South African Weather Service Act, 2001 (Act No. 8 of 2001)Chapter 8 : Regulatory Control21. Functions of Regulating Committee |
| (1) | The Committee must— |
| (a) | set broad limits on prices of services and products of the Weather Service; |
| (b) | determine the level of user charges to be applied to the aviation and maritime industries by the Weather Service and advise the Minister on the making of regulations in this regard; |
| (c) | ensure that the Weather Service does not abuse its position, but in such a manner as not to place undue restrictions on the Weather Service's commercial activities and guard the Weather Service against unfair competition from national and international private weather services; |
| (d) | promote the safe, efficient, economical and profitable operation of the Weather Service; |
| (e) | promote the reasonable interest and needs of clients and customers of the Weather Service; |
| (f) | monitor service standards and, where necessary, issue instructions to the Weather Service for improvement; and |
| (g) | perform any other function assigned to it by the Minister. |
| (2) | The Committee must, if it has reasonable grounds to believe that the Weather Service has failed to comply with instructions contemplated in subsection (1)(f)— |
| (a) | immediately investigate the matter; |
| (b) | give the Weather Service an opportunity to make representations to the Committee within a period determined by the Committee; and |
| (c) | make representations to the Minister. |
| (3) | The Committee must report before 30 June each year on the work of the Committee to the Minister, and the Minister must table the report in Parliament within 30 days after it is submitted to him or her. |
| (4) | All administrative work in connection with the performance of the functions of the Committee must be carried out by the Department. |