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

Schedule 2A : Transitional Provisions: Skills Development Amendment Act, 2008

2. Contracts of apprenticeship in force immediately prior to commencement of Amendment Act

 

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Schedule, all sections of the Manpower Training Act, including any regulations and conditions of apprenticeship, that concern apprentices remain in force insofar as they apply to any contract of apprenticeship in force immediately prior to the commencement of the Amendment Act, as if the Manpower Training Act had not been repealed.

 

(2) For the purposes of this item—
(a) any function of the registrar must be performed by an official of the Department of Labour designated by the Minister for that purpose in writing;
(b) any function of a training board must be performed by the SETA to whom the assets, rights, liabilities and obligations of the training board were transferred;
(c) any function of the National Training Board must be dealt with by the National Skills Authority.

 

(3) Any dispute about a contract of apprenticeship or any conditions of apprenticeship applicable to that contract is deemed to be a dispute contemplated in section 19(1) of the Act and must be dealt with in terms of section 19 of the Act, read with the changes required by the context.

 

(4) Any outstanding matter concerning a contract of apprenticeship that had been completed prior to the commencement of the Amendment Act must be dealt with in terms of the prevailing law immediately prior to the commencement of the Amendment Act.