Chairperson, I move the motion printed in my name on the Order Paper, as follows:
That the Council -
1) notes that the Ad Hoc Joint Committee to consider the draft amendment regulations made in terms of the Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act was due to report on 5 November 2008;
2) further notes that the committee has on 18 November 2008 reported on its mandate;
3) resolves, subject to the concurrence of the National Assembly and notwithstanding Joint Rule 138(5), to ratify the extension of the deadline by which the committee had to report to 18 November 2008.
Question put: That the motion be agreed to.
IN FAVOUR: Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga, Northern Cape, North West, Western Cape.
Motion accordingly agreed to in accordance with section 65 of the Constitution.