Financial Management of Parliament Act, 2009 (Act No. 10 of 2009)Schedule 4 : Transitional arrangements |
| (1) | Section 14 and those parts of other sections of this Act that refer to the strategic plan come into effect on the date of the first elections for the National Assembly after the Act comes into effect. |
| (2) | Sections 15 to 20, 22, 23 and 51 to 62 come into effect at the start of the first financial year after the Act comes into effect. |
| (3) | Until such time as any provision contemplated by items (1) and (2) of this Schedule comes into effect, Parliament shall continue to comply with any applicable requirement on the Public Finance Management Act and its regulations. |
| (4) | Until such time as any regulation that must be made in terms of this Act comes into force, any policies, regulations or rules concerning the subject-mater of such regulation remain in force. |
| (5) | If, when this Act comes into effect, there is no performance agreement for the Accounting Officer as required in terms of section 8, an agreement must be concluded within a month. |
| (6) | After this Act comes into effect, no powers or duties may be delegated until the system of delegation anticipated in section 10 is adopted; except— |
| (a) | officials exercising powers or performing duties delegated to them by the Accounting Officer before the Act came into effect may continue to do so; and |
| (b) | if a power or duty was delegated to the holder of an office in Parliament before the Act came into effect, the holder of that office and any future holder of the office may continue to exercise the power or perform the duty. |
| (7) | Sections 40, 41 and 42 come into effect when the regulations that sections 40 and 42 anticipate are made in terms of section 65. |
| (8) | Regulations required by this Act must be made within a reasonable time of the Act coming into effect. |