PUBLIC SERVICE & ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT BILLS TO BE TABLED SHORTLY

PUBLIC SERVICE & ADMINISTRATION AMENDMENT BILLS TO BE TABLED SHORTLY

• 21 April 2023
• Public Service
• SA Legal Academy

A Public Service Amendment Bill and Public Administration Management Amendment Bill are expected to be tabled soon in Parliament, having been approved by Cabinet during a meeting on 30 March 2023.

The Public Service Amendment Bill seeks to align the principal statute with:

• various court decisions relating to public administration, and
• matters identified in a South African Law Reform Commission report.

The Public Administration Management Amendment Bill seeks to facilitate the effective implementation of the principal Act by addressing challenges associated with:

• ‘fiscal and other considerations’
• policy and responsibility ‘overlaps’ with related legislation
• certain ‘onerous’ inter-ministerial concurrence requirements affecting secondary legislation, and
• ‘unfair’ disparities in remuneration and working conditions.

This is according to the following documents:

• media statement on the 30 March 2023 Cabinet meeting
• memorandum on the objects of the Public Service Amendment Bill, and
• its pre-tabling explanatory summary
• memorandum on the objects of the Public Administration Management Amendment Bill, and
• its pre-tabling explanatory summary

Published by SA Legal Academy Policy Watch

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