The State President signed the SDI Act into operation on 28 April 2006. Sections 1 to 11, 13 and 19 to 22 came into operation first. Once the regulation calling for nominations have been published and the CSI constituted, then the remaining sections will come into operation. Government Gazette number 28788, dated 28 April 2006 was published in which the Department of Land Affairs made a proclamation with regard to the Spatial Data Infrastructure Act, Act 54 of 2003. The contents of this document related to the invitation of written comments on the regulation calling for nominations for members of the Committee for Spatial Information (CSI). The gazette document was published for a period of 30 days. No significant comments were received. Subsequently, as the Department of Land Affairs has a new Minister, a new submission regarding the call for nominations had to be prepared and sent.

The Minister has signed and returned the submission. We are now in preperation to call for nominations of CSI members. The call for nominations will commence with the publishing of the regulation in the Government Gazette for a period of 30 days.