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Trade, Industry and Competition
‘Debt Intervention’ National Credit Amendment Bill: finalisation of outstanding decisions
23 May 2018
The Committee went through the ‘Debt Intervention’ National Credit Amendment Draft Bill clause by clause, and resolved all outstanding matters so that a final version of the Bill could be prepared by Legal Services and presented for voting in three weeks’ time after they had heard from the constitutional experts. ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: Department of Arts and Culture submission
18 May 2018
The Subcommittee Chairperson clarified that there was apparent confusion by the public that the Committee had taken a position on the Copyright Amendment Bill. The public was informed that the Committee has not yet taken any position on the Copyright Amendment Bill. The Committee is currently receiving proposals and recommendations ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill: outstanding decisions
17 May 2018
'Debt Intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill, 2018 - as published on 29 May 2018 for public comment
Call for comment on specific clauses: deadline 11 June
The Committee, with the Parliamentary Legal Advisor, continued working through the outstanding matters on the National Credit Amendment Bill:
Clause 14
The Committee agreed ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
'Debt intervention' National Credit Amendment Bill: DTI Socio Economic Impact Assessment terms of reference; outstanding decisions
16 May 2018
The Department presented the revised terms of reference for the Socio Economic Impact Assessment Study (SEIAS) which it would outsource to be conducted over 16 weeks. The areas of focus will be:
- Total debt, consumer credit standings, extent of consumer over-indebtedness by race, gender, employment type, income level, geographical ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
DTI 2018/19 Budget: Committee Report
10 May 2018
The Committee considered its Committee Report recommendations on the DTI Budget Vote and then adopted the Report.
Trade, Industry and Competition
"Debt Intervention" National Credit Amendment Bill: revised version
9 May 2018
The Parliamentary Advisor took the Committee through the draft Bill clause by clause. The following matters were highlighted:
On Clause 1, the clause dealt with the definitions. The debt intervention measure requires that credit agreements must be unsecured for qualification. Joint-estates also qualified for the measure because it is regarded ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: Subcommittee Report
8 May 2018
The Subcommittee approved the decisions reached on the Copyright Amendment Bill flagged clauses which it will present to the Portfolio Committee. The decisions were:
Clause 2 concerns were resolved and it was agreed that interface specifications are excluded from copyright.
Clause 3 was resolved and it was agreed that clause ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: two-phase proposal; "Debt Intervention" National Credit Amendment Bill: new draft
8 May 2018
Copyright Amendment Bill:
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) presented its proposals for a two-phase approach to amending the Copyright Act: Phase 1 would focus on the Copyright Review Commission recommendations.
DTI proposes retaining the Act’s fair dealing doctrine for now due to the contestations and competing views about ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: Subcommittee engagement with DTI on flagged clauses
2 May 2018
The Subcommittee went through the flagged clauses referred to it by the Portfolio Committee:
The Clause 2 concerns were resolved. A Member asked about the academic environment because authors employed by universities had no control over the work they produced and secondly, disabled people are seemingly not catered for. These ...
International Relations
DRC, Morocco and South Sudan political situation: DIRCO briefing, with Minister
7 Mar 2018
The Portfolio Committee on International Relations and Cooperation received a briefing from the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) pertaining to the current political situations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), South Sudan, and Morocco.
Pursuant to the cabinet reshuffle that recently took place, the new Minister of ...