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

Regulations

Purchase

(1)	Any body, which consists of the members contemplated in section 11 of the Act, may apply to the Minister to be established in terms of section 9(1) of the Act as a SETA.

(2)	An application in terms of subregulation (1) must include—

(a)	the name of the proposed SETA, the physical address of its main office and contact particulars of the persons submitting the application on behalf of the body in question;

(b)	the scope of coverage of the proposed SETA according to the list of national economic sectors as determined by the Minister in terms of section 9(2) of the Act;

(c)	the constitution of the proposed SETA which specifies the matters referred to in section 13(3)(a)(i) to (xii) of the Act;

(d)	a business plan of the proposed SETA for the period 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001, which outlines—

(i)	an organisational structure;

(ii)	a quality management system;

(iii)

functions of the proposed SETA envisaged to be delegated as contemplated in section 13(3)(b)(i) of the Act;

(iv)	programmes and other activities that the proposed SETA aims to undertake to perform the functions contemplated in section 10 of the Act;

(v)	proposed interaction of the SETA with all provinces;

(vi)	financial projection of the proposed SETA; and,

(e)	description of the consultation which was undertaken with regard to the establishment of the body as a SETA, indicating—

(i)	the nature of all consultative processes;

(ii)	a list of stakeholders that were consulted; and

(iii)

the consensus reached in the consultation.

(3)	An application in terms of subregulation (1) must be submitted before 12:00 noon on 12 November 1999 or such other time as the Minister may determine from time to time, by—

(a)	sending it per registered mail to:

The Executive Officer

National Skills Authority

Department of Labour

Private Bag X117

Pretoria 0001, or

(b)	delivering it at:

Department of Labour

Room 411(M)

4th Floor, Laboria House

215 Schoeman Street

Pretoria

(4)

(a)	If an application to establish a SETA does not comply with subregulation (2), the Minister may refer the application back to the applicant for rectification and indicate in which respects the application does not so comply.

(b)	Upon rectification of the application the applicant may resubmit the rectified application to the Minister.