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NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
WIPO Copyright & Performances and Phonograms Treaties; Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances; Committee Legacy Report
26 Mar 2019
The purpose of the Department of Trade and Industry briefing was to seek approval from the Committee to accede to the World Intellectual Property Organisation Treaties, in terms of section 231(2) of the Constitution. The three treaties to be considered was the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances, the World Intellectual ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
National Land Transport Amendment Bill: final mandates; Committee Legacy & Oversight Reports
19 Mar 2019
The Committee received a total of seven Final Mandates from provinces on the National Land Transport Amendment Bill. Six of the seven provinces voted in favour of the Bill. The Western Cape Province was the only province to have voted against the Bill. Final mandates from the Free State and ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Gambling Amendment Bill: negotiating mandates; Foreign Service Bill: response to submissions; with Deputy Minister
13 Mar 2019
Seven of the nine provinces approved the National Gambling Amendment Bill with KwaZulu-Natal abstaining. The Western Cape rejected the Bill. Even though the majority of the provinces were in favour of the Bill many of them had proposed amendments. The DTI presented its responses to the concerns proposed amendments. Two ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Copyright & Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills: Department response to submissions
6 Mar 2019
The DTI had grouped submissions and responses into themes which was the format of presentation for both Bills. The major themes that had elicited comment about the Copyright Amendment Bill were: Consultations on the Bill, Tagging of the Bill, the Reversionary Clause, Retrospective Application of Provisions and Constitutional Compliance. On ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
National Land Transport Amendment Bill: proposed amendments
27 Feb 2019
Members were taken through the proposed amendment to the National Land Transport Amendment Bill.
The C-list of amendments related to Clauses 6, 7, 16, 40 and 50 of the Bill. Most of the amendments were of a technical nature. A new provision was introduced to Clause 16 of the Bill. ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Credit Amendment Bill: finalisation
27 Feb 2019
Provinces presented their final mandates on the National Credit Amendment Bill. No final mandate was received from KwaZulu-Natal. With the exception of the Western Cape Province, which did not support the Bill, the remaining seven provinces voted in favour of it.
The Committee Report on the Bill reflected that the ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Gambling Amendment Bill stakeholder inputs
26 Feb 2019
The Committee was informed that the Bill has three focus areas: the repositioning of the National Gambling Board (NGB) to the National Gambling Regulator (NGR); the extension of National Central Electronic Monitoring System (NCEMS) to all modes of gambling; and the effectiveness of the National Gambling Policy Council (NGPC). Comments ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
Foreign Service Bill: DIRCO briefing
20 Feb 2019
The Department of International Relations and Cooperation provided context for the Foreign Service Bill coming into being. The reality was that SA did not have a legislative mechanism to support optimally the mandate of the DIRCO to achieve the country’s foreign policy objectives. One of the objectives of the Bill ...
NCOP Economic and Business Development
National Land Transport Amendment Bill: Department response to negotiating mandates (continued)
19 Feb 2019
The Committee in its previous meeting had decided that the Parliamentary Legal Advice Office, the Office of the Chief State Law Adviser, the Department of Transport and the South African Local Government Association (SALGA) should meet to deal with the constitutional issues raised by SALGA. The Committee had hoped that ...
NCOP Trade & Industry, Economic Development, Small Business, Tourism, Employment & Labour
National Credit Amendment Bill: negotiating mandates; Copyright Amendment & Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills: briefing
13 Feb 2019
Documents handed out: Responses by Parliamentary Law Adviser/DTI to Negotiating Mandates [awaited]; Call for Comment
The Parliamentary Law Adviser presented the Provincial Negotiating Mandates on the National Credit Amendment Bill. Eight of the nine provinces had voted in favour of the Bill with the exception of the Western Cape Province ...