PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES SERIES 4/2018
2nd February 2018
Public Hearings on Civil Aviation Amendment Bill
Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th February
The Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development will conduct public hearings on the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill in Bulawayo and Harare, as follows [see below for further information on the Bill]:
Bulawayo
Monday 13th February starting at 10 am
Venue: Rainbow Hotel
Harare
Tuesday 13th February starting at 10 am
Venue: Ambassador Hotel.
Members of the public and Interested groups, organisations and individuals are invited to attend these public hearings and present their views on the Bill, including suggestions for improvements.
Note:
Persons wearing political party regalia or military uniforms, signs of ranks, flags or badges will not be allowed access to the public hearings.
Written submissions and correspondence regarding the Bill are also welcome and should be addressed to—
The Clerk of Parliament
Attention: Portfolio Committee on Transport and Infrastructure Development
P.O. Box CY 298
Causeway
Harare
or sent by email to clerk@parlzim.gov.zw or delivered to Parliament in Harare using the Kwame Nkrumah Avenue entrance.
Queries
For further information or clarifications please call on the telephone numbers 700181-8 or 252936-50 and speak to the Parliamentary officers indicated:
Sithabisiwe Macheza (Committee Clerk), extension 2012
Ellen Huwa (Public Relations Officer) extension 2143
Fax: 252935.
More about the Civil Aviation Amendment Bill
The full text of the Bill is available on the Veritas website [link]. This includes the explanatory memorandum gazetted together with the Bill. The introductory paragraph to the memorandum is as follows—
“The purpose of this Bill is to amend the Civil Aviation Act [Chapter 13: 16] (No. 7 of 1998) to achieve the following principal objectives:
- To provide for the spinning-off of certain functions of the Civil Aviation Authority in relation to airports and aerodromes to a new entity called the Airports Company of Zimbabwe (Private) Limited.
- To bring the principal Act into line with the 2008 recommendations of the International Civil Aviation Organisation [ICAO] audit of the Authority (some of the more important of which are further elaborated in the bullets below).
- To change the title of the chief executive of the Authority from that of “General Manager” to “Director-General” and further refine his or her duties and powers.
- To add additional sections to the principal Act to mandate expanded State Safety and State Security programmes in the sphere of civil aviation.
- To align certain provisions of the principal Act with the new Constitution.”
Reminder
Members of the public, including Zimbabweans in the Diaspora, can at any time send written submissions to Parliamentary committees by email addressed to clerk@parlzim.gov.zw or by letter posted to the Clerk of Parliament, P.O. Box CY 298, Causeway, Harare or delivered to Parliament in Harare using the Kwame Nkrumah Avenue entrance.
Veritas makes every effort to ensure reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied
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