PROCLAMATION

of the President of the Republic of South Africa

No. R. 27, 1998 - 13 March 1998

WELFARE LAWS AMENDMENT ACT, 1997 (ACT No. 106 OF 1997)

In terms of section 6 of the Welfare Laws Amendment Act, 1997 (Act No. 106 of 1997), I hereby determine 1 April 1~8 as the date on which—

  1. sections 1 and 2;
  2. section 3, only in so far as H substitutes sections 1, 2 (d), 4 and 6 to 12 of the Social Assistance Act, 1992 (Act No. 59 of 1992), for the purposes of providing for the administration of the child support grant provided for under that Act; and
  3. section 1
    1. only in so far as it substitutes sections 14 to 18 and 20 (1) of the Social Assistance Act, 1992 (Act No. 59 of 1992), for me purposes of providing for me administration of the child support grant provided for under mat Act; and
    2. in so far as it substitutes section 22 of me Social Assistance Act, 1992 (Act No. 5g of 1992); and
  4. section 5,

of the Act shall come into operation..

Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Republic of South Africa at Cape Town this Seventeenth day of February, One thousand Nine hundred and Ninety-eight.

N. R. MANDELA
President

By Order of the President-in-Cabinet

G. J. FRASER-MOLEKETI
Minister of the Cabinet