'Tagging' bills in Parliament: Section 75 or Section 76?
| dc.contributor.author | Murray, Christina | |
| dc.contributor.author | Simeon, Richard | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-22T10:01:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-22T10:01:47Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-01-14T09:33:18Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Constitution provides two procedures for passing ordinary bills in Parliament. Under the s 76 procedure, the provinces have real influence through their participation the NCOP. Under the s 75 procedure, provincial influence is very limited. The Constitution stipulates that bills that fall within an area of concurrent provincial/national competence must follow the s 76 process, but does not set out criteria to determine whether a bill should be 'tagged' as a s 76 or s 75 matter. Currently Parliament uses a Canadian test to 'tag' Bills. However, that approach fails to recognize the constitutional role of the NCOP. It is also designed to decide whether or not laws fall within the jurisdiction of provinces, an issue irrelevant to the tagging decision. This article argues that tagging decisions should be guided by South Africa's constitutional principles establishing the relationship between provinces and the national government, and suggests some criteria to ensure that those bills that most affect provinces are properly considered in the NCOP. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Murray, C., & Simeon, R. (2006). 'Tagging' bills in Parliament: Section 75 or Section 76?. <i>The South African Law Journal</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27693 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Murray, Christina, and Richard Simeon "'Tagging' bills in Parliament: Section 75 or Section 76?." <i>The South African Law Journal</i> (2006) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27693 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Murray, C., & Simeon, R. (2006). 'Tagging'bills in Parliament: section 75 or section 76?. South African law journal, 123(2), p-232. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Murray, Christina AU - Simeon, Richard AB - The Constitution provides two procedures for passing ordinary bills in Parliament. Under the s 76 procedure, the provinces have real influence through their participation the NCOP. Under the s 75 procedure, provincial influence is very limited. The Constitution stipulates that bills that fall within an area of concurrent provincial/national competence must follow the s 76 process, but does not set out criteria to determine whether a bill should be 'tagged' as a s 76 or s 75 matter. Currently Parliament uses a Canadian test to 'tag' Bills. However, that approach fails to recognize the constitutional role of the NCOP. It is also designed to decide whether or not laws fall within the jurisdiction of provinces, an issue irrelevant to the tagging decision. This article argues that tagging decisions should be guided by South Africa's constitutional principles establishing the relationship between provinces and the national government, and suggests some criteria to ensure that those bills that most affect provinces are properly considered in the NCOP. DA - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - The South African Law Journal LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 T1 - 'Tagging' bills in Parliament: Section 75 or Section 76? TI - 'Tagging' bills in Parliament: Section 75 or Section 76? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27693 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27693 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Murray C, Simeon R. 'Tagging' bills in Parliament: Section 75 or Section 76?. The South African Law Journal. 2006; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27693. | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Department of Public Law | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Law | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | The South African Law Journal | |
| dc.source.uri | https://juta.co.za/law/products/3601-south-african-law-journal/ | |
| dc.title | 'Tagging' bills in Parliament: Section 75 or Section 76? | |
| dc.type | Journal Article | |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image |