BREAKING NEWS
DRAFT IMMIGRATION ACT AMENDMENT BILL ENTERS ITS FINAL PHASE
The Draft Immigration Act Amendment Bill last week entered the
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee phase which is a forerunner to the
Bill being presented to Parliament for finalisation on the 27th
August 2004.
Stakeholders and the general public were given an opportunity to
give written or verbal input into the process. I had the privilege
of presenting the Law Society’s input on the technical aspects of
the Draft Bill and was also part of the Business Unity South Africa
(BUSA) delegation which made a presentation from organised business.
The proposed amendments are predominantly technical of nature but
will also have a host of practical implications.
It is my intention to deal with all of these changes once the Bill
has become law, in a series of articles which will be published in
this article and elsewhere (all to be made available on this
website).
The Minister has appointed a Task Team to revisit and redraft the
Regulations in terms of the Immigration Act and this is currently in
progress. The Director-General, when addressing the Parliamentary
Portfolio Committee on Monday the 2nd August 2004 stated that:
“It should be noted that although this does not appear from
the Amendments, the Regulations will be published and public comment
will be solicited”.
This means that the Draft Regulations will still have to be
published and public comment solicited before there can be
finalisation of the regulatory process.
As soon as the Draft Regulations come to hand we will publish, and
keep you informed of the intended changes.
At all relevant times you are free to contact our office for further
information or to e-mail us.
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JULIAN POKROY
IMMIGRATION SPECIALIST ATTORNEY
IMMIGRATION SA
13 AUGUST 2004
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