The only cost that will be incurred at this stage is the cost of publication of the Bill in the Government Gazette for public comments, which costs will be defrayed from the Departments budget.
4.1 The State Law Advisers and the Department of Human Settlements are of the opinion that this Sill must be dealt with in accordance with the procedure established by section 76(1) or (2) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996, since it falls within functional areas listed in Schedule 4 to the said Constitution, namely "Housing".
4.2 The State Law Advisers are of the opinion that it is not necessary to refer this Bill to the National House of Traditional Leaders in terms of section 18(1)(a) of the Traditional Leadership and Governance Framework Act, 2003 (Act No. 41 of 2003), since it does not contain provisions pertaining to customary law or customs of traditional communities.