This is an Act to amend the Criminal Procedure Act 1997, so as to provide for the taking of specified bodily samples from certain categories of persons for the purposes of forensic DNA analysis and to provide in particular for the protection of the rights of women and children in the taking of DNA samples.

A Bill to amend the Long-term Insurance Act, 1998 and the Short-term Insurance Act, 1998, so as to define certain terms; to state the objects of insurance regulation; to extend the powers of the Registrar; to extend the provisions relating to the licensing of insurers; to provide for explicit governance, risk management and internal control requirements of insurers; to provide for the supervision of insurance groups; to clarify certain market conduct matters; to make consequential amendments to other Acts, and to provide for matters connected therewith.

This is an Act to amend the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, so as to amend certain definitions, to adjust the timeframes for the preparation of environmental implementation plans and environmental management plans and to facilitate the mainstreaming of integrated, environmentally sustainable and sound management of business processes and decision making across the economy.

An Act designed to amend the Electronic Communications Act, 2005, so as to insert, amend or delete certain definitions, to align the Act with broad-based black economic empowerment legislation, to refine provisions relating to licensing, to make further provision towards ensuring effective competition amongst persons licensed under the Act, to remove regulatory bottlenecks, to require the Minister of Communications to establish a council to advise the Minister on broadband policy and implementation, to make further provision for the discounted rate at which Internet services must be provided to schools, educational institutions and public health establishments, to authorise the Minister to require that certain information be submitted to the Minister and to make provision for the fiduciary duties of members of the Board of the Universal Service and Access Agency of South Africa.

This is an Act to amend the Sectional Titles Act, 1986, so as to amend certain definitions, to further regulate notification of the intended establishment of schemes and the sale of units to lessees and to provide for the cancellation of registered sectional plans in a prescribed manner.

This is an Act to provide for the equitable division of revenue raised nationally among the national, provincial and local spheres of government for the 2014/15 financial year, the determination of each province’s equitable share and allocations to provinces, local government and municipalities from national government’s share and the responsibilities of all three spheres pursuant to such division and allocations and to provide for related matters.

This is an Act to provide for the designation, promotion, development, operation and management of Special Economic Zones, to provide for the establishment, appointment of members and functioning of the Special Economic Zones Advisory Board, to provide for the establishment of the Special Economic Zones Fund, to regulate the application, issuing, suspension, withdrawal and transfer of Special Economic Zones operator permits, to provide for functions of the Special Economic Zones operator, to provide for transitional arrangements, and to provide for related matters.

This is an Act to provide for the disestablishment of the Africa Institute of South Africa, to provide for the transfer of the assets, liabilities, rights and obligations of the institute and to repeal the Africa Institute of South Africa Act, 2001.

This Communication Policy sets out the rules, processes and procedures on how communication will operate within government departments and across the three spheres: national, provincial and local. It also serves as the framework when developing a communication strategy for the government.

This is an Act to amend the Deeds Registries Act, 1937, so as to provide discretion in respect of the rectification of errors in the name of a person or the description of property mentioned in deeds and other documents. It also provides for the issuing of certificates of registered title taking the place of deeds that have become incomplete or unserviceable.

This is an Act to provide for the transformation of the geomatics profession, to provide for the establishment of the South African Geomatics Council as a juristic person and provide for the facilitation of accessibility to the geomatics profession.

The purpose of this policy is to comply with the legislative and constitutional mandate and to promote multilingualism to ensure effective and efficient communication between government and the public in accordance with the objectives of the Act and the Constitution.

This is a patient register in terms of section 39 of the regulations to the mental health care Act No. 17 of 2002 for health establishments that render mental health services. It contains a standard form format to keep records of patients.

This is an Act to provide for the establishment of the South African Language Practitioners’ Council, to provide for the objects, powers, duties and functions of the Council, to determine the manner in which the Council is to be managed, governed, staffed and financed, to regulate the training of language practitioners, to provide for control of the accreditation and registration of language practitioners, and to provide for matters connected therewith.

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This is an Act to amend the National Environmental Management: Protected Areas Act, 2003, so as to amend or insert certain definitions, to authorise the declaration of marine protected areas, to provide for the management of marine protected areas, to provide for transitional measures and to effect certain textual alterations

This is an Act to amend the South African Postbank Limited Act, 2010, so as to amend provisions that may negatively affect the operational autonomy and independence of the office for banks to remove any inconsistencies with the Banks Act and to provide for related matters.

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This Act amends the South African Post Office SOC Ltd Act, 2011, so as to improve governance between the boards of the South African Post Office SOC Ltd and the South African Postbank Limited. It also amends the Post and Telecommunication-related Matters Act, 1958, so as to provide for the payment of pension benefits to a former spouse of a member on divorce or the dissolution of a customary marriage and to provide for related matters.

This Act amends the South African Weather Service Act, 2001, so as to substitute and insert certain definitions, to extend the powers, functions and objectives of the Weather Service so as to provide the weather service with a legal mandate to provide ambient air quality services and to act as custodian of the South African Air Quality Information System.