Rental Housing Amendment Bill: consideration of amendments

Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation

05 February 2014
Chairperson: Ms B Dambuza
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Meeting Summary

The Committee agreed with the amendments on the A-list as they captured what had they had discussed as a Committee and the inputs from the public hearings. It was agreed that the y committee would vote on the Bill the next day.
 

Meeting report

Rental Housing Amendment Bill: consideration of amendments
Mr Luke Hilton, Legal Researcher: Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, took the Committee through the A- List.

The Chairperson noted that the word “dwelling” appeared in the text. However, she commented that it was not defined and that recalled that previously there had been a definition.
Mr Hilton clarified that the word was already defined in section 1 of the principal act- the Rental Housing Act 50 of 1999.

Ms P Duncan (DA) asked if “landlord” promoted gender equality, a “lord” was male, was there no other term it could be changed to now.

Mr S Mokgalapa (DA) asked about linking the Bill to other relevant legislation as agreed to by the Committee. He commented that the Prevention of Illegal Eviction of Unlawful Occupation of Land Act (PIE Act) was incorporated, as well as the Consumer Protection Act. Was it still an issue or was it smoothly integrated?
The Chairperson said there was cross referencing to other legislation, such as the PIE Act. However, the concern about “arbitrary eviction” was still very critical. If one looked at the document developed on 31 January 2014, the consumers were not aware of their rights in the principal Act. It was important in the regulation to set up procedures to make implementation of certain clauses easy. Education of the public/consumer was also going to be very important.

Mr Mokgalapa asked about linking the Bill with the Insolvency Act and the Lease Act as mentioned by the Banking Association of South Africa

Mr Nathi Mnjenxane, Parliamentary Legal Advisor, said that the deposit monies kept in Trust should not form part of the estate as they were kept under a different agreement, for instance they could require a certain life span before they could be accessed.

The Committee agreed to the amendments as they captured what it had discussed and the inputs from the public hearings.
The Chairperson noted that there were not sufficient Members to quorate and it was agreed that the Committee would vote on the Bill the next day.
The meeting was adjourned.
 

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