Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999)RegulationsTreasury Regulations for Departments, Constitutional Institutions and Public EntitiesPart 8 : Miscellaneous20. Commissions and Committees of Inquiry |
| 20.1 | Definitions |
In this regulation, unless the context indicates otherwise, a word or expression to which a meaning has been assigned in the Act, has the same meaning, and -
"commission"
means a commission of inquiry appointed by the President or the Premier of a province to investigate a matter of public concern, and does not include any permanent commission, board, council, committee or similar body, whether appointed pursuant to any law or otherwise.
"committee"
means a committee of inquiry appointed by the executive authority and includes an interdepartmental committee of inquiry, but does not include any permanent commission, board, council, committee or similar body, whether appointed pursuant to any law or otherwise.
"non-official member"
means a person who is not an official member.
"official member"
means a person as defined in section 8(1) of the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. R.103 of 1994), a member of Parliament or a judge, as well as a person employed by a body that was established by an Act of Parliament and that receives its funds wholly, or in part, from the National Revenue Fund, where such a person represents the department or body where he or she is employed as a member of a commission or committee.
| 20.2 | Remuneration of members |
| 20.2.1 | An official member may not receive additional remuneration. Subsistence and other allowances may be paid to the official member by the institution that employs the official member in accordance with his or her conditions of service. |
| 20.2.2 | A non-official member must be remunerated according to scales approved by the National Treasury. |
| 20.2.3 | Should the accounting officer deem it necessary, he or she can, in consultation with the executive authority, determine other remuneration, provided that— |
| (a) | the terms of reference are properly defined in terms of time and cost; and |
| (b) | if applicable, the remuneration is considered taking into account the tariffs as determined by the institute that regulates the profession that the non-official member belongs to. |
| 20.2.4 | The remuneration of all members of a commission or committee must be disclosed as notes to the financial statements of the institution. |
| 20.3 | Services rendered by members during private time |
| 20.3.1 | Should the chairperson request a non-official member of a commission or committee to render services in his or her private time, other than the normal preparations for meetings, the person may be paid an honorarium (within the budget), as determined by the accounting officer and the executive authority. In the case of official members, section 30 of the Public Service Act of 1994 must be complied with. |