Liquor Products Amendment Bill [B10-2016]

The Portfolio Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries invites you to submit written submissions on the Liquor Products Amendment Bill [B10-2016].

The Bill seeks to amend the Liquor Products Act, 1989 (Act No. 60 of 1989), so as to insert certain definitions and to amend and delete others; to provide for the renaming and reconstitution of the Wine and Spirit Board and to limit its powers; to provide for requirements regarding beer, traditional African beer and other fermented beverages; to repeal a provision in respect of the authorisations regarding certain alcoholic products; to empower the Minister to designate a person to issue export certificates; to align certain provisions with the Constitution; to extend the Minister’s power to make regulations; to provide gender-equal terminology; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Public Hearings on the Bill will be held on Tuesday, 15 and Wednesday, 16 August 2017.

Comments can be emailed to [email protected] by no later than Friday, 04 August 2017.
Persons interested in making oral submissions should indicate this.

Enquiries can be sent to [email protected] or fax: 086 694 3529, telephone: (021) 403 3765 or 083 709 8391