Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act, 1995 (Act No. 34 of 1995)

Chapter 7 : General Provisions

40. Regulations

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(1)The President may make regulations—
(a)prescribing anything required to be prescribed for the proper application of this Act;
(b)prescribing the remuneration and allowances and other benefits, if any, of commissioners: Provided that such remuneration shall not be less than that of a judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa;
(c)determining the persons who shall for the purposes of this Act be regarded as the dependants or relatives of victims;
(d)providing, in the case of interim measures for urgent reparation payable over a period of time, for the revision, and, in appropriate cases, for the discontinuance or reduction of any reparation so paid;
(e)prohibiting the cession, attachment or assignment of any such reparation so granted;
(f)determining that any such reparation received in terms of a recommendation shall not form part of the estate of the recipient, should such estate be sequestrated;
(g)providing for the payment or reimbursement of expenses incurred in respect of travel and accommodation by persons attending any hearing of the Commission in compliance with a subpoena issued in terms of this Act;
(h)with regard to any matter relating to the affairs of the Fund, established in terms of section 42;
(hA)with regard to any matter which may be necessary for the effective allocation of the amounts as contemplated in section 42(2A).

[Subsection (1)(hA) inserted by section 1 of Act No. 23 of 2003]

(i)with regard to any matter which the President deems necessary or expedient to prescribe in order to achieve the objects of this Act.

 

(2)Any regulation made in terms of subsection (1) which may result in the expenditure of State money shall be made in consultation with the Minister and the Minister of Finance.