1. The Department has developed draft amendments to the Older Person’s Act 13 of 2006. Consultations were done in provinces during the past year.
In terms of the legislative process, the provincial departments and interested NGOs will make inputs again once the draft Bill has been gazetted for public comments and during public hearing conducted through Parliamentary processes.
2. The time frames for feedback will be determined in the gazette itself.
3. The finalised draft Bill will be submitted to Parliament by 31 March 2017.