Contents: Obligations of Parliament and its separate bodies

Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations Act 97 of 1997

1 Definitions
'Commission' means the Financial and Fiscal Commission established by section 220 of the Constitution;

9 Commission's recommendations

(1) At least ten months (or a later date agreed to between the Minister and the Commission) before the start of each financial year, the Commission must submit to both Houses of Parliament and the provincial legislatures, for tabling in the Houses and the legislatures, and also to the Minister, recommendations for that financial year regarding-
(a) an equitable division of revenue raised nationally, among the national, provincial and local spheres of government;
(b) the determination of each province's equitable share in the provincial share of that revenue; and
(c) any other allocations to provinces, local government or municipalities from the national government's share of that revenue, and any conditions on which those allocations should be made.
Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act 13 of 2005

46 Reports to Parliament

The Minister may, from time to time when necessary, table a

report in both Houses of Parliament with regard to-

(a) the general conduct of intergovernmental relations in the

Republic;

(b) the incidence and settlement of intergovernmental disputes; and

(c) any other relevant matters.

Interim Rationalisation of Jurisdiction of High Courts Act 41 of 2001

2 Minister may alter area of jurisdiction of any High Court
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the Minister may, after consultation with the Judicial Service Commission, by notice in the Gazette-
(a) alter the area of jurisdiction for which a High Court has been established by including therein or excising therefrom any district or part thereof;
(b) amend or withdraw any notice issued in terms of this section.
(2) Any notice referred to in subsection (1) must be approved by Parliament before publication thereof in the Gazette.

International Air Services Act 60 of 1993

3 Establishment of International Air Services Council

(1) There is hereby established a council to be called the International Air Services Council, which shall be a juristic person.
11 Annual report
(1) The council shall as soon as practicable after 31 March of each year but not later than 30 June 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 30 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 30 days after the commencement of its next ensuing ordinary session.
43 Regulations
(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the council, make regulations regarding-
(a) the payment of fees in respect of any application made in terms of this Act;
(b) the payment of fees in respect of the reasons for the approval or refusal of an application for a licence;
(c) the payment of fees in respect of the issuance of a licence or permit, or the amendment thereof, including the period within which such fees shall be paid;
(e) the payment of annual fees in respect of a licence or a permit;
(f) the payment of fees in respect of the providing of information from any register which is kept in terms of this Act;
(fA) the circumstances under which, and the persons to whom, exemption may be granted from the requirement to pay the appropriate fee in respect of an application for a permit;
(fB) the manner and form in which an application for a tour operator's permit shall be addressed to the chairperson of the council;
(fC) the criteria according to which an application for a tour operator's permit shall be considered, and the adjudication of such application;
(fD) the issuing of a tour operator's permit and the period of validity of such permit;
(g) any matter which in terms of this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed; and
(h) 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 were published under subsection (5), be laid upon the Table in Parliament if Parliament is then in ordinary session, or, if Parliament is not then in ordinary session, within 14 days after the commencement of its next ensuing ordinary session.

International Convention for Safe Containers Act 11 of 1985

1 Definitions
'Convention' means the International Convention for Safe Containers adopted by the Inter-Governmental Maritime Consultative Organisation ('IMCO') in Geneva on 2 December 1972, and set out in the Schedule;
2 Application of Convention
(2) The State President may do all things necessary to ratify or cause to be ratified on behalf of the Republic any amendments of or additions to the Convention which may be made from time to time, and may by proclamation in the Gazette amend the Schedule to give effect to any amendment or addition so ratified.
(3) The Minister shall lay a copy of every proclamation issued under subsection (2) upon the Table in the respective Houses of Parliament within fourteen days after the date of the publication of the proclamation in the Gazette, if Parliament is then in ordinary session, or, if Parliament is not then in ordinary session, within fourteen days after the commencement of its next ensuing ordinary session.
3 Regulations
(1) The Minister may make regulations-
(a) to give effect to any provision of the Convention as applicable in the Republic;
(b) prescribing fees, and providing for the recovery of any expenditure incurred, in connection with the application of the Convention in the Republic.
(2) Any regulation made under subsection (1) may prescribe penalties for any contravention thereof or failure to comply therewith, but no such penalty shall exceed a fine of R1 000 or imprisonment for a period of twelve months.
(3) Any regulation made under subsection (1) shall be laid upon the Table in the respective Houses of Parliament within fourteen days after the promulgation thereof if Parliament is then in ordinary session, or, if Parliament is not then in ordinary session, within fourteen days after the commencement of its next ensuing ordinary session.
(4) Any regulation referred to in subsection (3) or any provision thereof may, by resolution passed by the respective Houses of Parliament during the session in which such regulation has been laid upon the Table, be disapproved of, and if the said regulation or provision is so disapproved of by all three Houses of Parliament, the provisions of section 12 (2) of the Interpretation Act, 1957 (Act 33 of 1957), shall apply as if such resolution were a law repealing the regulation or provision in question.