1. Request for approval of notice containing alteration of High Court areas of jurisdiction a) A letter dated 16 May 2013 has been received from the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development, requesting Parliament, in terms of section 2(2) of the Interim Rationalisation of Jurisdiction of High Courts Act, 2001 (No 41 of 2001), to approve the draft notice and schedule containing the alteration, with effect from 1 August 2013, of the areas of jurisdiction for which the Northern Cape High Court and the North West High Court were established respectively.