Interim Report of the Portfolio Committee on Communications on the Convergence Bill [B 9 - 2005] (National Assembly-sec 75), dated 14 September 2005:

Interim Report of the Portfolio Committee on Communications on the Convergence Bill [B 9 - 2005] (National Assembly-sec 75), dated 14 September 2005:

The Portfolio Committee on Communications, having considered the subject of the Convergence Bill [B 9 - 2005] (National Assembly-sec 75), referred to it and classified by the Joint Tagging Mechanism as a section 75 Bill, report that it has concluded its deliberations thereon.

The Committee further recommends the following:

1. That the House agrees to the Committee’s postponement of the adoption of Convergence Bill [B 9 - 2005] pending the consideration of the ICASA Amendment Bill, which will be introduced to the House possibly next term.

2. That, since a number of provisions of the Convergence Bill need to be looked at in conjunction with the coming ICASA Amendment Bill, and that the Committee be allowed to adopt the ICASA Amendment Bill before the Convergence Bill.