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NATIONAL BILLS: 2003
Adult Basic Education and Training Bill
(File type: pdf; size: 46 KB)
7 August 2003
This bill regulates adult basic education and training. It provides for the following: establishment, governance and funding of public adult learning centersthe registration of private adult learning centers andquality assurance and quality promotion in adult basic education and training.  > 
Broad Based Black Economic Empowerment Bill
2003
The purpose of this Act is to empower the Minister to issue codes of practice on black economic empowerment and to establish a council to advise the President on black economic empowerment.  > 
Children's Bill
(File type: pdf; size: 301 KB)
13 August 2003
This Bill proposes new legislation that will define the rights and responsibilities of children and define parental responsibilities and rights. It also sets out principles and guidelines for the protection of children and the promotion of their well-being and regulates matters concerning theprotection and well-being of children. It consolidates the laws relating to thewelfare and protection of children.  > 
Choice On Termination Of Pregnancy Amendment Bill
(File type: pdf; size: 239 KB)
13 November 2003
This Bill aims to amend the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996, so as to:delete a definition and to insert othersempower a Member of the Executive Council to approve facilities where a termination of pregnancy may take placeexempt a facility offering a 24-hour maternity service from having to obtain approval for termination of pregnancy services under certain circumstancesprovide for the recording of information and the submission of statistics andenable a Member of the Executive Council to make regulations.  > 
Constitution Of The Republic Of South Africa Amendment Bill
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4 August 2003
This bill aims to amend the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, so as to: provide for the appointment of two Deputy Presidents to the Supreme Court of Appeal and provide for the conversion of the various High Courts into a single High Court of South Africa.  > 
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Amendment Bill
(File type: pdf; size: 255 KB)
30 July 2003
This bill aims to amend the law relating to certain sexual offences and to provide for the amendment and repeal of certain laws.  > 
Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill
(File type: pdf; size: 255 KB)
No. 50 of 2003
This Bill amends certain aspects of the existing Sexual Offences Act, including a new definition of rape which incorporates non-penetrative sexual acts and sexual violence towards men.  > 
Higher Education Amendment Bill
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21 July 2003
This bill amends the Higher Education Act, 1997, so as to: provide for the regular reporting by the Council on Higher Education on the state of higher educationprovide for consequential changes arising out of the incorporation of public higher education institutions in relation to labour and student mattersprovide for the establishment of a National Institute for Higher Education in Mpumalanga and a National Institute for Higher Education in the Northern Cape to coordinate the regional provision of higher education.  > 
Liquor Bill
(File type: pdf; size: 109 KB)
27 March 2003
This bill aims to establish national norms and standards in order to maintain economic unity within the liquor industry so as to provide for essential national standards and minimum standards. It also aims to regulate the micro-manufacture or the retail sale of liquor for consumption as well as promoting co-operative government in the area of liquor regulation.  > 
Local Government Property Rates Bill
(File type: pdf)
No. 9 of 2003
This Bill proposes a law to regulates the power of a municipality to impose rates on property. It also amends the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000.  > 
National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Bill
(File type: pdf; size: 120 KB)
2003
This Bill proposes a law that will manage and conserve biological diversity in South Africa. The law will control the use of indigenous biological resources and will ensure that benefits from the use of traditional knowledge are shared fairly and equally. The Bill also gives effect to the international biodiversity agreements that South Africa has agreed to.  > 
National Small Business Amendment Bill
(File type: pdf; size: 22 KB)
27 March 2003
This bill amends the National Small Business Act, 1996, so as to repeal all provisions pertaining to the National Small Business Council; to empower the Minister to consult persons representing the interests of small business; to make the Public Finance Management Act, 1999, applicable to the Agency; to make further provision in respect of the functions of the Agency; to do away with the requirement of calling for nominations for directors of the Board by notice in theGazette; to repeal the provisions pertaining to alternate directors; and to substitute the Schedule to that Act, in order to reflect the current economic position; and to provide for matters connected therewith.  > 
Preceding Act: Small Business Act
Road Accident Fund Amendment Bill
(File type: pdf; size: 47 KB)
3 October 2003
This bill aims to amend the Road Accident Fund Act, 1996, so as to:make further provision for the liability of the Fund and its agentsprovide for the determination, in accordance with a prescribed tariff, of the liability of the Fund in respect of medical and related costsrender deductible collateral benefits resulting in double compensation in the case of a bodily injury or deathlimit the liability of the Fund in respect of claims of non-residents of the Republicexclude the liability of the Fund in respect of a claim for emotional shock sustained as a result of witnessing, observing or being informed of the bodily injury or death of another personprovide for the resolution of disputes through mediation and arbitration in accordance with a prescribed procedure and to provide for matters connected therewith.  > 
Skills Development Amendment Bill
(File type: pdf; size: 139 KB)
25 July 2003
This bill aims to amend the Skills Development Act, 1998.  > 
Social Assistance Bill
(File type: pdf; size: 139 KB)
8 August 2003
This bill provides for social assistance to persons, the mechanism for providing such assistance and the establishment of an inspectorate for social assistance.  > 
Unemployment Insurance Amendment Bill
(File type: pdf; size: 22 KB)
22 July 2003
This bill aims to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001, so as to:define certain expressions and to amend or delete certain definitionsexclude persons who receive a State pension from the application of the Actprovide anew for the compilation and filing of a business planextend the right to benefits to domestic workers who are employed by more than one employerextend the right to unemployment benefits to a domestic worker whose contract of employment is terminated by the death of his or her employeradjust the benefits payable to contributors in respect of illness, maternity and adoptionprovide for the establishment of regional appeals committees andprovide anew for the settling of disputes relating to payment or non-payment of benefits.  > 
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