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Social Assistance Amendment Act


Published: 1994-12-09

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Electricity Amendment Act 45 of 1994
REPUBLIEK VAN SUID-AFRIKA
STAATSKOERANT
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE
OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
As 'n Nuusblad by die Poskantoor Geregistreer Registered at the Post Office as a Newspaper
VoL. 354 KAAPSTAD, 9 DESEMBER 1994
CAPE TOWN, 9 DECEMBER 1994 No. 16148
KANTOOR VAN DIE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
No. 2120. 9 Desember 1994 No. 2120. 9 December 1994
Hierby word bekend gemaak dat die President sy goed- keuring geheg bet aan die onderstaande Wet, wat hierby ter algemene inligting gepubliseer word:
No. 45 van 1994: Wysigingswet op Maatskaplike Bystand, 1994.
It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act, which is hereby published for general informa- tion:
No. 45 of 1994: SoCial Assistance Amendment Act, 1994.
Please note that most Acts are published in English and another South African official language. Currently we only have capacity to publish the English versions. This means that this document will only contain even numbered pages as the
other language is printed on uneven numbered pages.
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SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AMENDMENT ACT, 1994 Act No. 45, 1994
GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
[ l Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments.
Wo-rds underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments.
ACT To amend the Social Assistance Act, 1992, so as to amend a certain definition; to further regulate the making of grants and financial awards to certain persons and bodies; and to provide for incidental matters.
(English text signed by the President.) (Assented to 25 November 1994.)
BE IT ENACfED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:- Amendment of section 1 of Act 59 of 1992, as amended by section 14 of Act 118 of 1993
5 1. Section 1 of the Social Assistance Act, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended by the substitution for the definition of "care-dependent child" of the following definition:
" 'care-dependent child' means a child between the ages of one and eighteen years who requires and receives permanent home care due to his
10 or her severe mental or physical disability;".
Amendment of section 2 of Act 59 of 1992, as amended by section 15 of Act 118 of 1993 and section 3 of Act 180 of 1993
2. Section 2 of the principal Act is hereby amended- ( a) by the substitution for the words preceding paragraph (a) of the
15 following words: · "2. The Minister [may] shall, subject to the provisions of this
Act and with the concurrence of the Minister of [State Expendi- ture] Finance, out of moneys appropriated by Parliament for that purpose, make-"; and
20 (b) by the substitution for paragraph (g) of the following paragraph: "(g) a care-dependency grant to a parent or foster parent in
respect of a care-dependent child.".
· Amendment of section 19 of Act 59 of 1992
3. Section 19 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for 25 subsection (2) of the following subsection:
"(2) The Minister shall not make any regulation under subsection (1), except a regulation referred to in paragraphs (a), (d), (f), (i), (j), (k), (1),
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(n), (p), (q) and (r) of the said subsection, without the concurrence of the Minister of [State Expenditure] Finance.".
Short title and commencement
4. This Act shall be called the Social Assistance Amendment Act, 1994, and 5 shall come _into operation on the date on which the principal Act comes into
operation.