Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: flagged clauses
7 Jun 2018
The Committee began with a recap on the clauses in the Copyright Amendment Bill that had been resolved in the previous meeting and those that still required resolution. Clauses had not been resolved either because a legal opinion was required, the Committee had requested further information or examples of international ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: DTI & CIPC response on flagged clauses
6 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to resolve some of the outstanding policy issues in the Copyright Amendment Bill. Parliamentary Legal Services reported on information received from a Committee copyright consultant on ‘‘fair use’’ and ‘‘fair dealing’’. The consultant explained that the difference between the two was the openness of the ‘‘‘fair ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: consideration
5 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to attend to outstanding matters in the Copyright Amendment Bill. A Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented a matrix of clauses flagged for further attention. This provided an overview and refreshed Members’ understanding of matters that remained unresolved.
The Chairperson led the deliberations on all the flagged ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: DTI briefing on Bill and DAC & DTI positions
31 May 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) gave a briefing on the views of DTI and the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) on key clauses of the Bill. The Parliamentary Legal Advisor also provided legal advice so the Committee could make its independent decisions on the Bill.
Clauses 2, ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
‘Debt Intervention’ National Credit Amendment Bill: finalisation of outstanding decisions
23 May 2018
The Committee went through the ‘Debt Intervention’ National Credit Amendment Draft Bill clause by clause, and resolved all outstanding matters so that a final version of the Bill could be prepared by Legal Services and presented for voting in three weeks’ time after they had heard from the constitutional experts. ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill: outstanding decisions
17 May 2018
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill, 2018 - as published on 29 May 2018 for public comment
Call for comment on specific clauses: deadline 11 June
The Committee, with the Parliamentary Legal Advisor, continued working through the outstanding matters on the National Credit Amendment Bill:
Clause 14
The Committee agreed ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill: DTI Socio Economic Impact Assessment terms of reference; outstanding decisions
16 May 2018
The Department presented the revised terms of reference for the Socio Economic Impact Assessment Study (SEIAS) which it would outsource to be conducted over 16 weeks. The areas of focus will be:
- Total debt, consumer credit standings, extent of consumer over-indebtedness by race, gender, employment type, income level, geographical ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
DTI 2018/19 Budget: Committee Report
10 May 2018
The Committee considered its Committee Report recommendations on the DTI Budget Vote and then adopted the Report.
Trade, Industry and Competition
"Debt Intervention" National Credit Amendment Bill: revised version
9 May 2018
The Parliamentary Advisor took the Committee through the draft Bill clause by clause. The following matters were highlighted:
On Clause 1, the clause dealt with the definitions. The debt intervention measure requires that credit agreements must be unsecured for qualification. Joint-estates also qualified for the measure because it is regarded ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: two-phase proposal; "Debt Intervention" National Credit Amendment Bill: new draft
8 May 2018
Copyright Amendment Bill:
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) presented its proposals for a two-phase approach to amending the Copyright Act: Phase 1 would focus on the Copyright Review Commission recommendations.
DTI proposes retaining the Act’s fair dealing doctrine for now due to the contestations and competing views about ...