Contents: Obligations of Parliament and its separate bodies

KwaZulu and Natal Joint Services Act 84 of 1990

22 Removal of conflict and administrative problems
(1) If in the application of this Act it appears that any provision thereof is in conflict with any other law or that administrative problems are being experienced-
(a) in any region which is not situate in the self-governing territory of KwaZulu, or any part of such region, the Minister of Planning and Provincial Affairs of the Republic may, after consultation with the Joint Executive Authority and subject to the provisions of subsection (2) (a) and (b), by notice in the Gazette make regulations to remove such conflict or administrative problems; and
(b) in any region which is situate in the self-governing territory of KwaZulu, or any part of such region, the Chief Minister of KwaZulu may, after consultation with the Joint Executive Authority and subject to the provisions of subsection (2) (c), by notice in the Official Gazette make regulations to remove such conflict or administrative problems.
(3) (a) A copy of a regulation in terms of subsection (1) shall be laid upon the Table in Parliament or in the Legislative Assembly of KwaZulu by the Minister concerned within 14 days after the publication thereof if Parliament or such Legislative Assembly is then in session or, if Parliament or such Legislative Assembly is then not in session, within 14 days after the commencement of its next ensuing session

Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995

74 Disputes in essential services
(1) Any party to a dispute that is precluded from participating in a strike or a lock-out because that party is engaged in an essential service may refer the dispute in writing to-
(a) a council, if the parties to the dispute fall within the registered scope of that council; or
(b) the Commission, if no council has jurisdiction.
(2) The party who refers the dispute must satisfy the council or the Commission that a copy of the referral has been served on all the other parties to the dispute.
(3) The council or the Commission must attempt to resolve the dispute through conciliation.
(4) If the dispute remains unresolved, any party to the dispute may request that the dispute be resolved through arbitration by the council or the Commission.
(5) Any arbitration award in terms of subsection (4) made in respect of the State and that has financial implications for the State becomes binding-
(a) 14 days after the date of the award, unless a Minister has tabled the award in Parliament within that period; or
(b) 14 days after the date of tabling the award, unless Parliament has passed a resolution that the award is not binding.
(6) If Parliament passes a resolution that the award is not binding, the dispute must be referred back to the Commission for further conciliation between the parties to the dispute and if that fails, any party to the dispute may request the Commission to arbitrate.
(7) If Parliament is not in session on the expiry of-
(a) the period referred to in subsection (5) (a), that period or the balance of that period will run from the beginning of the next session of Parliament;
(b) the period referred to in subsection (5) (b), that period will run from the expiry of the period referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection or from the beginning of the next session of Parliament.
112 Establishment of Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration
The Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration is hereby established as a juristic person.
9 Annual report
(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, the Commission must provide the Minister with a report concerning the activities and the financial position of the Commission during the previous financial year.
(2) The Minister must table the Commission's annual report in Parliament within 14 days of receiving it from the Commission, but if Parliament is not in session at that time, the Minister must table the report within 14 days of the beginning of the next session of Parliament.

Lake Areas Development Act 39 of 1975

3 Establishment of Lake Areas Development Board

There is hereby established a juristic person to be known as the Lake Areas Development Board.
20 Reports
(1) The board shall keep an accurate record of its activities and shall as soon as possible after the end of each financial year submit to the Minister in a manner determined by him, a report relating to its activities during that financial year.
(2) The Minister shall lay each report submitted to him in terms of subsection (1) on the Table in the Senate and in the House of Assembly within 14 days after receipt thereof, if Parliament is then in ordinary session or, if Parliament is not then in ordinary session, within 14 days after the commencement of its first ensuing ordinary session.

Land and Agricultural Development Bank Act 15 of 2002

44 Winding up of Bank

The Bank may not be wound up except by or in terms of an Act of Parliament.

Legal Aid Act 22 of 1969

2 Establishment of Legal Aid Board

There is hereby established a board to be known as the Legal Aid Board, which shall be a body corporate, capable of suing and being sued in its corporate name and of performing, subject to the provisions of this Act, all such acts as are necessary for or incidental to the carrying out of its objects, the exercise of its powers and the performance of its functions.
3A Legal Aid Guide
(2) The board shall, in addition to the submission of its annual report as contemplated in section 9 (11), submit the Legal Aid Guide at least once every year to the Minister and the Minister shall forthwith cause the Legal Aid Guide to be tabled in the National Assembly and the Senate for ratification, and pending such ratification the Legal Aid Guide then in operation shall continue to apply.
9 Finances of board
(10) The board shall furnish the Minister with such information as he may call for from time to time in respect of the activities and financial position of the board, and shall in addition submit to the Minister an annual report, including a balance sheet and statement of income and expenditure certified by the Auditor-General.
(11) The Minister shall lay the said report upon the Table in Parliament within fourteen days after receipt thereof, if Parliament is then in ordinary session, or, if Parliament is not in ordinary session, within fourteen days after the commencement of the next ensuing ordinary session.