Deconstructing the Housing Consumer Protection Draft Bill

In terms of Government Gazette dated 30 August 2019, the Minister for Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation published the Housing Consumer Protection Draft Bill, 2019 which, if promulgated, will repeal the existing Housing Consumer Protection Measures Act No 95 of 1998. The application of the draft Bill will extend to any addition to, alteration, renovation or repair of a home insofar as any of these necessitates the submission of building plans to the Local Authority. The existing Act only applies to a person who carries on the business of a homebuilder.
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