Contents: Obligations of Parliament and its separate bodies

Advisory Board on Social Development Act 3 of 2001

2 Establishment of Advisory Board on Social Development

A body to be known as the Advisory Board on Social Development is established.
4 Duties of Board
(1) The Board, in order to achieve its objectives, must- …
(e) submit a report-
(i) on the activities of the Board to the Minister at least once a year, which report must also be tabled in Parliament; and
(ii) whenever requested by the Minister;
(2) The Board must establish clear lines of communication, including formal meetings, with structures that it interacts with, including the parliamentary committees on Social Development of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces.
5 Composition and appointment of Board
(1) The Board consists of not less than nine but not more than 11 members appointed by the Minister, of whom-
(a) at least one, but not more than three, must be a representative from the office of the Minister, the Department or the Heads of Social Development; and
(b) at least eight are persons who have knowledge or experience of social development and are actively involved in the social development sector.
(5) The members referred to in subsection (1) (b) must be appointed only after the parliamentary committees on Social Development of the National Assembly and the National Council of Provinces have made recommendations to the Minister regarding such appointment.

Africa Institute of South Africa Act 68 of 2001

2.    Establishment of Institute.

A juristic person known as the Africa Institute of South Africa is hereby established.

4.    Establishment and composition of Council, tenure of office and filling of vacancies.

(1) A Council is hereby established which must control, manage and direct the affairs of the Institute.
16 Auditing, annual and financial reports
(1) The Auditor-General must audit the accounts and balance sheet of the Council.
(2) The Council must-
(a) furnish the Minister with such information as he or she may call for in connection with the activities and financial position of the Council; and
(b) submit to the Minister an annual report containing a balance sheet, a statement of income and expenditure certified by the Auditor-General and such other particulars as the Minister may require.
(3) The Minister must table the report referred to in subsection (2) (b) in Parliament within 14 days after receipt thereof if Parliament is in session or, if Parliament is not then in session, within 14 days after the commencement of its next session.

Agricultural Research Act 86 of 1990

2 Establishment of Agricultural Research Council

There is hereby established a juristic person to be known as the Agricultural Research Council.
8 Control over, and management of affairs of, ARC
(1) The affairs of the ARC shall be managed by a council, which shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, determine the policy and objectives of the ARC and exercise control generally over the performance of its functions, the exercise of its powers and the execution of its duties.

9 Constitution of Council

(3) (a) Whenever a member of the Council has to be appointed, the Minister shall-
(i) by notice in the Gazette and other appropriate media, invite persons, stakeholders, the Premier of each province and the Portfolio and Select Committees of Parliament responsible for agricultural affairs to submit to the Minister, within the period mentioned in the notice, the names of persons who comply with the criteria referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (2);
(ii) establish a selection committee consisting of at least three persons, designate a chairperson for the committee and submit to the committee all the nominations received.
(b) The selection committee shall, within 30 days after the signing of the letters of appointment of its members, from the nominations submitted to it by the Minister, compile a short-list of eligible candidates who have knowledge and experience of any matter referred to in subsection (2), and submit it to the Minister.
(c) The Minister shall appoint such number of members as is required from the short-list of candidates recommended by the selection committee.
(d) Within 30 days after making any appointment in terms of paragraph (c), the Minister shall inform the Portfolio and Select Committees of Parliament responsible for agricultural affairs in writing of the appointment made.
22 Accounting, auditing and annual report
(3) The Council shall furnish the Minister with such information as he may call for from time to time in connection with the activities and financial position of the ARC and shall as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year submit to the Minister an annual report on the ARC's affairs and functions in respect of that financial year, which shall, inter alia, include-
(a) an audited balance sheet, including notes thereon or a document annexed thereto providing information required by this Act;
(b) an audited income statement, including any similar financial statement where such form is appropriate, and including any notes thereon or a document annexed thereto providing information required by this Act;
(c) a statement of cash flow information;
(d) the report of the auditors.
(6) As soon as practicable after a report has been submitted to the Minister in terms of subsection (3), he shall table it in Parliament.

Air Services Licensing Act 115 of 1990

3 Air Service Licensing Council

(1) There is hereby established a council to be known as the Air Service Licensing Council, which shall be a juristic person.
10 Annual report
(1) The council shall as soon as practicable after 31 March of each year but not later than 31 December of that year submit to the Minister a report (hereinafter referred to as the annual report) giving particulars regarding the activities of the council during the year which ended on the first-mentioned date.
(2) The Minister shall lay a copy of the annual report upon the Table in Parliament within thirty days after it has been received by him if Parliament is then in ordinary session or, if Parliament is not then in ordinary session, within thirty days after the commencement of its next ensuing ordinary session.
29 Regulations
(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the council, make regulations regarding-
(a) any matter which in terms of this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed;
(aA) the information to be furnished by an applicant for the purposes of section 16 (4) (a), and the standards and requirements to be complied with by an applicant for the purposes of that section in relation to the class of licence, type of air service and category of aircraft mentioned in his, her or its application;
(b) the issuing and safe-keeping of passenger air transport tickets and the particulars and endorsements to be contained in such tickets;
(c) the issuing and safe-keeping of air waybills and the particulars to be contained in such waybills;
(d) the compilation and safe-keeping of passenger lists and the particulars to be contained in such lists;
(f) the payment of fees in respect of any application made in terms of this Act;
(g) the payment of fees in respect of the reasons for the approval or refusal of an application for a licence;
(h) the payment of fees in respect of the issuance of a licence, or the amendment thereof, including the period within which such fees shall be paid;
(j) the payment of fees in respect of the providing of information from any register which is kept in terms of this Act; and
(k) any other matter the regulation of which, in the opinion of the Minister, may be necessary or desirable in order to achieve or promote the objects of this Act.
(6) Regulations referred to in subsection (1) shall, within 14 days after they have been published under subsection (5), be tabled in Parliament, if Parliament is then in ordinary session, or, if Parliament is not in ordinary session, within 14 days after the commencement of the first ensuing ordinary session of Parliament.