selected new legislation:  20 - 27 april 2007
07 May 2007

NATIONAL LEGISLATION

PROCLAMATIONS AND NOTICES
Accounting Standards Board:
Exposure draft of the Standard of Generally Recognised Accounting Practice (GRAP) on Presentation of Budget Information in Financial Statements published for comment
GG 29817 of 26 April 2007

INCOME TAX ACT 58 OF 1962
Agreement between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Government of the State of Kuwait for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income published
GG 29815 of 20 April 2007

CUSTOMS AND EXCISE ACT 91 OF 1964
Schedule 1 amended
GG 29813 of 20 April 2007

WATER RESEARCH ACT 34 OF 1971
Water research fund – rates and charges published
GG 29817 of 26 April 2007

CONSUMER AFFAIRS (UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES) ACT 71 OF 1988
Unfair business practice relating to Work from Home Opportunity published
GG 29823 of 20 April 2007

PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS' AND AUDITORS' ACT 80 OF 1991
Proposed repeal of the disciplinary rules and adoption of new disciplinary rules in terms of the Auditing Profession Act 26 of 2005 published for written comments
GG 29817 of 26 April 2007

FILMS AND PUBLICATIONS ACT 65 OF 1996
Guidelines applied by the Film and Publication Board and the Film and Publication Review Board to determine what is harmful or disturbing to children in films, interactive computer games and publications published
GG 29816 of 20 April 2007

COUNCIL FOR MEDICAL SCHEMES LEVIES ACT 58 OF 2000
Levies imposed on medical schemes as proposed under BN 20 in GG 29669 of 9 March 2007
GG 29817 of 26 April 2007

IMMIGRATION ACT 13 OF 2002
Quotas of specific professional categories or specific occupational classes determined
GG 29826 of 25 April 2007

INERAL AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT 28 OF 2002
Petroleum licence round 2007 together with the terms and conditions to which the right will be granted published
GG 29817 of 26 April 2007

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT 57 OF 2003
Withdrawal of declaration of land under the authority of a resolution of the National Assembly: Vaalbos National Park published
GG 29814 of 20 April 2007

AUDITING PROFESSION ACT 26 OF 2005
Proposed adoption of new disciplinary rules and repeal of disciplinary rules made under the Public Accountants’ and Auditors’ Act 80 of 1991 published for written comments
GG 29817 of 26 April 2007

SMALL BUSINESS TAX AMNESTY AND AMENDMENT OF TAXATION LAWS ACT 9 OF 2006
Regulations prescribing the circumstances under which the Commissioner may waive any amount of additional tax, penalty or interest payable by specific persons published GG 29824 of 20 April 2007

BILLS

Publication of explanatory summary:
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Amendment Bill, 2007
GG 29822 of 19 April 2007

PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION

MPUMALANGA
National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996:
Notice of registration of testing station and authority to appoint examiners of vehicles published
PG 1426 of 20 April 2007

Mpumalanga Tourism and Parks Agency Act 5 of 2005:
Draft tourism regulations published for comment
PG 1428 of 20 April 2007