4. On Wednesday, 7 September 2005, the National Assembly passed a resolution, which read: That the House approves the draft notice and the schedule received from the Presidency determining the rate at which salaries and allowances are payable to the magistrates annually, with effect from 1 April 2005, in terms of section 12(1)(a) of the Magistrates Act (act No 90 of 1993) as amended by section 3 of the Judicial Officers (Amendment of Conditions of Service) Act (Act No 28 of 2003).