Road Accident Fund Commission Amendment Act [No. 18 of 2000]
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH
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GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
STAATSKOERANT
VAN DIE REPUBLIEK VAN SUID-AFRIKA
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CAPE TOWN, 4 SEPTEMBER 2000 VOL 423 No. 21537
KAAPSTAD, 4 SEPTEMBER 2000
THE PRESIDENCY DIE PRESIDENSIE
N o . 8 7 8 . 4 September 2000 No. 878. 4 September 2000
It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the Hierby word bekend gemaak dat die President sy goed- following Act which is hereby published for general keuring geheg het aan die onderstaande Wet wat hierby ter information:— algemene inligting gepubliseer word:—
No. 18 of 2000: Road Accident Fund Commission Amend- No. 18 van 2000: Wysigingswet op die Padongelukfonds- ment Act, 2000. kommissie, 2000.
? N(). 21537 GOVE: RNMI:NT GAZETTE, 4 SEPTEMBI:R 2000
Ad N(). 18.2000 RoAt) ,Acclrj~~-r RINEI COMhIISSION .AMENDNIENT ACT. 2000
GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
[ 1 Words in bold type in square brackets indicate o] T1issic}nsfrotm existing enactments,
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(English text signed b) the President. ) (Assented to 30 August 2000.)
ACT To amend the Road Accident Fund Commission Act, 1998, so as to further provide for the duties of the Commission with regard to its inquiry in terms of section 5(l); to extend the period within which its report has to be submitted to the President; and to provide for the extension of that period by the President; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
B E IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, m follows:— Amendment of section 7 of Act 71 of 1998
1. Section 7 of the Road Accident Fund Commission Act, 1998 (Act No. 71 of 1998), is hereby amended— 5
(a) by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection: “(1 ) The Commission must [complete], after completion of the
inquiry referred to in section 5(1) [within a period of nine months from the date of appointment of the members of the Commission in terms of section 3(l)], prepare a written report containing its findings and 10 conclusions, and the recommendations referred to in section 5(2).’”;
(b) by the deletion of subsection (2); and (c) by the substitution for subsection (4) of the following subsection:
“(4) @ The Commission must submit its report to the President within a period of [three] 24 months from the [completion of the 15— enquiry] date of appointment of the members of the Commission.
(b) The President may, by preclamation in the Gucelre, extend the period referred to in para~raph (a) if the Commission requests the extension of the period in writinz. ”.
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f 2. This Act is called the Road Accident Fund Commission Amendment Act, 2000, and must be regarded as having taken effect on 1 June 1999.