National Railway Safety Regulator Act, 2002 (Act No. 16 of 2002)Chapter 11 : General Provisions regarding Regulations50. Making of regulations |
| (1) | The Minister may, after consultation with the board, and by notice in the Gazette, make regulations as to any matter— |
| (a) | required to be prescribed in terms of this Act; |
| (b) | which is necessary to prescribe for the effective administration of this Act. |
| (2) | Any regulation made in terms of subsection (1) may provide that— |
| (a) | the contravention thereof, or failure to comply therewith, is an offence; and |
| (b) | a person convicted of that offence is punishable with a prescribed fine or a term of imprisonment not longer than the period so prescribed. |
| (3) | The Minister must, before making any regulations in terms of this Act— |
| (a) | publish a notice in the Gazette— |
| (i) | setting out the draft regulations; and |
| (ii) | inviting written comments to be submitted on the proposed regulations, specifying an address to which, and a date before which, the comments may be submitted, which date may not be earlier than 60 days after publication of the notice; |
| (b) | consider what further steps, if any, are appropriate to bring the contents of the notice to the attention of interest persons; |
| (c) | consider all comments received on or before the date specified in paragraph (a)(ii); and |
| (d) | on request by the National Assembly or the National Council of Provinces or a committee of the National Assembly or the National Council of Provinces, report on the extent to which a specific comment has been taken into account, or if a comment was not taken into account, provide the reason why it was not taken into account. |