NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION 2454
DATE OF PUBLICATION: Friday, 20 September 2013
INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 31 of 2013
Mr M Mnqasela (DA) to ask the Minister of Home Affairs:
Whether her Department will fully implement the provisions of the Refugees
Act, Act 130 of 1998, as amended in 2010 as the Refugees Amendment Act, Act
12 of 2011, by the end of the 2013/14 financial year; if not, why not; if
so, what is the (a) budget and (b) time frame for the implementation?
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REPLY:
(a) & (b) The Department of Home Affairs will not fully implement the
provisions of the Refugees Act, 1998 (Act No 130 of 1998), as
amended in 2010. The implementation of the amended Act is subject
to the promulgation of the Regulations, which are in the process of
being developed and to then undergo the consultation process. There
is also limited infrastructure available to fully implement the
provisions of the amended Act before the end of the 2013/14
financial year and therefore a specific timeframe cannot be
provided.