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Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill; Committee Reports on Sugar Industry & UK Study Tour Report
14 Jun 2018
Call for Comment on Specific Clauses
The Committee completed deliberations on the current draft of the Copyright Amendment Bill and specific clauses of the 14 June Bill would be advertised for public comment until 9 July 2018.
Three main areas had been flagged the previous week on the Copyright Amendment ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Tripartite Free Trade Agreement; NRCS ICT modernisation project
13 Jun 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry (Dti) came before the Committee to present on the ratification of the Tripartite Free Trade Agreement, and to report on the National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS) information communication technology (ICT) modernisation project..
The Department said that South Africa had signed the Free Trade ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) delayed forensic audit of Gupta coal test
13 Jun 2018
The Committee meeting was a difficult, at times acrimonious, one that found itself engaged in matters that were not on the agenda and struggling to resolve any of the agenda items. The Chairman of the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) Board, Mr Jeff Molobela, and the SABS CEO, Dr ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Steel & Sugar Tariffs: DTI, ITAC, SARS; Sugar Industry; Space activities
12 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee was becoming increasingly concerned about steel and sugar tariffs. Members wanted information about reports that there had been a period of duty-free sugar imports and they were seeking answers to that question as well as the implementation of new tariffs to assist the struggling sugar industry as ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: flagged clauses
7 Jun 2018
The Committee began with a recap on the clauses in the Copyright Amendment Bill that had been resolved in the previous meeting and those that still required resolution. Clauses had not been resolved either because a legal opinion was required, the Committee had requested further information or examples of international ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: DTI & CIPC response on flagged clauses
6 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to resolve some of the outstanding policy issues in the Copyright Amendment Bill. Parliamentary Legal Services reported on information received from a Committee copyright consultant on ‘‘fair use’’ and ‘‘fair dealing’’. The consultant explained that the difference between the two was the openness of the ‘‘‘fair ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: consideration
5 Jun 2018
The Portfolio Committee met to attend to outstanding matters in the Copyright Amendment Bill. A Senior Parliamentary Legal Advisor presented a matrix of clauses flagged for further attention. This provided an overview and refreshed Members’ understanding of matters that remained unresolved.
The Chairperson led the deliberations on all the flagged ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: DTI briefing on Bill and DAC & DTI positions
31 May 2018
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) gave a briefing on the views of DTI and the Department of Arts and Culture (DAC) on key clauses of the Bill. The Parliamentary Legal Advisor also provided legal advice so the Committee could make its independent decisions on the Bill.
Clauses 2, ...
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 ...