SAIPA Your Law : Volume 14 Issue 15,  
                             9 September 2019 
                                               
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            Index   
            General 
            1. Notable one liners 
             
            Property 
            2. Draft Housing Consumer Protection Bill 2019     
             
                                             
             
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             General 
             1. NOTABLE ONE LINERS 
             Banks Act 
             Exclusion from the provisions of that Act and its requirements has been gazetted for the New Development Bank, 
             in the lawful carrying on of activities related to the business of a bank. 
               
             Copyright Act 
             Reminder that current SAMRO accreditation ends September 2019. 
               
             Electronic Communications Act 
             Comment  deadline  on  the  draft  findings  document  on  the inquiry  into  subscription television  broadcasting 
             services (available from ICASA) has been extended to 4 October 2019. 
               
             Financial Sector Regulation Act    
             The commencement date for chapter 14 (Ombuds) is now 1 October 2020. 
               
             Financial Services Ombud Schemes Act       
             The Financial Sector Regulation Act will now repeal this Act on 1 October 2020. 
               
             Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act        
             The Draft Housing Consumer Protection Bill proposes repealing this Act. 
               
             Immigration Act 
             The Constitutional Court (CCT11/18) held that regulation 9(9)(a) is inconsistent with the Constitution and invalid, 
             to the extent that the rights accorded by means of the exceptional circumstances contemplated in section 10(6)(b) 
             are not extended to the foreign spouse or child of a South African citizen or permanent resident. The declaration 
              
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       of invalidity is suspended for 24 months from the date of this order. During the period of suspension, the following 
       is to be read into regulation 9(9)(a) of the Immigration Regulations: “(iii) is the spouse or child of a South African 
       citizen or permanent resident.’ 
         
       Labour Relations Act 
       Accreditation for the Motor Industry Bargaining Council, and Bargaining Council for the Grain Industry, gazetted.  
         
       Long-term Insurance Act 
       Reminder that amendments relating to regulation 3.21 (remuneration that may be offered or provided to a binder 
       holder) commence for certain types of binder agreements, and amendments relating to Part 8 (authorisation of 
       and requirements for collection of premiums by intermediaries), will commence 28 September 2019. 
         
       National Environmental Management Air Quality Act 
            (i) Amendments have been proposed for the national greenhouse gas emission reporting regulations. 
            Comment deadline 30 days from 6 September 2019. 
            (ii)  Notices  have  been  gazetted  for  the proposed  repeal  of the  regulations  regarding  fuel  burning 
            appliances in dwelling houses, proposed repeal of smoke control regulations (and smoke control zone 
            orders), and proposed repeal of inspection of premises in dust control areas (and dust control areas). 
            Comment deadline: 30 days from 30 August 2019.  
         
       National Environmental Management Waste Act 
       Draft norms and standards for organic waste composting have been proposed, for organic waste composting 
       facilities that have the capacity to process compostable organic waste in excess of 10 tonnes per day. 
       Note: Such an organic waste composting facility will be required to comply with these national norms and 
       standards,  without  the  requirement  of  obtaining  a  waste  management  licence  in  terms  of  the  National 
       Environmental Management: Waste Act. 
         
        
        
        
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