| (1) |
The Local Government Training Fund (in this item referred to as "the Fund"), established by section 7 of the Local Government Training Act continues to exist, subject to subitems (5) to (7), as if that Act had not been repealed. |
| (2) |
Any body or institution, including a local government body, recognised as a training centre under section 9A of the Local Government Training Act immediately before the commencement of this Act, continues to be so recognised for a period of four months from that commencement as if the Local Government Training Act had not been repealed. |
| (3) |
Subject to subitem (7)(c), any levy imposed in terms of section 10 of the Local Government Training Act and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, remains in force until 31 March 2000 as if the Local Government Training Act had not been repealed. |
[Item 14(3) amended by section 9 of Act No. 9 of 1999]
| (4) |
Subject to subitem (7)— |
| (a) |
the powers conferred and duties imposed on the Training Board for Local Government Bodies established by section 2 of the Local Government Training Act may be exercised and must be performed by the Local Government Education and Training Board established in terms of section 12A of the Manpower Training Act; and |
| (b) |
all the assets, rights, liabilities and obligations of the Training Board for Local Government Bodies are hereby transferred to the Local Government Education and Training Board. |
| (5) |
The Director-General: Constitutional Development must administer the Fund and is the accounting officer for the Fund. |
| (6) |
The Minister for Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development may, after consultation with the Local Government Education and Training Board, utilise the moneys in the Fund to fund any person or institution that in the opinion of the Minister can take action to develop the skills, knowledge, expertise or attitudes of a person elected to a municipal council or employed by a municipality. |
| (7) |
When a SETA is established for the local government sector— |
| (a) |
the Local Government Education and Training Board ceases to exist; |
| (b) |
the assets, rights, liabilities and obligations of that Training Board must be transferred to that SETA; |
| (c) |
the levy referred to in subitem (3) is regarded to be a levy imposed in terms of section 39(1) of the Manpower Training Act as mentioned in item 10; |
| (d) |
the Fund ceases to exist; and |
| (e) |
the Director-General: Constitutional Development must transfer any balance of moneys in the Fund into the banking account of that SETA. |
Basic Conditions of Employment Act, 1997
