2017-w20 - 13 March 2017

Darren Bergman to ask the The Minister of Small Business Development

1)Whether her department has made an assessment on regulatory measures on (a) national, (b) provincial and (c) local government levels’ regulatory environment that might impact negatively on small, medium and micro-sized enterprises and cooperatives; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what are the (i) names and (ii) details of all (aa) legislation and (bb) regulations assessed to date; (2)whether her department has made an assessment to determine if the lack of gaining access to and procedures towards the (a) Small Enterprise Development Agency and (b) Small Enterprise Finance Agency by potential entrepreneurs are a contributing factor to the low success rate of small, medium and micro-sized enterprises to create sustainable jobs; if not, in each case, why not; if so, what were the outcomes of each assessment conducted in each case?”

Reply from the The Minister of Small Business Development on 13 Mar 2017

1.1. The DSBD is conducting the national study on the regulatory and legislative protocols impeding small, micro and medium enterprises (SMMEs) and Co-operatives as one of the target for the 2016/17 financial year. The research will combine analysis of the existing laws, which should point to the potential for unintended consequences, with evidence on SME experience of implementation. For this reason, the approach to ...

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