The object of this Bill is-----
(a) to make clear that references to District Council and other local government institutions are references to those institutions as they exist under the Local Government Act, 1997 (Act No. 1 of 1997);
(b) to redesignate lower movement organs as conferences instead of committees;
(c) to make sure that Chairpersons of District Movement Conferences should be members of the National Conference;
(d) to replace subsection (3) of section 12 of the principal Act to make clear that in the case of the first meeting of the National Executive Committee, the Chairperson is not obliged to give the minimum fourteen days’ notice;
(e) to amend section 13 (13) of the principal Act to make clear that the number of the staff at the Movement Secretariat is to be determined by the National Executive Committee but that the appointment of the staff shall be made by the National Political Commissar with the approval of the National Executive Committee;
(f) to repeal subsection (3) of section 23 as being redundant. The provision states that the Chairperson of the village movement conference is to be a member of the parish council. The Chairperson is already an automatic member by virtue of the provisions of the Local Governments Act, 1997 and
(g) to introduce a new section 26A to require that the election of chairpersons of lower movement organs shall be by lining up behind the candidates.