To provide for the identification and declaration of infrastructure as critical infrastructure; to provide for guidelines and factors to be taken into account to ensure transparent identification and declaration of critical infrastructure; to provide for measures to be put in place for the protection, safeguarding and resilience of critical infrastructure; to provide for the establishment of the Critical Infrastructure Council and its functions; to provide for the administration of the Act under the control of the National Commissioner as well as the functions of the National Commissioner in relation to the Act; to provide for the establishment of committees and their functions; to provide for the designation and functions of inspectors; to provide for the powers and duties of persons in control of critical infrastructure; to provide for reporting obligations; to provide for transitional arrangements; to provide for the repeal of the National Key Points Act, 1980, and related laws; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Latest Developments:

The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, 2019 (Act No. 8 of 2019), has been updated with Interim Critical Infrastructure Protection Regulations, 2022, as per Notice No. 3387 of GG48526 dated 5 May 2023.

The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, 2019 (Act No. 8 of 2019), has been updated with the Commencement of certain sections of the Act, as per Proclamation No. 54 of GG46024 dated 10 March 2022.

The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act, 2019 (Act No. 8 of 2019), has been added to the site on 11 July 2022, as well as the Repeal of the National Key Points Act 1988 in its entirety as per Schedule – Laws (S29,S30), as per Notice No. 1551 of GG42866 dated 28 November 2019.