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Border Management Authority Act, 2020 (Act No. 2 of 2020)

Chapter 8 : Committees and Implementation Protocols

24. Inter-Ministerial Consultative Committee

 

(1) The Inter-Ministerial Consultative Committee is hereby established to—
(a) consult on—
(i) the designation, determination, appointment or prescription, and withdrawal or cancellation of a port of entry;
(ii) the proposed amendment of any legislation that may affect border management;
(iii) any international agreement or protocol that affects the Authority;
(iv) the advice and reports of the Border Technical Committee referred to in section 25(3) and (4); and
(v) any other matter referred to it by any of the Cabinet members referred to in subsection (3)(b) or (c); and
(b) consider and discuss the Commissioner’s reports on the performance of the Authority in terms of section 11(2)(j).

 

(2) The Minister is the chairperson of the Inter-Ministerial Consultative Committee and the President must designate the deputy chairperson of the Committee.

 

(3) The Inter-Ministerial Consultative Committee consists of—
(a) the Minister;
(b) the Cabinet members responsible for—
(i) Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries;
(ii) Defence and Military Veterans;
(iii) Environmental Affairs;
(iv) Finance;
(v) Health;
(vi) Police;
(vii) State Security;
(viii) Trade and Industry; and
(ix) Transport; and
(c) any other Cabinet member appointed by the President.

 

(4) A Cabinet member referred to in subsection (3)(b) or (c) may be removed by the President if the President considers it necessary to do so.

 

(5) The meetings of the Inter-Ministerial Consultative Committee—
(a) are convened by the chairperson; and
(b) are held quarterly or as regularly as may be necessary to perform its functions.

 

(6) The quorum for a meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Consultative Committee is the majority of its members.

 

(7) The Inter-Ministerial Consultative Committee may, whenever necessary, invite any Cabinet member, organ of state or any person to attend its meetings.

 

(8) The Inter-Ministerial Consultative Committee may determine its own rules and procedures.