Speaker, I move:
That the House -
1) notes -
a) the resolution of 28 October 2010 which established an Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Code of Judicial Conduct and Regulations on Judges' Disclosure of Registrable Interests and the further resolution of 16 November 2010 which required this committee to report by 28 January 2011; and
b) Joint Rule 138 (5)(b) which provides that an ad hoc joint committee ceases to exist when the date for completion of the task has expired;
2) resolves, subject to the concurrence of the National Council of Provinces, to re-establish the Ad Hoc Joint Committee on the Code of Judicial Conduct and Regulations on Judges' Disclosure of Registrable Interests, the committee to -
a) consider the Code of Judicial Conduct and the Regulations on Judges' Disclosure of Registrable Interests tabled on 20 October 2010 in terms of the Judicial Service Commission Act, Act 9 of 1994;
b) conduct public hearings in accordance with the provisions of the Act;
c) consist of nine members of the National Council of Provinces and 14 members of the National Assembly, as follows: ANC 8, DA 2, Cope 1, IFP 1 and other parties 2; and d) exercise those powers in Joint Rule 32 that may assist it in carrying out its task;
3) instructs the committee to incorporate in its work the proceedings and all the work of the previous committee; and
4) sets the deadline by which the committee is to report to 24 November 2011.
Agreed to.