Insert new section 24 C

(1) Before making a regulation under section 24B or under section 24(l), the Minister must -(a) publish a notice in the Gazelle -

(i) selling out the draft regulations;

(ii) inviting written comments to be submilled on the proposed regulations within a specified period mentioned in the notice; and

(b) consider all comments received in accordance with paragraph (a) (ii)

(2) The Minister must, within 30 days after promulgating and publishing regulations under section

24B or under section 24(l) table the regulations in the National Assembly and the National

Council of Provinces, and if Parliament is then not in session, within 30 days after the beginning

of the next ensuing session of Parliament.

(3) In considering the regulations -

(a) -tabled in the National Assembly, a committee of the National Assembly must consider and report to the National Assembly

(b) tabled in the National Council of Provinces, a committee of the National Council of Provinces must consider and report to the National Council of Provinces and

whether the regulations

(i) are consistent with the purposes of the Act;

(ii) are withing the powers conferred by this Act

(iii) are consistent with the Constitution and;

(iv) create offences and prescribe penalties for such offences that are appropriate and acceptable.

(4) The National Council of Provinces may by resolution reject the regulation withing 30 days after after they have been tabled in the National Council of Provinces, and such rejection must be referred to the National Assembly for consideration.

(5) (a) The National Assembly, after considering any rejection of the said regulation by the National Council of Provinces; and;

(b) the relevant provincial legislature,

may by resolution within 60 days after they have been tabled disapprove of the regulations, and may suspend its disapproval for any period and on any conditions to allow the Minister to correct a defect.

(6) Any regulation made under section 24B or under section 24(l) will not be subject to the publication for comment requirements contained in section 32 of the Act.