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- Is commenced by Use of Free State Official Languages Act, 2017: Commencement
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South Africa
Use of Free State Official Languages Act, 2017
Act 1 of 2017
- Published in Free State Provincial Gazette 128 on 29 March 2017
- Assented to on 28 March 2017
- Commenced on 1 June 2017 by Use of Free State Official Languages Act, 2017: Commencement
- [This is the version of this document from 29 March 2017 and includes any amendments published up to 25 March 2024.]
1. Definitions
In this Act, unless the context indicates otherwise-“Constitution” means the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;“Department” means the provincial Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation;“Executive Council” means the Executive Council of the Province contemplated in section 132 of the Constitution;“government purposes” include legislation and matters referred to in section 4(2)(c);“language official” means a language official appointed or designated in terms of section 7;“MEC” means the Member of the Executive Council of the Free State Province responsible for language matters;“official language” means an official language contemplated in section 6(1) of the Constitution;“Premier” means the Premier of the Free State Province elected in terms of section 128 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;“prescribe” means prescribe by regulations;“Province” means the Province of the Free State established by section 103 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996;“provincial department” means a Free State provincial department listed in Schedule 2 to the Public Service Act, 1994 (Proclamation No. 103 of 1994), including the Office of Premier listed in Schedule 1 of that Act;“Provincial Government” means all Free State provincial departments and provincial public entities;“Provincial Language Unit” means the Provincial Language Unit established in terms of section 5;“provincial public entity” means a Free State provincial public entity defined in section 1 and listed in Schedule 3 to the Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No. 1 of 1999); and“this Act” includes any regulations made in terms of this Act.2. Objects of Act
The objects of this Act are -3. Application of Act
4. Provincial language policy
5. Establishment of Provincial Language Unit
The MEC must -6. Functions of Provincial Language Unit
The Provincial Language Unit must -7. Appointment or designation of language officials in provincial departments or provincial public entities
Every provincial department or provincial public entity must appoint or designate a person to act as a language official for that department or provincial public entity, which can be full-time or linked to other responsibilities depending on the needs of the relevant provincial department or provincial public entity.8. Functions of language officials in provincial departments or provincial public entities
A language official must -9. Monitoring and enforcing of and reporting on use of official languages
10. Annual report to Provincial Legislature
The MEC must, each year, no later than the last day of March, table a report in the Provincial Legislature on the status and use of official languages by Provincial Government for government purposes.11. Interdepartmental language forum on use of official languages
12. Regulations
13. Short title and commencement
This Act is called the Use of Free State Official Languages Act, 2017, and comes into operation on a date fixed by the Premier by proclamation in the Provincial Gazette.History of this document
01 June 2017
29 March 2017 this version
28 March 2017
Assented to