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Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998)

Chapter 8 : General

36. Regulations

 

The Minister may, after consultation with the National Skills Authority, by notice in the Gazette, make regulations regarding—

(a) [Section 36(a) deleted by section 53(1), Schedule 1, of Act No. 4 of 2014]
(b) any procedure, period, criterion or standard for SETAs to perform any function in terms of section 10(1);
(c) categories and amounts of grants that may be allocated in terms of section 10(1)(b)(iii);
(d) the criteria or conditions that may be attached to grants allocated in terms of section 10(1)(b)(iii);
(e) the evaluation of applications for grants in terms of section 10(1)(b)(iii);
(f) the manner in which grants may be allocated in terms of section 10(1)(b)(iii);
(g) the exercise by a SETA of any power contemplated in section 10(2);
(h) the content, format and timeframe for submitting any report or plan that SETAs are required to submit in terms of this Act;
(i) the services in respect of which a SETA may earn income in terms of section 14(1)(e) and the fees, including maximum fees, that may be charged in respect of such services;
(j) the financial systems that SETAs are required to utilise;
(k) the submission by employers to SETAs of workplace skills plans and reports and the form and contents of such reports;
(l) the appointment by employers of workplace skills facilitators and the obligations of employers in respect of workplace skills facilitators;
(m) the rights and functions of workplace skills facilitators;
(n) the rights of registered trade unions, or other employee representatives, to consult with their employer over developing, implementing and reporting on workplace skills plans and on other matters dealt with in this Act;
(o) [Section 36(o) deleted by section 53(1), Schedule 1, of Act No. 4 of 2014];
(p) [Section 36(p) deleted by section 53(1), Schedule 1, of Act No. 4 of 2014];
(q) [Section 36(q) deleted by section 53(1), Schedule 1, of Act No. 4 of 2014]
(r) the administration, operation, functioning and obligations of the National Skills Fund; and
(rA) any matter concerning the administration of apprenticeships or other qualifications in terms of any repealed Act, including, but not limited to, issuing duplicate certificates;

[Section 36(rA) inserted by section 14 of Act No. 37 of 2008]

(rB) providing for the establishment of skills development forums in respect of each provincial office and specifying the operation, composition and functions of the forums;

[Section 36(rB) inserted by section 14 of Act No. 37 of 2008]

(s) any other matter which it is necessary or expedient to prescribe in order to achieve the purposes of this Act.

 

[Section 36 amended by section 24 of Act No. 31 of 2003]