and sent to President Cyril Ramaphosa for signature, according to parliamentary papers.
Tabled in March 2022, once enacted and operationalised the Marine Oil Pollution (Preparedness, Response & Co-operation) Bill will give effect to an international convention with a similar title, which has been in force since May 1995 and to which South Africa has apparently long been signatory. Parties to the convention are encouraged to ‘co-operate in the following areas of spill preparedness’
- contingency plan development
- maintaining the necessary equipment stocks
- research and development initiatives
- training and exercise programmes, and
- appropriate spill notification procedures for shipping.
Regulatory proposals intended to give practical effect to the new legislation were released in November 2024 for public comment, as SA Legal Academy reported at the time.
Tabled in May 2023, once enacted and in force the Public Service Amendment Bill will, among other things:
- provide for:
- the devolution of administrative powers to heads of department, and
- an alternative mechanism for recovering overpaid remuneration and benefits
- limit the political rights of heads of department and employees reporting directly to heads of department, and
- clarify the role of the Public Service Commission in respect of grievances.
Please click the links below for more information:
- Public Service Amendment Bill’s ‘D’ version
- parliamentary papers confirming Bill’s status
- Marine Oil Pollution (Preparedness, Response & Co-operation) Bill’s ‘D’ version
- parliamentary papers confirming Bill’s status
- international convention
- SA Legal Academy report on draft regulations
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