: Cabinet approved principles.

15/05/20

: Date of gazetting [link].

16-26/06/20

: Call for public comments on the Bill by PPC

17/06/20

: Bill appears on order paper

17/06/20

: First reading

17/06/20

: Bill referred to Parliamentary Legal Committee

06-10/07/20

: Public Hearings

25/08/20

: PLC issued a non-adverse report

21/09/20

: Bill’s Second Reading (First appearance on order paper)

23/09/20

: Second reading and Minister’s speech

23/09/20

: Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Report [link].

30/09/20

: Veritas Commentary[link].

30/09/20

: CSO commentary on the Bill[link]. 

23/09/20

: Minister’s response to report and debate

23/09/20

: Second Reading motion approved

29/06/21

: Committee Stage

01/07/21

: Amendments made and sent to the PLC

20/07/21

: PLC issued a non-adverse report to the amendments

21/07/21

: Third Reading

21/07/21

: Bill transmitted to Senate as amended

22/07/21

: Bill received from National Assembly

27/07/21

: Minister’s speech

27/07/21

: 2^nd reading of the Bill

28/07/21

: Committee Stage

28/07/21

: Third Reading

29/07/21

: Bill recommitted to the National Assembly

17/08/21

: Opening of Committee Stage

18/08/21

: Amendments made and Bill sent to PLC

24/08/21

: PLC issued a non-adverse report

26/08/21

: Bill passed by both Houses as amended

03/12/21

: Bill gazetted Act with wrong tittle

11/03/22

: Bill Gazetted as Act