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8 of 2019
The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act 8 of 2019 aims:
- to provide for the identification and declaration of infrastructure as critical infrastructure;
- to provide for guidelines and factors to be taken into account to ensure transparent identification and declaration of critical infrastructure;
- to provide for measures to be put in place for the protection, safeguarding and resilience of critical infrastructure;
- to provide for the establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Council and its functions;
- to provide for the administration of the Act under the control of the National Commissioner as well as the functions of the National Commissioner in relation to the Act;
- to provide for the establishment of committees and their functions;
- to provide for the designation and functions of inspectors;
- to provide for the powers and duties of persons in control of critical infrastructure;
- to provide for reporting obligations; to provide for transitional arrangements;
- to provide for the repeal of the National Key Points Act, 1980, and related laws; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
Commencement
30 April 2022, Sections 1 to 6, 7(1)(b), 7(3) to (5), 8, 9(1) and (2), 12, 14(5) to (7), 15, 27(1), 27(5) and 27(7) and (8) (Gazette 46024 of 10 March 2022)
Repeals
- National Key Points Act 102 of 1980
- National Key Points Act 9 of 1984 (Bophuthatswana)
- National Key Points Act 26 of 1985 (Transkei)
- National Key Points Act 9 of 1986 (Venda)
- National Key Points Act 16 of 1986 (Ciskei)
