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            <title>Education Laws Amendment Act (No. 1 of 2004)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend  the  South  African  Qualifications  Authority  Act, 1995, so as to effect textual  corrections;  to  make  provision  for  an  increase  in  the  number of members of the  Authority  nominated by the  organised  teaching  profession;  and  to  provide  for the  extension of the  term of office  of members of the  Authority;  to  amend  the  South African  Schools Act, 1996, so as  to  provide  for  the  prohibition of the  payment of unauthorised  remuneration  to a state  employee  employed  in  terms of the Employment of Educators  Act, 1998, or  the  Public  Service  Act, 1994, by  a governing  body;  to  amend  the  Employment of Educators  Act, 1998, so as to effect textual  corrections;  and to provide  for  an  appeal  by  the  employer  against  the finding of the  presiding officer of a  disciplinary  hearing;  to  amend  the  General  and Further  Education  and  Training  Quality  Assurance Act, 2001, so as to  extend  the definition of “Council”;  and  to  provide  for  matters  connected  therewith. ]]></description>
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            <title>Telecommunications Amendment Act (No. 2 of 2004)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the Telecommunications Ac1t,9 96, so as to givep owers and assign duties to certain categories  of operators for the purposeosf interconnection and facilities leasing; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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            <title>Drought Relief Adjustments Appropriation Act (No. 3 of 2004)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To appropriate additional amounts of money for  the  requirements of the Departments of Health, Social Development, Agriculture and  Water  Affairs  and Forestry in  respect of the 2003104 financial  year.]]></description>
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            <title>Powers, Priveleges and Immunities of Parliament and Provincial</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To define and declare certainpowers, privileges and immunities of Parliament,provincial legislatures, members of the National Assembly, delegates to theNational Council of Provinces and members of provincial legislatures; and toprovide for incidental matters.WHEREAS  the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, sets out certainpowers, privileges and immunities of Parliament and provincial legislatures and theirmembers;AND WHEREAS sections58(2), 71(2) and 117(2) of the Constitution provIde thatother privileges and immunities of the respective legislatures and their members may beprescribed by national legislation;AND WHEREAS  it is considered essential to provide for such further privileges andimmunities in order to protect the authority, independence and dignity of the legislaturesand their members and to enable them to carry out their constitutional functions;AND WHEREAS  it is expedient to regulate certain other incidental matters relating tothe functioning of Parliament and provincial legislatures:]]></description>
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            <title>Division of Revenue Act (No. 5 of 2004)</title>
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            <title>Local Government Municipal Property Rates Act (No. 6 of 2004)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To regulate the power of a municipality to impose rates on property; to excludecertain properties from rating in the national interest; to make provision formunicipalities to implement a transparent and fair system of exemptions,reductions and rebates through their rating policies; to make provision for fair andequitable valuation methods of properties; to make provision for an objections andappeals process; to amend the Local Government: Municipal Systems Act, 2000, soas to make further provision for the serving of documents by municipalities; toamend or repeal certain legislation; and to provide for matters connectedtherewith.]]></description>
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            <title>National Gambling Act (No. 7 of 2004)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To provide for the co-ordination of concurrent national and provincial legislativecompetence over matters relating to casinos, racing, gambling and wagering, andto provide for the continued regulation of those matters; for that purpose toestablish certain uniform norms and standards applicable to national andprovincial regulation and licensing of certain gambling activities; to provide for thecreation of additional uniform normsand standards applicable throughout theRepublic; to retain the National Gambling Board; to establish the NationalGambling Policy Council; to repeal the National Gambling Act, 1996; and toprovide for matters incidental thereto.]]></description>
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            <title>National Environmental Management Amendment Act (No. 8 of 2004)</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[To amend the National Environmental Management Act, 1998, so as to insert certain definitions and substitute others; to make further provision regarding environmental authorisations; to make certain textual alterations; to provide for the registration of associations of environmental assessment practitioners; and to provide for incidental matters. ]]></description>
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