5 accessible to political parties than a publication in a Gazette. I do not agree. In my view, the publication pursuant to s 15(5) of the Act constitutes the notification by the CEO of his decision to register a new party. That this is so is also supported by the regulations for the registration of political parties,6 which regulations were formulated and issued by the Commission. Regulation 6 reads as follows: ‘Notification of registration in Gazette The particulars which must be published in the Gazette in terms of section 15(5) of the Act shall be the following, namely: (a) name and abbreviated name of the party; (b) symbol of the party; (c) that the party has been registered only in respect of a particular municipality, if that is the case; (d) date of registration of the party; and (e) a reference number.’ [10] If regard is had to the purpose of the requirement of publication in the Gazette which, in my view, is to notify the general public that a new party has been registered, the notification referred to in s 16(2) is the fact that triggers the right of political parties to lodge an appeal with the Commission. There was no argument before the court that suggested that the provisions of s 15(5) regarding the duty of the CEO to publish particulars of the registration has any other purpose than being a general notification of such registration. The Supreme Court of Appeal in Weenen Transitional Local Council v Van Dyk7 had the following to say on the subject: ‘[13] It seems to me that the correct approach to the objection that the appellant had failed to comply with the requirements of s 166 of the Ordinance is to follow a commonsense approach by asking the question whether the steps taken by the local authority were effective to bring about the exigibility of the claim measured against the 6 7 GNR13 in GG25894 of 7 January 2004 as amended. 2002 (4) SA 653 (SCA).