Notice No. R. 663
14 July 2017
Department of Justice and Constitutional Development
I, Tshililo Michael Masutha, Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, hereby:
| (a) |
In terms of section 170A(4)(a) of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977), determine the following categories or classes of persons to be competent to be appointed as intermediaries: |
| (i) |
Medical practitioners who are registered in terms of section 17 of the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974), and against whose names the speciality of— |
are registered.
| (ii) |
Clinical, counselling or educational psychologists who are registered in terms of section 17 of the Health Professions Act, 1974 (Act No. 56 of 1974). |
| (iii) |
Family couns ellors who are appointed under section 3(1) of the Mediation in Certain Divorce Matters Act, 1987 (Act No. 24 of 1987), and who are or were— |
| (aa) |
clinical, counselling or educational psychologists as determined in item (ii); |
| (bb) |
social workers as determined in item (iv); |
| (cc) |
educators as determined in item v); or |
| (dd) |
child and youth care workers as determined in item (vi). |
| (iv) |
Social workers who are registered in terms of section 17 of the Social Service Professions Act, 1978 (Act No. 110 of 1978), and who have at least two years' experience in social work. |
| (v) |
Educators as defined in section 1 of the South African Schools Act, 1996 (Act No. 84 of 1996), who— |
| (aa) |
have obtained a minimum post Matriculation teacher's education qualification of three years at a recognised tertiary educational institution; |
| (bb) |
have at least three years' experience in teaching; and |
| (cc) |
are registered in terms of section 21 of the South African Council for Educators Act, 2000 (Act No. 31 of 2000), |
and include former or retired educators, who comply with paragraphs (aa) and (bb), and whose names have not been removed from the register in terms of section 23(1) of the South African Council for Educators Act, 2000.
| (vi) |
Child and youth care workers who have— |
| (aa) |
obtained a minimum post Matriculation education qualification of three years at a recognised tertiary educational institution in child and youth care; and |
| (bb) |
at least three years' experience in child or youth care. |
| (b) |
Determine 1 September 2017 as the date on which this determination shall come into operation. |
| (c) |
Repeal Government Notice No. R. 1374 of 30 July 1993, as amended by Government Notices No. R. 360 of 28 February 1997 and No. R. 597 of 2 July 2001, with effect from 1 September 2017. |
T M Masutha
Minister of Justice and Correctional Services
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