Contents: Obligations of Parliament and its separate bodies

General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act 58 of 2001

4 Establishment of Council
A juristic person to be known as Umalusi, the Council for General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance is hereby established.
15 Audit and annual report
(1) The statements of account and balance sheet of the Council must be audited at the end of each financial year by a person registered as an accountant and auditor in terms of the Public Accountants' and Auditors' Act, 1991 (Act 80 of 1991), and appointed by the Council with the approval of the Auditor-General.
(2) The Council must not later than five months after the end of each financial year submit to the Minister an annual report in such form as the Minister may determine on the performance of its functions during that financial year, including an audited balance sheet and a statement of income and expenditure.
(3) The Minister must table the annual report, including the balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure referred to in subsection (2), in Parliament within one month after receipt thereof, if Parliament is then sitting, and if Parliament is not then sitting, within one month after the commencement of the next sitting.

General Pensions Act 29 of 1979

13 Pension benefits for officers and employees of Parliament and their widows and dependants
(1) The annuity, gratuity or other benefit to which an officer of Parliament as defined in section 1 of the Powers and Privileges of Parliament Act, 1963 (Act 91 of 1963), or the widow or dependant of any such officer becomes entitled, as calculated in terms of the provisions of the Pension Scheme for Officers of Parliament (hereinafter in this section referred to as the Scheme), shall be paid to the beneficiary from moneys appropriated by Parliament for that purpose, and a certificate duly signed by the Speaker, as defined in section 1 of that Act, to the effect that any such officer or his widow or dependant, as the case may be, has become entitled to be paid benefits under the relevant provisions of the Scheme, and setting out particulars of such benefits and of the terms and conditions, if any, subject to which they are payable, shall constitute the requisite authority for the payment of such benefits.
(2) Any annuity, gratuity or other benefit as determined by the Speaker, payable to an employee who was full-time in the Parliamentary service, but who was not on the fixed establishment of Parliament, or to the widow or any other dependant of such person, shall be paid to the beneficiary from moneys appropriated by Parliament for the purpose, and a certificate, duly signed by the Speaker, that such employee or his widow or other dependant, as the case may be, has become entitled to be paid such benefits, and setting out particulars of such benefits and of the terms and conditions, if any, to which the payment thereof is subject, shall constitute the requisite authority for the payment of such benefits.
(3) An employee referred to in subsection (2) shall for the purpose of the application of the provisions of that subsection be deemed not to be an 'officer of Parliament' within the meaning of subsection (1).
(4) The provisions of section 2, 3, 4 and 9 shall apply mutatis mutandis to any annuity, gratuity or benefit referred to in this section, and any reference in those provisions to the Minister or Secretary shall be construed as a reference to the Speaker.
13A Pension contributions by Secretary to Parliament
(1) Pension contributions at the prescribed rate shall be deducted from the pensionable emoluments of the Secretary to Parliament with effect from 1 April 1980 and be paid to the State Revenue Fund.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)-
'pensionable emoluments' means the amount of the salary and allowances of the Secretary to Parliament which the Speaker determines;

Government Employees Pension Law, 1996 (Proclamation 21 published in Government Gazette 17135 of 19 April 1996)

6 Management of Fund by Board of Trustees
(1) There is hereby established a board which shall be known as the Board of Trustees and which shall be constituted as prescribed.
9 Annual financial statements
(1) The Board shall in respect of each financial year draw up annual financial statements and shall submit copies of such statements, audited in terms of section 13, to the Minister.
(2) The statements mentioned in subsection (1) shall consist of-
(a) a statement of funds and net assets;
(b) a revenue account;
(c) a cash flow statement;
(d) notes to explain such statements;
(e) a report of the Board referred to in section 10; and
(f) such other statements as may be prescribed.
(3) The statements mentioned in subsection (1) shall be in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by a report of the auditors referred to in section 13.
(4) The annual financial statements referred to in subsection (1) shall, in conformity with generally accepted accounting practice, fairly present the state of affairs of the Fund and its business and financial position as at the end of the financial year in question.
(5) The annual financial statements referred to in subsection (1) shall by figures, a descriptive report and information explain any other matter relevant to the affairs of the Fund.
(6) The Minister shall, within 30 days of the receipt thereof, submit the financial statements, report and information referred to in this section, to Parliament together with such comments as the Minister may wish to make.
20 Benefits may not be granted or varied except in accordance with an Act of Parliament
(1) Save as is otherwise provided in this Law, no award of a benefit or any increase thereof and no alteration of any condition or condonation of a breach of any condition upon which such benefit is by law earned or to be earned in respect of a pensioner of the Fund, the Temporary Employees Pension Fund or a previous fund, shall be lawful unless the award, increase, alteration or condonation is authorized by an Act of Parliament.
(2) If an award contemplated in subsection (1) is granted, the employer shall immediately compensate the Fund in full for the liability incurred by the Fund as calculated by an actuary.