Issued by: Office of the Deputy President
6 September 2000
1. LEGISLATION
1.1 The following bills have been tabled in Parliament and are being considered by the relevant committees:
1. Cultural Laws Amendment Bill
2. Cultural Laws 2nd Amendment Bill
3. National Council for Library and Information Services Bill
4. Conventional Arms Control Bill
5. Higher Education Amendment Bill
6. South African Weather Service Bill
7. Bills of Exchange Amendment Bill
8. Banks Amendment Bill
9. Financial Institutions Investment of Funds Bill
10. National Health Laboratory Bill
11. Home Loan and Mortgage Disclosure Bill
12. General Intelligence Laws Amendment Bill
13. Limitation of Legal Proceedings against Government
Institutions Bill
14. Cross Border Insolvency Bill
15. Administration of Estates Amendment Bill
16. Abolition of Lebowa Mineral Trust Bill
17. Directorate of Special Operations Bill
18. Local Government Municipal Systems Bill
19. Local Government Municipal Structures Amendment Bill
20. Council for the Built Environment Bill
21. Architectural Profession Bill
22. Landscape Architectural Bill
23. Engineering Profession Bill
24. Property Valuers Profession Bill
25. Project and Construction Management Professions Bill
26. Quantity Surveying Profession Bill
27. Construction Industry Development Board Bill
28. Firearms Control Bill
29. South African Boxing Bill
30. Competition Laws Amendment Bill
31. Development Welfare Governance Bill
1.2 The following Bills have been finalised by the Committees and are ready for debate in Parliament:
1. Sea Transport Documents Bill
2. Finance Bill
3. Adult Basic Education and Training Bill
4. Education Laws Amendment Bill
5. Transnet Pension Fund Amendment Bill
2. PROGRAMME OF PARLIAMENT
2.1 The provisional programme for the National Assembly for the next two weeks is as follows:
Tuesday 12 September
Vote on Education Laws Amendment Bill and Adult Basic Training Bill
Snap Debate on Terrorism in the Western Cape
Wednesday 13 September
Questions to the Deputy President
Social Services Cluster Questions
Competition Laws Amendment Bill
Debate on Trade and Industry protocol
Thursday 14 September
Finance Bill
Banks Amendment Bill
Introduction of Adjustments Estimate
Introduction of Medical Schemes Levies
Debate on report of Parliamentary delegation monitoring Zimbabwe elections
Tuesday 19 September
Votes on Transnet Pension Funds Amendment Bill and Cross Border Insolvency Bills
Wednesday 20 September
Questions to the President
Debate on SMMEs
Thursday 21 September
Vote on Municipal Systems Bill and Municipal Structures Amendment Bill
2.2 The National Council of Provinces will meet on Tuesday 19 September and vote on the Meat Safety Bill and the Tourism Amendment Bill
For more information call Mathula Magubane on 082-371-1315