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4914 [Tuesday, 29 October 2013section 18 has been amended to include a provision whichallows the Minister to perform the function of designatingcoastal access land in the event that a municipality fails to doso. It is therefore resolved that the Department will investigatethe extent to which municipalities have, since thecommencement of the Act, implemented this section and in factbegun the process of designating strips of coastal access land.In addition, there should be an assessment of how far theregistration of servitudes has progressed. The Departmentmust table a report in Parliament dealing with these threeissues before the end of January 2014.Report to be considered.9. Report of the Portfolio Committee on Water andEnvironmental Affairs on the National EnvironmentalManagement: Air Quality Amendment Bill 2013 [B 27- 2013][National Assembly – section 76], dated 29 October 2013.The Portfolio Committee on Water and Environmental Affairs (thePortfolio Committee) having deliberated and considered the subjectmatter of the National Environmental Management: Air QualityAmendment Bill [B 27- 2013] (National Assembly – section 76) (theAmendment Bill), referred to the Portfolio Committee and classifiedby the Joint Tagging Mechanism (JTM) as a section 76 Bill, agreeswith the classification as a section 76 Bill and reports theAmendment Bill with amendments [B27A – 2013].ANNOUNCEMENTS, TABLINGS AND COMMITTEE REPORTS NO 147─2013