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
"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 ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: new working draft
25 Apr 2018
The Committee worked through the new working draft of the Copyright Amendment Bill until Clause 10. The following items were flagged for further deliberation at Subcommittee level:
- Copyright protection for computer programs;
- Whether the State can own state-funded copyright material;
- Policy issues in the Bill;
- Determination ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill sub-committee: Department report-back on priorities & way forward
24 Apr 2018
Document awaited:
The Department highlighted priorities and challenges in the Copyright Amendment Bill as requested the previous week. Some of the priority areas outlined included:
- the non-payment of royalties
- strengthening and capacitating the Tribunal;
- fair use or fair dealing, DTI proposed the former
- low royalty rate ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Sugar Industry intervention report by DTI
24 Apr 2018
Documents handed out: Committee Report on Sugar Industry [available under Tabled Committee Reports once published]
The Committee discussed its Committee Report on Sugar Industry oversight visit. In discussion Members said these matters needed attention:
- imports and low import tariffs
- final price determination which happened in March now with a ...