Environmental
Regulations
NEMA:
Environmental Impact Assessments
Update: Draft guidelines 3 (General Guide to the Environmental Impact Assessment
Regulations) and 5 (Assessment of Alternatives and Impacts in support of the
EIA Regulations) have been realised for comment before 20 November 2006. These
guidelines provided by the DEAT are highly useful and, based on the wording
of certain provisions of the regulations, almost seen as part of the law.
GN R385 GG28753/21-4-2006
Financial
Regulations
Financial
services ombud schemes: Notification of Recognition of Schemes, 2006
Recognition of Credit Information Ombud, Ombudsman for Banking Services, Ombudsman
for Long-term Insurance and Ombudsman for Short-term Insurance.
BN 120 GG29336/27-10-2006
Regulations
Financial
Intelligence Centre
Exemption from one of the FICA reporting rules is granted to tax advisors
advising on an application or prospective application for amnesty under the
Small Business Tax Amnesty and Amendment of Taxation Laws Act. Several limitations
on the exemption require careful consideration in each instance.
GN 1035 GG29299/13-10-2006
Promotion
of access to information
Amendment of regulations relating to prescribed fees. Also, a head of a private
body, an information officer of a public body or a head of a public office
may face a fine and/or up to two years imprisonment if they willfully or in
a grossly negligent manner do not make a manual available as prescribed, charge
when not allowed to or charge any fee other than a prescribed fee.
GN R990 GG29278/13-10-2006
Labour
Bills
Further
Education and Training Colleges Bill
Among other, the Bill intends to repeal the Further Education and Training
Act, provide for public and private FET colleges to separate FET institutions
and schools that offer FET programmes, enable students to acquire the necessary
knowledge, practical skills and applied vocational and occupational competence,
provide students with the necessary attributes required for employment, entry
to a particular vocation, occupation or trade or entry into a higher education
institution and prohibit schools from offering further education and training
and ensure that an annual audit is carried out by an auditor.
B23B of 2006
Draft laws
Labour
relations: essential services
Investigation into whether airport safety, security and electrical services
should be declared essential services.
GN 1063 GG29319/ 2006-10-27
Professions
Regulations
Engineering
profession
Professional and candidate registered lifting machinery inspector registration,
education, conduct and disciplinary requirements and related prohibitions.
BN 108 GG29290/13-10-2006
Tax
Acts
Income
Tax Act: chapter 3 part 1A advance tax rulings
As from 1 October 2006 there is an advance tax ruling system with regard to
any provision of the Income Tax Act. There are three types of binding rulings:
binding general rulings; binding private rulings and binding class rulings.
SARS has now also prepared a well-written and fairly simple brochure to give
a general overview of the new Advance Tax Rulings System and to answer basic
questions.
Proc R43 GG29263/29-9-2006
Regulations
Local
government municipal property rates
These regulations set out the time and manner in which valuation and supplementary
valuations must be prepared, public notices must be given, objections and
appeals must be given, declarations must be provided and identity cards must
be made.
GN R1036 GG29304/18-10-2006
Bills
Revenue
Laws Amendment Bill and Second Revenue Laws Amendment Bill
The draft revenue laws amendment bill will be substituted on CG before Friday.
B33 34 of 2006
Other
Acts
Maintenance
Act, 99 of 1998
Commencement of maintenance investigators and investigation of complaints
sections.
Proc R46 GG29343/2006-10-26
Regulations
International
trade administration
Import restrictions on textiles and clothing from China revised. Restrictions
commence 1 January 2007 and end 31 December 2008. Provides for mandatory Special
Import Permit Certificate; past performers quotas; new entrants quotas; seizure
of goods; withdrawal of Certificate and criminal prosecution; and special
circumstances relating to intellectual property.
GN R1056 G29316/20-10-2006
Standards
SA standards published by the SABS with the prefix "SABS" are now
published by Standards South Africa with the prefix "SANS".
GN 995 GG29277/29-9-2006
Bills
Accreditation
for Conformity Assessment, Calibration and Good Laboratory Practice Bill
To support public policy objectives in terms of health, safety and broad-based
black economic empowerment compliance issues SANAS will objectively verify
the credibility and competence of private and public conformity assessment
service providers being: laboratories; certification bodies; inspection bodies;
rating agencies; and any other type of body that may be added to SANAS' scope
of activity. Also see commentary furter below.
B29B of 2006
Foodstuffs,
Cosmetics and Disinfectants Amendment Bill
Proposed authorization of medical practitioners, environmental health practitioners
and veterinarians to administer provisions; an increase on deposit for requesting
an analysis or examination of samples; further regulation of food premises,
handling of foodstuffs, exportation and importation of foodstuffs, inspection
and removal, detention and destruction of food-producing animals or foodstuffs
and water used for food processing; regulation of mollusc farming and fish
farming; and delegation of functions to provincial departments. There are
three changes in the third version of the Bill, two stylistic changes and
a change to the definition of mollusc.
B35D of 2005
Measurement
Units and Measurement Standards Bill
The Bill will allow for safety, health and environment and other national
measurement standards. Also see commentary furter below.
B21B of 2006
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