PROCLAMATION
by the
President of the Republic of South Africa
No. R. 33, 1997
TRANSFER OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATISTICS ACT, 1976 (ACT NO. 66 OF 1976), AND THE CENTRAL STATISTICAL SERVICE
In terms of paragraph 10 (c) of Annexure B of Schedule 6 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 (Act No. 108 of 1996), and after consultation with the Executive Deputy President and the leader of the other participating party in the Government of National Unity, I hereby vary the determination of the portfolio of the Minister of Finance by-
(1) entrusting to him in terms of section 97 (a) of the Constitution, 1996, the administration of the Statistics Act, 1976 (Act No. 66 of 1976);
(2) conferring upon him in terms of section 97 (b) of the Constitution, 1996, the powers and functions as set out in the Statistics Act, 1976, for the Minister referred to in section 1 of the said Act; and
(3) transferring to him the administration of the organisational component contemplated in section 7 (4) of the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. 103 of 1994), known as the Central Statistical Service, which administration had in terms of section 82 (2) (c), read with section 84 (5), of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1993 (Act No. 200 of 1993), been assigned to Executive Deputy President T. M. Mbeki.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Cape Town this Sixteenth day of April, One thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-seven.
N. R. MANDELA
President
By Order of the President-in-Cabinet:
T. A. MANUEL
Minister of the Cabinet