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Election of Committee Chairperson
2 Jul 2019
The Committee embarked on a process of electing a Committee Chairperson. Members were required to nominate possible candidates for the post of Committee Chairperson. Ms B Dlulane (ANC) was the only nomination received from members for the position as Committee Chairperson. Since no other nominations were received Ms Dlulane humbly ...
NCOP Economic Development & Trade
WIPO Copyright & Performances and Phonograms Treaties; Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances; Committee Legacy Report
26 Mar 2019
The purpose of the Department of Trade and Industry briefing was to seek approval from the Committee to accede to the World Intellectual Property Organisation Treaties, in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution. The three treaties to be considered was the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, the World Intellectual ...
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National Gambling Amendment Bill: final mandates; Copyright & Performers Protection Amendment Bills; Foreign Service Bill: adoption
20 Mar 2019
Seven of nine provinces submitted final mandates on the National Gambling Amendment Bill: three provinces voted in favour of the Bill, three voted against and one province abstained. North West and Free State had not submitted final mandates at the time of the meeting. The voting reflected an impasse on ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
National Land Transport Amendment Bill: final mandates; Committee Legacy & Oversight Reports
19 Mar 2019
The Committee received a total of seven Final Mandates from provinces on the National Land Transport Amendment Bill. Six of the seven provinces voted in favour of the Bill. The Western Cape Province was the only province to have voted against the Bill. Final mandates from the Free State and ...
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National Gambling Amendment Bill: negotiating mandates; Foreign Service Bill: response to submissions; with Deputy Minister
13 Mar 2019
Seven of the nine provinces approved the National Gambling Amendment Bill with KwaZulu-Natal abstaining. The Western Cape rejected the Bill. Even though the majority of the provinces were in favour of the Bill many of them had proposed amendments. The DTI presented its responses to the concerns proposed amendments. Two ...
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Copyright & Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills: Department response to submissions
6 Mar 2019
The DTI had grouped submissions and responses into themes which was the format of presentation for both Bills. The major themes that had elicited comment about the Copyright Amendment Bill were: Consultations on the Bill, Tagging of the Bill, the Reversionary Clause, Retrospective Application of Provisions and Constitutional Compliance. On ...
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National Gambling Amendment Bill stakeholder inputs
26 Feb 2019
The Committee was informed that the Bill has three focus areas: the repositioning of the National Gambling Board (NGB) to the National Gambling Regulator (NGR); the extension of National Central Electronic Monitoring System (NCEMS) to all modes of gambling; and the effectiveness of the National Gambling Policy Council (NGPC). Comments ...
NCOP Economic Development & Trade
National Credit Amendment Bill: negotiating mandates; Copyright Amendment & Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills: briefing
13 Feb 2019
Documents handed out: Responses by Parliamentary Law Adviser/DTI to Negotiating Mandates [awaited]; Call for Comment
The Parliamentary Law Adviser presented the Provincial Negotiating Mandates on the National Credit Amendment Bill. Eight of the nine provinces had voted in favour of the Bill with the exception of the Western Cape Province ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
National Land Transport Amendment Bill: legal opinion on constitutionality; Department response to Negotiating Mandates
12 Feb 2019
Parliament’s Constitutional and Legal Advice Office pointed out that the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) believed that the approach taken in the Bill fundamentally changed the existing National Land Transport Act in ways which it believed were inconsistent with both the Constitution and sound public transport management. The relevant ...
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National Gambling Amendment Bill [B27B-2018]: DTI briefing
30 Jan 2019
The Committee received a briefing on the National Gambling Amendment Bill which was an important piece of legislation that the National Council of Provinces, and the provinces, would have to engage extensively. There was an urgency to the work of the Committee which had to ensure that provinces conducted public ...