(1) Before the Senate or the National Assembly considers a report of the

9. (1) Before the Senate or the National Assembly considers a report of the Parliamentary Legal Committee that a provision of a statutory instrument contravenes this Constitution or its enabling Act, the Committee may withdraw the report if the Committee is satisfied that the provision has been repealed or amended in such a way as to remove the contravention. (2) If, after considering a report of the Partiamentary Legal Committee that a provision of a statutory instrument contravenes this Constitution, the Senate or the National Assembly resolves that the provision does contravene this Constitution, the ; Clerk of Parliament must report the resolution to the authorily which enacted the instrument, and that authority must, within twenty-one days after being so notified, either— {a) apply to the Constitutional Court for a declaration that the statutory instrument is in accordance with this Constitution; or (b) repeal the statutory instrument. (3) Where an authority responsible for enacting a statutory instrument applies to the Constitutional Court for a declaration in terms of subparagraph (2)(a), the statutory instrument is suspended pending the Court's decision. (4) If, after considering a report of the Parliamentary Legal Committee that a provision of a statutory instrument is u/tra vires the enabling Act of Parliament, the Senate or the National Assembly resolves that the provision is u/tra vires— (a) the provision thereupon ceases to have effect; and (b) the Clerk of Parliament must publish a notice in the Gazette without delay, giving public notice of the resolution and of its effect. COMMENCEMENT OF THIS CONSTITUTION, TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS ARRANGEMENT OF PARAGRAPHS PRELIMINARY Paragraph