Duty Calls

Infant Feeding Bottles –
Regulations
In a Government Gazette
dated 21 October 2011
the Department of Health
announced in terms of
the Foods, Cosmetics and
Disinfectants Act, 1972
the Regulations Relating
to the Prohibition of the
Manufacturing, Importation,
Exportation and Sale of
Polycarbonate Infant Feeding
Bottles Containing Bisphenol
A.
The Regulations came into
operation on 21 October 2011.
Land Transport of
Fireworks – Regulations
In a Government Gazette
dated 03 October 2011 the
Department of Transport
published Regulations relating
to Minimum Requirements for
the Preparation of Provincial
Land Transport Framework,
2011.
Sweeteners in Foodstuffs
– Draft Regulations
In a Government Gazette
dated 21 October 2011
the Department of Health
announced in terms of
the Foods, Cosmetics and
Disinfectants Act, 1972 the
Regulations relating to the use
of sweeteners in foodstuffs
and Related Matters: Draft
Regulations.
Comment due by 21 January
2012.
Taxation Laws – Second
Amendment Bill, 2011
In a Government Gazette
dated 14 October 2011 the
South African Revenue
Service (Sars) announced the
Publication of Explanatory
Summary of the Taxation
Laws Second Amendment
Bill, 2011.
According to the notice the
Minister of Finance introduced
the Bill in the National
Assembly in October 2011.
Dried Fruit Regulations –
Review
In a Government Gazette
dated 28 October 2011 the
Department of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries
announced in terms of the
Agricultural Product Standards
Act, 1990 the Regulations
Relating to the Quality,
Packing and Marking of Dried
Fruit Intended for Sale in the
Republic of South Africa:
Reviewed Draft Regulations.
Comment due by 31
December 2011.
Levy on Grapes, Grape
Juice, Wine and Spirits
In a Government Gazette
dated 28 October 2011 the
Department of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries
announced in terms of the
Marketing of Agricultural
Products Act, 1996 the
Amendment of Statutory
Measure and Determination of
Guideline Prices: Research and
Development Levy on Grapes,
Grape Juice Concentrate,
Drinking Wine, Distilling
Wine and Wine Spirit.
Wine Export – Generic
Promotion Levy
In a Government Gazette
dated 28 October 2011 the
Department of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries
announced in terms of the
Marketing of Agricultural
Products Act, 1996 the
Amendment of Statutory
Measure and Determination
of Guideline Prices: Wine
Export – Generic Promotion
Levy on Export Wine.
Information Levy on
Grapes, Juice, and Wine
In a Government Gazette
dated 28 October 2011
the Department of
Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries announced in
terms of the Marketing
of Agricultural Products
Act, 1996 the Amendment
of Statutory Measure and
Determination of Guideline
Prices: Information Levy
on Grapes, Grape Juice
Concentrate and Drinking
Wine.