Notable news in the Government Gazettes published during the week ending 17th April 2009…
National Gazettes
Gazettes issued this week: 32076, 32078, 32100, 32101, 32102, 32103, 32108, 32114, 32115, 32116, 32117, 32118, 32121*, 32123, 32124, 32125, 32129, 32130, and the Tender Bulletin [* not available to general public yet]
- The new Companies Act, No. 71 of 2008
- Commencement of the Constitution Fourteenth Amendment Act 2008, the Constitution Fifteenth Amendment Act, 2008, and the General Laws (Loss of Membership of National Assembly, Provincial Legislature or Municipal Council) Amendment Act, No. 55 of 2008
- Various shipping related Bills – the Merchant Shipping (Safe Containers) Bill 2009, Merchant Shilling and Ship Registration Amendment Bill 2009, South African Maritime Authority (SAMSA) Amendment Bill 2009, and the Maritime Shipping (Civil Liability Convention) Bill 2009
- Regulations prohibiting the unauthorised promotion and resale of tickets to the 2010 Fifa World Cup South Africa (with rather befuddled wording)
- Notice of approval of the budget and levies under the Petroleum Pipelines Levies Act No. 28 of 2004
- List of tariffs in respect of the Plant Improvement Act, No. 53 of 1976
- An amendment to the Regulations under the Public Funding of Represented Political Parties Act, No. 103 of 1997
- The Electoral Commission notice on the allocation of the more that R92 million Represented Political Party Fund
Eastern Cape Provincial Gazettes
Gazettes issued this week: 2100, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2111
- Notice of various ward by-elections fixed for 2009/05/06
- Draft Property Rates By-law for Inxuba Yethemba Municipality
- Notice of intention to declare certain land in the Humansdorp Registration Division a nature reserve
Free State Provincial Gazettes
Gazettes issued this week: 28
- Various land and property development related notices
Gauteng Provincial Gazettes
Gazettes issued this week: 85, 86, 87, 89, 90
- Notice of electronic availability of draft by-laws on swimming pools, stormwater drains, electronic communication resources, air pollution and outdoor advertising (not stated but we guess the draft by-laws are for Johannesburg)
- Notice of the first sitting of the Valuation Board to hear objections in respect of provincial supplementary valuation roll for the financial years 2007/2008
KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Gazettes
Gazettes issued this week: 257
- Various land and property development related notices
Limpopo Provincial Gazettes
Gazettes issued this week: 1611, 1612,
- Notice of approval of allocations in terms of the Division of Revenue Bill (hmm… interesting legal concept)
- Various land and property development related notices
Mpumalanga Provincial Gazettes
Gazettes issued this week: 1654, 1655, 1656, 1657, 1658,
- Budget for hospitals for 2009/10
- Recommended divisions and additional to municipalities and schools for the 2009/10 financial year
- Various land and property development related notices
Northern Cape Provincial Gazettes
Gazettes issued this week: 1297, 1298, 1300
- Notice of assent and publication of the Northern Cape Gambling Levies Act, No. 4 of 2009, the Northern Cape Integrated Housing and Human Settlement Development Grant Adjustment Appropriation Act, No. 9 of 2008 made to commence retrospective to 2008/03/01 (wonder if that is a mistake as the budget from then should be long dead and gone), the Noord-kaap Drankwet, No. 2 of 2008 (in Afrikaans but previously published in English), the Noord-kaap Dobbelwet, No. 3 of 2008 (also published in Afrikaans but previously published in English)
- The withdrawal of the recently published Gambling Regulations published under a Limpopo Act 3 of 2008
- A reprint of the Wet op die Noord-kaapse Toerisme-Entiteit, No. 5 van 2008 (because it was apparently incompletely printed in Limpopo Gazette No. 1290 dated 2009/03/18 – we assume the incomplete printing related only to the Afrikaans version as it is that version which is reprinted)
- Notice of //Khara Hais Municipality’s resolve (yes, not resolution, but resolve) to approve By-law with regard to Parking Meter (yes, in the singular) and Parking Grounds and to revoke the Parking Meter By-laws published in Notice 152 on 1993/05/07
- A call to inspect the valuation roll for the Namakwa Districks Municipality
- Publication of various Renosterberg Municipality draft municipal by-laws
North West Provincial Gazettes
Gazettes issued this week: 6618, 6619, 6625
- Notice in an amendment of the Schedule to Nature Conservation Regulations, 1983, regarding the number and size of certain species of fish which may be caught and retained
- Draft Provincial Norms and Standards for the Management of Reptiles in the North West Province, (Collecting, Keeping in captivity, Purchasing, Selling, Importing, Exporting and Transporting of Indigenous and Exotic Reptiles, except Crocodiles)
- Various land and property development related notices
Western Cape Provincial Gazettes
Gazettes issued this week: 22
- Notice of numerous applications received for mental health facilities
- Various land and property development related notices