Portfolio Committee Presentation

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Portfolio Committee Presentation

• The National Small Business Act, 1996- Amendments

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Object of Amendments

• Repeal all Provisions pertaining to the National
  Small Business Council.
• Provide Ministerial Powers to establish a voice
  of Small Business.
• To amend technical provisions relating to the
  Agency i.e. alignment of the mandates.
• To amend technical provisions relating to the
  Nominations of the Agency Board.
• To make substitution to the schedule of the Act
  to reflect changes in current economic changes
  i.e. the change in the value of the Rand.

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Amendment of Section 1

• Deletion of the Constitution of the Council

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Substitution of Chapter 2

• Chapter 2 is substituted by providing the
  Minister with powers to establish a voice of
  Small Business.
• the Minister may provide mecahnism to give a
  voice to small business as contemplated in the
  support strategy.

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Technical amendments in Chapter 3

• Overlapping policy and research functions of
  Ntsika and the dti are hereby amended.
• An open ended madate by Ntsika other non
  financial srvices to be amended to refocus the
  mandate.

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Amendment of section 11

• Technical amendment required in section 11 to
  remove the cumbersome process of appointing Board
  of Directors for Ntsika (remove Gazette).
• Technical amendment regarding the appointment of
  alternates required to strengthen cooperate
  governance in the Agency.

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Amendment of Section 19(4)

• Technical amendment required to allow time for
  infromation to be incorporated in the Annual
  Review of Small Business.

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Substitution of the Schedule

• Due to continuous economic change and thus the
  monetory value, schedule of the Act needs to me
  substituted with new figures and treshholds.