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

Chapter 3 : Sector Education and Training Authorities

11A. Eligibility to become member of Accounting Authority

 

A person does not qualify for appointment to an Accounting Authority—

(a) unless he or she is a citizen of and is permanently residing in the Republic;
(b) if he or she is subject to an order of a competent court declaring such person to be mentally ill or disordered;
(c) if he or she is an employee of the SETA in question;
(d) if he or she is convicted, after the commencement of the Skills Development Amendment Act, 2011, whether in the Republic or elsewhere, of any offence for which such person is sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine;
(e) if he or she, at any time prior to the commencement of the Skills Development Amendment Act, 2011, was convicted, or at any time after such commencement, is convicted—
(i) in the Republic, of theft, fraud, forgery and uttering a forged document, perjury, or an offence in terms of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1958 (Act No. 6 of 1958), the Corruption Act, 1992 (Act No. 94 of 1992), or Part 1 to 4, or section 17, 20 or 21 (in so far as it relates to the aforementioned offences) of Chapter 2 of the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, 2004 (Act No. 12 of 2004);
(ii) elsewhere, of any offence corresponding materially with any offence contemplated in subparagraph (i); and
(iii) whether in the Republic or elsewhere, of any other offence involving dishonesty; or
(f) if he or she has been convicted of an offence under this Act.

 

[Section 11A inserted by section 10 of Act No. 26 of 2011]