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Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)

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National Bargaining Council for the Private Security Sector

Main Collective Agreement

33. Designated Agents

 

(1) The Minister at the request of the council appoint one or more specified persons who shall be designated as agents in terms of section 33 of the LRA to assist in giving effect to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. The designated agents shall have the right to in terms of section 33 of the Act read with Schedule 10 of the Act to:
(a) enter inspect and examine any premises or place, in which the agent suspect that private security services are carried on at any time when he has reasonable cause to believe that any person is employed therein
(b) orally examine, either alone or in the presence of any person, as the agent thinks fit, with respect to matters relating to this Agreement, every employee who is a designated agent finds in or about the premises and require such employee to answer the questions put to him
(c) require the production of any notice, book, list, electronic file, computer or document which is by this Agreement required to be kept or made and inspect examine and copy the same including all pay sheets.

 

(2) The designated agent when entering inspecting or examining any such shall on request produce his certificate of authority and may take with him an interpreter or any person reasonably required to assist in conducting an inspection.

 

(3) Every person upon whom the provisions of this Agreement are binding shall grant the designated agent any facility and assistance at a workplace that is reasonably required by a designated agent to effectively perform the designated agent's functions.