CURRENT STATUS
OF
LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME 2002
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BILLS |
REASONS FOR DELAY |
CURRENT PROGRESS |
MAIN PRINCIPLE |
TIME FRAMES in 2002 |
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National Sport and Recreation Amendment Bill |
*Constitutional concerns of Cabinet *Awaited opinion of SLA in Cape Town who referred us to the SLA in Pretoria. *SLA in Pretoria submitted a 30 page opinion to us which necessitated redrafting of certain clauses. Matters at hand are complex and need careful rethinking. *Aim is to promulgate Bill simultaneously with new South African Boxing Act and new Boxing Regulations *MEC’s are unhappy |
Final redraft of problematic clauses are being finalised whereafter Bill will be resubmitted to the SLA for approval and then to Cabinet. |
Provides for better control of sports and recreation bodies and of other matters pertaining to sport and recreation |
Submission to SLA-June Resubmit to Cabinet-July Introduce in Parliament-Sept |
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BILLS |
REASONS FOR DELAY |
CURRENT PROGRESS |
MAIN PRINCIPLE |
TIME FRAMES in 2002 |
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Boxing and Wrestling Control Amendment Bill |
*MEC’s are unhappy with certain provisions of the Bill *SRSA has encountered great difficulty in its endeavours to try to set up meetings with MEC’s for consultation purposes (since Nov 2001 up to now 3 meetings had to be cancelled due to the MEC’s unavailability) |
MEC’s need to be consulted whereafter Bill will be tabled in Parliament |
Creates legislation to govern provincial boxing.
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Consult MEC’s-June Introduce in Parliament-Aug
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BILLS |
REASONS FOR DELAY |
CURRENT PROGRESS |
MAIN PRINCIPLE |
TIME FRAMES in 2002 |
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South African Sports Commission 4th Amendment Bill. |
*Due to the ongoing crystalization of uncertainties with regard to the demarcation of the roles between the SRSA and the SASC the initial draft of the Bill had to be redrafted *Redrafted version must be submitted to the Minister for his approval in principle after the SRSA has internally approved the Bill. *Bill will then only be consulted with the SASC whereafter all role players will be approached for their inputs. |
Bill has already been redrafted. SASC and role players need to be consulted whereafter Bill will be submitted to Cabinet for approval. |
Provides for a clear demarcation of the roles of the Sports Commission and Sport and Recreation South Africa in sport and recreation and also brings the Act in line with the Public Finance Management Act. |
Minister approves-June Consult SASC-July Consult role players-Aug Submit to Cabinet-Sept Introduce in Parliament-Nov |
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BILLS |
REASONS FOR DELAY |
CURRENT PROGRESS |
MAIN PRINCIPLE |
TIME FRAMES in 2002 |
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The South African Institute for Drug-free Sport Amendment Bill |
Bill is on track |
Bill has been drafted and will be submitted to the Minister for his approval in principle shortly. |
Provides for strict measures to cover loopho9les in Act regarding technicalities in the testing of sports persons |
Minister approves-June Consult role players-July Submit to Cabinet-Aug Introduce in Parliament-Oct |
BILLS WHICH HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME FOR 2002
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BILLS |
REASONS FOR WITHDRAWAL |
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Code of Conduct Bill |
*Australia captures issues pertaining to this in the form a Code only *The Sports Commission in Australia administers the Code *The SASC has already been furnished with a copy of the Australian Code of Conduct and requested to draft the said Code draft *The Code should, therefore, be a policy document and not legislation |
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Sports Sponsorship Bill |
*The findings of the Katz Commission discourage its drafting *Incentives for development have already been built into the National Sport and Recreation Amendment Bill whereby national federations must ringfence a certain percentage of all income derived from the sale of its television rights in respect of a sports or recreation event for its development. |
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International Sports Relations Bill |
*International protocol is already in place and covers international sports relations adequately *International and Foreign Affairs are adequately administered by the Department of Foreign Affairs * Need for legislation is, therefore, superfluous. |
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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BILL/REGULATIONS |
CURRENT STATUS |
TIME FRAMES IN 2002 |
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SA Boxing Act |
Commencement of Act is on hold in order to be promulgated simultaneously with new Boxing Regulations and provincial Boxing Bill |
Please see comments under Boxing and Wrestling Control Amendment Bill |
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New Boxing Regulations |
Regulations have been drafted, consulted and submitted to the SLA for approval |
Please see comments under SA Boxing Act SLA approve Regulations-June Regulations translated-July Regulations promulgated-Aug |
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Functions of SRSA’s legal section |
To render an efficient legal and advisory service regarding the drafting of legislation, agreements and other legal documents and advising the Department and Minister on all legal related matters thereby enabling them to act in the best interests of sport and recreation in general. |
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Budget of legal section |
Attached hereto |
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Conclusion |
The legal section can, therefore, not be regarded as the core section of the Department in view of its small budget and its service delivery which is rendered on an ad hoc basis most of the time |
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