Carriage by Air Amendment Bill: adoption by Committee, adoption of Committee Minutes
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TRANSPORT PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
13 September 2006
CARRIAGE BY AIR AMENDMENT BILL: ADOPTION BY COMMITTEE, ADOPTION OF COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Chairperson: Mr J Cronin (ANC)
Documents handed out:
Carriage by Air Amendment Bill
[B18-2006]
Draft
Committee Programme Fourth Term 2006
SUMMARY
The Committee adopted the final amendments to the Carriage by Air Amendment
Bill and decided that the Bill need not be debated in the National Assembly.
Other Committee business dealt with included adoption of the Minutes for 01
August to 06 September, discussion on the Fourth Term programme and a brief
discussion of issues to be discussed during the People’s Parliament in
Oudtshoorn.
MINUTES
The Chairperson tabled the suggested final form of the Carriage by Air
Amendment Bill. He reminded Members that the amendments contained in the Bill
would ensure that the legislation fell in line with the Montreal Convention of
1999, to which South Africa was a signatory.
The Chairperson suggested that there was no need to debate the Bill in the
National Assembly. He suggested that the matter be referred to the respective
party whips and that a brief statement should merely be made in the House to the effect that the Committee had agreed
unanimously.
The Chairperson passed a motion of desirability and the Committee adopted the
Bill.
Committee business: Minutes
The Committee adopted the minutes of the meetings of 01 August to 06 September
2006, with amendments.
The Chairperson suggested that the word “resolved’ should be reserved for final
resolutions, and that reference to provisional resolutions should rather be
made with the word “recommendation”.
The Chairperson said that misunderstandings regarding the procedures
followed by the Committee had to be avoided.
Progress on recommendations
The Committee resolved to write a letter to the Department of Transport and the
State Law Advisors to enquire about the progress made on previous
recommendations made by the Committee.
Draft Committee Programme for the Fourth Term 2006
The Chairperson said that more activities would be added to the Draft
Programme. The principle focus of the Committee’s oversight visit to Gauteng
would be the progress made in the development of the Gautrain. He proposed that
members could also meet with officials of the Johannesburg Metro to familiarise
themselves with the newly developed plans for the integration and improvement
of the bus transport service
The Chairperson suggested that the Committee, in reviewing different reports,
should pay particular attention to those reports relating to safety and public
transport, so that any questions could be formulated and the relevant entities
asked to clarify them.
Mr S Farrow (DA) proposed that members pay attention to the issue of freight as
well as the process of road to rail.
The Chairperson said that the issues relating to freight would have to be the
focus of the Committee’s work in the following year. The Committee would have
to establish a working relationship with the Portfolio Committee on Public
Enterprises to probe issues relating to the transport policy and the
institutional structures of parastatals such as Transnet and Spoornet. These
enterprises would also be invited to brief the Committee.
The People’s Parliament
It was noted that most members would be attending the People’s
Parliament in Oudtshoorn the following weekend. The Chairperson informed the
Committee that he would not be able to attend the proceedings, but would inform
the Chair of the Chairperson’s Committee that members attending would ensure
that critical transport issues were highlighted during the discussions. Members
had to seek clarity regarding the extent to which the integrated transport
plans of the district municipality in Oudtshoorn adhered to the National
Transport Transition Act. Key challenges and experiences should also be
identified.
The meeting was adjourned.
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