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Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: deliberations
5 Jun 2015
The Committee continued its deliberations from Tuesday 5 June on the Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill. It was told that in terms of the National Assembly rule 249, the Committee could go back to the National Assembly (NA) to request permission to look into the other provisions of the Principal ...
Agriculture
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill: deliberations and proposed amendments
2 Jun 2015
The Office of the Chief State Law Adviser tabled the Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill before the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries for consideration.
The Committee heard that the purpose of the Bill was to amend the Performing Animals Protection Act (PAPA), to insert certain definitions, provide for ...
Agriculture
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefing, Departmental response to public consultation inputs, in presence of Deputy Minister
26 May 2015
The Parliamentary Legal Advisor briefed the Committee on the amendments being proposed by way of the Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill, amending the principal Act (PAPA), since sections 2 and 3 had been declared unconstitutional and Parliament had been required to pass amending legislation. The Legal Parliamentary Legal Advisors suggested ...
Agriculture
Plant Breeders’ Rights [B11-2015] & Plant Improvement Bills [B8-2015]: public hearings
15 May 2015
Public hearings were conducted on the on the Plant Breeder’s Rights and Plant Improvement Bills. The African Centre for Biosafety noted, speaking firstly to the Plant Breeders Rights Bill, that the South African seed sector was worth R5.5 billion (maize contributing R3.4 billion) in the market. South African commercial seeds ...
Agriculture
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill [B9-2015]: public hearings
12 May 2015
Various stakeholders submitted their contributions to the Bill Amendment. Key issues that were raised were that the Bill was old and no longer fully served its purpose which was to protect the welfare and wellbeing of animals. There were issues on its lack of clarity in defining certain parameters and ...
Agriculture
International Tuna Fishing Agreements: briefing; Committee Report on Department of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries Budget 2015
8 May 2015
One Southern Bluefin Tuna from the South African waters was sold for R20 million in Japan. Unfortunately, South Africa did not make money from the transaction.The Fisheries Management Division of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) tabled this revelation before the Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ...
Agriculture
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill, Plant Improvement Bill & Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill: discussion; Departmental briefing on poultry issues
28 Apr 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) said all the issues which had been raised by the Committee regarding the Performing Animals Protection Amendment (PAPA) Bill had been considered by the Department’s technical team.
Concerns had been raised that the “Objects of the Bill” were inconsistent with the original ...
Agriculture
Performing Animals Protection Amendment Bill B9-2015, Plant Improvement Bill & Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill: briefings
14 Apr 2015
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) briefed the Portfolio Committee on three pieces of legislation that were currently being implemented – the Performing Animals Protection Amendment (PAPA) Bill, the Plant Improvement Bill and the Plant Breeders’ Rights Bill.
The Committee heard that sections 2 and 3 of the ...
Agriculture
Agricultural Research Council, Onderstepoort Biological Products. SA Veterinary Council: Strategic & Annual Performance Plan 2015/16
26 Mar 2015
Three entities of the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF) recently appeared before the Portfolio Committee to present their annual performance plans and budget for the 2015/16 period. Whilst the full budget plans were presented, there was little discussion on that aspect, other than noting that the budget of ...
Agriculture
AGSA & FCC on Strategic Plans, 2015/16 APPs and Budgets of DAFF; DAFF on Agricultural Policy Action Plan; Progress report by DAFF on deregistration of Ncera Farms (Pty) Ltd
24 Mar 2015
In its presentation of strategic and annual performance plans, the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries indicated that the Agricultural Policy Action Plan is a replacement agriculture strategy that comprises sectoral key action programmes and provides a long-term vision and focused interventions in a five-year rolling schedule.
The Portfolio Committee ...