Mr Adrian John Williams

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Adrian John Williams

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Committee Meetings Attended

  • Trade, Industry and Competition National Gambling Amendment Bill: consideration
    20 Nov 2018

    The Department of Trade and Industry briefed the Committee on the changes made to the National Gambling Amendment Bill following the deliberations in the Committee and the consideration of public comments. Some editorial corrections had also been made.

    The Department had included issues relating to the quorum and how decisions ...

  • International Relations Foreign Service Bill: discussions
    15 Nov 2018

    The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation discussed the proposed amendments to the Foreign Service Bill.

    Members were primarily concerned with the clauses which related to the appointment of Heads of Missions, and offences. They questioned the criteria for the appointment of Heads of Missions, and the appropriateness of ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition Copyright Amendment Bill & Performer’s Protection Amendment Bill: adoption; National Gambling Amendment Bill: consideration
    15 Nov 2018

    In a packed agenda, the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry began with the formal consideration of the Copyright Amendment Bill. Clauses 1 to 38 were approved by the Committee but with a number of objections from the DA. Objections related to the resale of royalty rights, the transmission of ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill & National Gambling Amendment Bill: consideration
    14 Nov 2018

    The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry addressed the final issues with the Performer’s Protection Amendment Bill before embarking on a reading for an in-principle agreement.

    The technological protection measures had been inserted in the Bill but the definitions had not been inserted. Those definitions, taken from the Copyright Amendment ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition Copyright Amendment Bill: consideration of Legal Opinion
    13 Nov 2018

    The Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry had had several concerns about the constitutionality of the Copyright Amendment Bill, particularly in respect of the clauses that dealt with retrospectivity. The Senior Legal Advisor had recommended a phased in approach for implementation of the Bill with those clauses not being implemented ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition Performers’ Protection Amendment Bill: consideration of submissions
    8 Nov 2018

    The Committee was briefed by the Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor on the public submissions on the Performer’s Protection Amendment Bill as well as its response to those inputs. The Department of Trade and Industry also presented its views on the public input.

    There were no inputs on the proposed deletion ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition Copyright Amendment Bill: deliberations
    7 Nov 2018

    The intention of the meeting had been to review a legal opinion on the constitutionality of the Copyright Amendment Bill and for the Senior Legal Advisor to take the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry through the Copyright Amendment Bill, clause by clause, for an in-principle agreement on each clause. ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition National Gambling Amendment Bill: deliberations
    6 Nov 2018

    The Portfolio Committee met to discuss the National Gambling Amendment Bill. Members focused on the two substantive issues that had arisen during the public hearings. The first issue was the introduction of a regulator to replace the board in the National Gambling Board and the question of the powers of ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition Copyright Amendment Bill: consideration
    1 Nov 2018

    The Portfolio Committee Department of Trade and Industry met to finalise additions, amendments and deletions to the Copyright Amendment Bill following the discussion on the fourth round of public consultation and the final review of the Bill by the parliamentary Legal Advisor and the team from the Department of Trade ...

  • Trade, Industry and Competition Copyright Amendment Bill: consideration of submissions on additional clauses
    31 Oct 2018

    The Portfolio Committee Department of Trade and Industry was briefed on the Copyright Bill. The Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor and the Department of Trade and Industry focused on the responses by the public to the specific clauses that had been added or revised following the reports of the copyright experts. ...