1. The Minister for Provincial and Local Government on 10 April 2000 submitted a draft of the Local Government: Municipal Systems Bill, 2000 and a memorandum explaining the objects of the proposed legislation, to the Speaker and the Chairperson in terms of Joint Rule 159. The draft has been referred by the Speaker and the Chairperson to the Portfolio Committee on Provincial and Local Government and the Select Committee on Local Government and Administration, respectively, in accordance with Joint Rule 159(2).