Contents: Obligations of Parliament and its separate bodies

Nuclear Energy Act 46 of 1999

3 Establishment of South African Nuclear Energy Corporation, Limited

(1) There is hereby established a nuclear energy corporation for the Republic which will be a juristic person.
12 Judicial management and liquidation
Despite the provisions of any other law, the Corporation may not be placed under judicial management or in liquidation except if authorised by an Act of Parliament adopted specially for that purpose.

Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act 78 of 1973

3 Appointment of director, medical officers and other staff of bureau

(1) The Minister shall appoint, subject to the laws governing the public service-
(a) a Director of the Medical Bureau for Occupational Diseases, who shall be a medical practitioner and who shall exercise the powers and perform the functions conferred upon or assigned to him or her by this Act or by the Minister under this Act;
8 Annual report by director
As soon as may be after the close of each financial year the director shall furnish the Minister with a report on the activities of the bureau, the certification committee and the reviewing authority.
54 Appointment of commissioner and staff
The Minister shall appoint, subject to the laws governing the public service-
(a) an officer to be styled the Compensation Commissioner for Occupational Diseases, who shall exercise the powers and perform the functions conferred upon or assigned to him or her by this Act or by the Minister under this Act;
77 Records and annual report of commissioner
(1) The commissioner shall compile such statistical records as may be necessary to enable him or her to carry out his duties under this Act, and such other records as he or she may deem necessary or as the Minister may direct.
(2) As soon as may be after the close of each financial year the commissioner shall furnish the Minister with a report on his activities which shall contain all the necessary information in connection with the compensation fund.
122 Minister to table annual reports
The Minister shall lay copies of any annual report furnished to him or her under section 8 or 77 upon the Table in the Senate and in the House of Assembly within fourteen days after its receipt, 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.

Older Persons Act 13 of 2006
34 Regulations
(1)  The Minister may make regulations regarding—

(a) any matter which may or must be prescribed in terms of this Act;

(b) the form of any application, authority, certificate, consent, notice, order, register, process or subpoena which is to or may be made, granted, given, issued or kept in terms of this Act, and any other form required in administering this Act;

(c) the procedure to be followed and the conditions which may be imposed in connection with the registration of residential facilities, and the minimum standards with which such residential facilities are to comply;

(d) the books, accounts and registers which are to be kept by the managers of residential facilities, the manner in which such books, accounts and registers are to be kept and dealt with, and the returns and reports to be furnished in connection with such facilities;

(e) the records to be kept by any person who cares for or accommodates for remuneration, whether by way of money or goods, any older or frail person in any place other than a residential facility;

( f ) measures to—

(i) prevent, combat and deal with the abuse of older persons;

(ii) be taken to advance persons disadvantaged by unfair discrimination;

(iii) promote the rights of residents of residential facilities;

(iv) promote the rights of older persons that are not in residential facilities;

(g) the form and content of service level agreements between the residents and the residents’ committee of a residential facility;

(h) the minimum norms and standards for admission of persons to residential facilities;

(i) service standards;

( j) the levels of community-based care and support services;

(k) the keeping of registers in terms of section 31; and

(l) generally, any other ancillary or incidental administrative or procedural matter that it is necessary to prescribe for the proper implementation of this Act.
(2) The regulations may provide that any person who contravenes or fails to comply with a regulation is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine or to imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both a fine and such imprisonment.
(3) Any regulation made in terms of subsection (1) which affects the South African Police Service must be made after consultation with the Minister for Safety and Security.
(4)  Any regulation made in terms of subsection (1) which deals with the size or value of services and subsidies and with the criteria for eligibility of services must be made with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance.
(5)  Before the Minister makes any regulation under this section, he or she must publish a draft of the proposed regulation in the Gazette together with a notice calling on interested persons to comment, in writing, within a period stated in the notice of not less than 30 days from the date of publication of the notice
(6) The Minister must submit to Parliament the draft regulations contemplated in subsection (5) and comments received in terms of that subsection before final publication.
(7) The Minister may, if circumstances necessitate the immediate publication of a regulation, publish that regulation without consultation as contemplated in subsection (5).

Organised Local Government Act 52 of 1997

3 Designation of representatives to participate in National Council of Provinces

(1) Each provincial organisation may nominate not more than six members of municipal councils in writing for designation as representatives to participate in the proceedings of the National Council of Provinces.
(2) (a) The national organisation must in accordance with criteria determined by it, when necessary, designate not more than 10 persons from the nominees contemplated in subsection (1) as representatives to participate in the proceedings of the National Council of Provinces.
(b) The national organisation may assign the duty to so designate representatives to the head of its administration.
(3) Every designation made in terms of subsection (2) must be communicated to the Secretary of the National Council of Provinces by the head of the administration of the national organisation.
(4) Such communication must be in writing, which may include electronically transmitted print, and must indicate the period or purpose for which the designation is made.
(5) Whenever a vacancy occurs in the number of persons contemplated in subsection (1), the provincial organisation concerned may nominate another person in writing to fill the vacancy.