NATIONAL LEGISLATION

ACTS
HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL ACT 17 OF 2008	Date of commencement: to be proclaimed Amends: s. 1 of the Associated Institutions Pension Fund Act 41 of 1963 and repeals: the Human Sciences Research Act 23 of 1968, the Human Sciences Research Amendment Act 31 of 1975, the Human Sciences Research Amendment Act 25 of 1980, the Human Sciences Research Amendment Act 65 of 1985 and the Human Sciences Research Amendment Act 99 of 1990	GG 31470 of 30/09/08
FINANCIAL SERVICES LAWS GENERAL AMENDMENT ACT 22 OF 2008	Date of commencement: to be determined Repeals s. 30W, amends ss. 1, 2, 7B, 8, 9, 9A, 13A, 13B, 14, 15, 28, 32A, 37, 37C, 37D and deletes the phrase 'by regulation', wherever it occurs in ss. 4 (2) & (4), 12 (2), 13A (2) (a), 13A (6) (a), 13A (7), 13B (3), 15 (1), 16 (1) & (7), 19 (5) (b) (iii), 22 (1), 28 (4) (a) & 28 (12) in the Pension Funds Act Act 24 of 1956; amends s. 3 of the Friendly Societies Act 25 of 1956; amends ss. 1, 3, 7, 20 & 22, substitutesss. 10, 23, 26 & 27 & inserts ss. 10A, 15, 26A & 26B in the Financial Services Board Act 97 of 1990;amends s. 50 of the Long-term Insurance Act 52 of 1998; amends s. 49 of the Short-term Insurance Act 53 of 1998; amends ss. 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 & 13 of the National Payment System Act 78 of 1998; amendsss. 1, 6 & 7 and inserts ss. 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E, 6F, 6G, 6H & 6I in the Financial Institutions (Protection of Funds) Act 28 of 2001; amends ss. 1, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 33, 34 & 36; substitutes s. 9;inserts s. 14A and repeals ss. 10 & 43 of the Financial Advisory and Intermediary Services Act 37 of 2002;amends ss. 15 & 21 and substitutes s. 18 of the Collective Investment Schemes Control Act 45 of 2002;amends ss. 1, 18, 56, 86, 87, 94 & 111 and repeals ss. 97 to 106 of the Securities Services Act 36 of 2004; substitutes Item 2A in Part 3 of Schedule 1 & s. 5A of the Co-operatives Act 14 of 2005 andsubstitutes s. 3 and amends s. 88 of the Co-operative Banks Act 40 of 2007	GG 31471 of 30/09/08
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AGENCY ACT 23 OF 2008	Date of commencement: to be proclaimed	GG 31472 of 30/09/08

PROCLAMATIONS & NOTICES
Statistics South Africa:	Consumer Price Index: August 2008: 171,6	GG 31461 of 03/10/08
DEEDS REGISTRIES ACT 47 OF 1937	Regulations relating to fees* amended	GG 31458 of 26/09/08
MEDICINES AND RELATED SUBSTANCES ACT 101 OF 1965	Proposed amendment to regulations relating to a transparent pricing system for medicines and scheduled substances published for comment Extension of submission period on proposed methodology for international benchmarking of originator medicine prices published for comment under GenN 1053 in GG 31369 of 29 August 2008 published	GG 31466 of 30/09/08 GG 31474 of 01/10/08
HEALTH PROFESSIONS ACT 56 OF 1974	Proposed regulations relating to the registration of psychology students published for comment	GG 31477 of 03/10/08
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS ACT 120 OF 1977	Publication of amendment of regulations in respect of the single maximum national retail price of illuminating paraffin with effect from 1 October 2008 Publication of amendment of regulations in respect of petroleum products with effect from 1 October 2008	GG 31478 of 30/09/08
LABOUR RELATIONS ACT 66 OF 1995	MEIBC: main collective agreement: GN R59 in GG 27180 of 28 January 2005, GN R868 in GG 27992 of 9 September 2005, GN R819 in GG 29096 of 11 August 2006, GN R77 in GG 29577 of 2 February 2007 and GN R839 in GG 30276 of 14 September 2007 cancelled and extension to non-parties of the main collective re-enacting and amending agreement published MIBCO: Extension to non-parties of administrative collective re-enacting and amending agreement published, main collective agreement: GN R1362 in GG 27007 of 26 November 2004 and GN Rs 1145 and GN R1146 in GG 30538 of 7 December 2007 cancelled and extension to non-parties of the main collective re-enacting and amending agreement published	GG 31462 of 03/10/08
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT: PROTECTED AREAS ACT 57 OF 2003	Proclamations of land to be part of the Augrabies Falls National Park, the Agulhas National Park, the Mapungubwe National Park, the Namaqua National Park and the Marakele National Park published	GG 31461 of 03/10/08
SECURITIES SERVICES ACT 36 OF 2004	Amendment to the Equities Rules of JSE Limited published for comment and commencement on 16 October 2008, unless another date is determined by notice in the Gazette	GG 31459 of 26/09/08
ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS ACT 36 OF 2005	Extension of submission period on discussion document on the definitions of universal service, universal access and under-serviced areas and determinations in respect of needy persons published for comment under GenN 987 in GG 31333 of 15 August 2008	GG 31456 of 26 /09/08
BILLS
Companies Bill, 2008	Published	B 61B-2008

PROVINCIAL LEGISLATION

Eastern Cape
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996	Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality: Street Trading By-law published	PG 1982 of 26/09/08
Free State
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 and Local Government:	Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000: Mohokare Local Municipality: Impoundment of Animals By-law, 2008, By-law relating to Dumping and Littering, 2008 and Credit Control and Debt Collection By-laws, 2008 published Setsoto Local Municipality: Standard Rules and Orders published under PG 140A of 1 December 2000 adopted as Standing Rules and Orders By-law 9 of 2008 and Commonage By-law 2 of 2008, Municipal Management and Control of Informal Settlements By-law 3 of 2008, Keeping of Animals, Poultry and Bees By-law 4 of 2008, Municipal Property Rates By-law 8 of 2008, Municipal Taxi and Bus Rank By-law 7 of 2008, Parking of Vehicles on Public Roads By-law 1 of 2008, Street Trading By-law 6 of 2008 and Municipal Outdoor Advertising and Signage By-law 5 of 2008 published Mangaung Local Municipality: Cemeteries Amendment By-laws, By-laws relating to Child Care Facilities and By-laws relating to the Discharge of Industrial Effluent published	PG 77 of 19/09/08 and PG 78 of 26/09/08

Gauteng
Gauteng Transport Framework Revision Amendment Act 3 of 2008	Date of commencement: to be proclaimed Amends: Gauteng Transport Framework Revision Act 8 of 2002	PG 258 of 18/09/08

North West
North West Health Bill, 2008	Published for comment	PG 6538 of 29/09/08