The highly anticipated Public Private Partnership (Amendment)
Act, No. 9 of 2018 (the PPP Amendment Act) was gazetted and came
into force in September 2018. Earlier in the year in June 2018, we
circulated a briefing analysing the proposed changes to the Public
Private Partnership Act, No. 19 of 2010 (as amended in 2013 and
2014) (the PPP Act). The majority of the proposed changes have been
incorporated in the final PPP Amendment Act however there have been
further amendments in some clauses.
This updater will explore:
- the key changes to the PPP Act;
- changes to other related legislation;
and
- the impact of the changes to
investors.
Summary of key amendments
Key highlights of the PPP Amendment Act include: