6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 9 of the Bill be amended in sub-clause (8) by deleting the expression “9(2)(g)” and substituting therefor the expression “9(2)(a) and (g)”. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposes only. Acertified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor.
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6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly:
The justification is to require that the person appointed as Chair meets the qualification contemplated under Clause 9 (2). Instead of it stating “9 (2) (g)”, we are substituting the expression to read “9 (2) (a) and (g)”.
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6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move:
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6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly:
THAT, Clause 12 of the Bill be amended in subclause (3) by deleting paragraph (c) and substituting therefor the following new paragraph- (c) may be withdrawn at any time by the Council, provided that such withdrawal shall not affect any decision made by the Director-General during the period which the Council had delegated power to the Director-General;
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6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly:
The reason is simple and straightforward. Once the Director-General has been given the delegated authority to make decisions, he or she will make decisions that will affect third parties. The provision under the Bill states that the Council might withdraw that delegated power. The decisions made during the subsistence of the delegated power can be withdrawn or varied by the Council. My point of concern was: What happens to those third parties who have been conferred benefits, positions and promotions during the period of the delegated power and they have made decisions and commitments based on that? What happens if ...
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6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly:
those decisions which were legally delegated to him or her with relevant regulations and guidelines.
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6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly:
Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker.
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6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly:
Hon. Temporary Deputy Chairman, I beg to move: THAT, Clause 19 of the Bill be amended by deleting the word “five” and substituting therefor the word “six”.
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6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly:
The reason is that five years looks tied to an elective calendar. We want to give the Director-General some bit of independence. Secondly, most constitutional commissions provide a term of six years. I wanted to harmonise this term with the ones of the constitutional commissions. I spoke to the Chair and he has no issues with the amendment. I seek the support of the House to amend Clause 19 as indicated in the Order Paper.
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6 Dec 2018 in National Assembly:
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