Government Gazette

Vol. 437, No. 22811, 2 November 2001

Regulation Gazette, No. 7198

No. R. 56, 2001

PROCLAMATION

by the President of the Republic of South Africa

SPECIAL INVESTIGATING UNITS AND SPECIAL TRIBUNALS ACT, 1996 (ACT No. 74 OF 1996): REFERRAL OF MATTER TO EXISTING SPECIAL INVESTIGATING UNIT AND SPECIAL TRIBUNAL

WHEREAS allegations as contemplated in section 2(2) of the Special Investigating Units and Special Tribunals Act, 1996 (Act No. 74 of 1996), have been made in respect of the affairs of the provincial Department of Transport of the Province of KwaZulu-Natal (hereinafter referred to as "the Department");

AND WHEREAS I deem it necessary that the said allegations should be investigated and justifiable civil disputes emanating from such investigation should be adjudicated upon;

NOW, THEREFORE, I hereby, under section 2 (1) of the said Act, and after consultation with the Premier of the Province of KwaZulu-Natal, refer the matter in the Schedule for investigation to the Special Investigating Unit and for adjudication of justifiable civil disputes emanating from such investigation to the Special Tribunal established by Proclamation No. R. 118 of 31 July 2001 and determine that, for the purposes of the investigation of that matter, the terms of reference of the Special Investigating Unit, which has the powers, duties and functions assigned to or conferred upon it by the Act, are to investigate as contemplated in the said Act, any -

1. serious maladministration in connection with the affairs of the Department;
2. improper or unlawful conduct by employees of the Department;
3. unlawful appropriation or expenditure of public money or property;
4. intentional or negligent loss of public money or damage to public property;
5. corruption in connection with the affairs of the Department; or
6. unlawful or improper conduct by any person which has caused or may cause serious harm to the interests of the public or any category thereof,

which has taken place between January 1996 and the date of publication of this Proclamation.

Given under my Hand at Cape Town this Twenty-fourth day of October Two thousand and one.

T . M. MBEKI 
President

By Order of the President-in-Cabinet:

P. M. MADUNA 
Minister of the Cabinet

SCHEDULE

The fraudulent and/or unauthorised changing of information in respect of the tare weight of motor vehicles on the National Traffic Information System by employees of the Department and the subsequent payment of lower motor vehicle licensing fees.