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Ceasefire Campaignsubmission on the
NCAC Amendment Bill
Rob Thomson
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Ceasefire CampaignAims and Objectives To contribute to disarmament and peace in
South and Southern Africa To work towards the demilitarization of
society and for human rights To campaign for a reduction in military
spending and the transfer of resources to development and poverty eradication.
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Agenda Conventional arms Foreign military assistance
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Conventional arms s.1: ‘controlled items’ s.8: delegation and assignment s.9: Auditor General’s scope s.14: end-user certificate s.17: reports by the NCACC s.20: exemptions other sections
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Conventional arms:s.1 ‘controlled items’
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Conventional arms:s.1 ‘controlled items’
Problems with proposed definition: Regulatory capture Excessive administrative discretion
Submission: Spell out the intentions in the Act Include current and intended items Leave the details fo regulation
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Conventional arms:s.8: delegation and assignment
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Conventional arms:s.8: delegation and assignment
Problem with amendment to s.11: Case-by-case requirement
e.g. China-Zimbabwe arms shipment
Submission: Make delegation subject to case-by-case
assessment by Committee
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Conventional arms:s.9: Auditor-General’s scope
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Conventional arms:s.9: Auditor-General’s scope
Problems with amendment to s.12: Reduces the scope of Auditor-General’s
responsibility Reduces transparency and accountability Exacerbates regulatory capture
Submission: Delete ‘financial’
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Conventional arms:s.14: end-user certificate
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Conventional arms:s.14: end-user certificate
Problems with proposed s.17(3): Undermines the purpose of EUCs Undermines s.15 i.r.o. end user
Submission: Must be subject to s.15 i.r.o. end user
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Conventional armss.14: end-user certificate (ctd.)
Problems with proposed s.17(4): NCACC must avoid contravention of EUCs
issued NCACC won’t know Submission: Amend s.15 to avoid contravention The competent authority must inform the
NCACC
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Conventional arms:s.17: reports by the NCACC
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Conventional arms:s.17: reports by the NCACC
Problem with proposed s.23(1): SA not complying with UN requirements
Submission: Retain the current provisions of s.23(1)(a)
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Conventional arms:s.17: reports by the NCACC (ctd.)
Problems with deletion of s.23(1)(b): NCACC has been delinquent in reporting Transparency/accountability delayed is
transparency/accountability denied
Submission: Retain the current provisions of s.23(1)(b)
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Conventional arms:s.17: reports by the NCACC (ctd.)
Problems with proposed s.23(3): Conflict with requirements of transparency Transparency & accountability should be
improved, not reduced Public must have the right to know Confidentiality clauses cannot ‘prohibit’
compliance with the intentions of the law Military & commercial secrets are not greater than
the requirements of the law
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Conventional arms:s.17: reports by the NCACC (ctd.)
Submission: In lieu of the proposed s.23(3)&(3)
(numbering duplicated), amend the current s.23(1)(b)(ii) by deleting: “except if disclosure is prohibited in terms of a confidentiality clause in the contract of sale”
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Conventional arms:s.17: reports by the NCACC (ctd.)
Problems with proposed s.23(4): Seeks to cover the NCACC with a blanket of
secrecy Proposed that, in general, access to information
should be denied Contrary to open democracy
Submission: Retain the current provisions of s.23(3)
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Conventional arms:s.20: exemptions
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Conventional arms:s.20: exemptions
Problems with proposed s.25A: serious qualifications of the NCACC
process
Submission: Emergencies should be treated as such Delete the proposed s.25A
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Conventional arms:other sections
s.3(c): textual problem s.5: no motivation s.7: no motivation s.10: textual problem s.11: textual problem
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Foreign military assistance:Problems
Problems: Separate acts unnecessary, difficult to read NCAC Act focuses Committee’s function on
‘controlled items’, not mercenary activities Poorly integrated into legislation; e.g.:
criteria in s.15 of NCAC Act different from s.9 of PMA Act different provisions re fines ‘permit’ in the NCAC Act excludes ‘authorisation’ in the
PMA Act
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Foreign military assistance:Submission
Replace both Acts with a new combined Act, focusing on both the control of conventional arms and the prohibition of mercenary activity.
Tighten the provisions of s.15 of the NCAC Act and s.9 of the PMA Act so as to achieve consistency.
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Ceasefire Campaignsubmission on the
NCAC Amendment Bill
Rob Thomson