Have Your Say: Appropriation Bill [B3 – 2023] and Eskom Debt Relief Bill [B5 – 2023]
The Select Committee on Appropriations (National Council of Provinces) invites stakeholders and interested parties to make written and/or oral submissions on the Appropriation Bill [B3 - 2023] and the Eskom Debt Relief Bill [B5 - 2023]. These Bills were tabled together with the 2023/24 National Budget by the Minister of Finance on 22 February 2023. The Money Bills and Related Matters Act, No 13 of 2018, requires Parliament to conduct public hearings and to report on all Bills.
The Appropriation Bill seeks to appropriate money from the National Revenue Fund for the requirements of the State for the 2023/24 financial year; to prescribe conditions for the spending of funds withdrawn for the 2024/25 financial year before the commencement of the Appropriation Act for 2024/25; and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
The Eskom Debt Relief Bill seeks to provide for a direct charge against the National Revenue Fund for debt relief for Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
The closing date to make written submissions or indicate your intention to make an oral presentation is at 16:00 on Friday, 19 May 2023. Public hearings on the abovementioned Bills will be conducted virtually by the Select Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday, 24 May 2023 at 10:00.
Submissions must be directed to the Committee Secretariat, Mr Lubabalo Nodada, 083 412 1526 or Lnodada@parliament.gov.za or Ms Estelle Grunewald: 071 363 2257 or egrunewald@parliament.gov.za.
Copies of both Bills are available at www.treasury.gov.za or www.parliament.gov.za
Issued by: Hon D G Mahlangu, MP, Chairperson: Select Committee on Appropriations (National Council of Provinces).
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