South African Council for Educators Act, 2000
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Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act, 2000 (Act No. 4 of 2000)Chapter 6 : General Provisions and Implementation of Act31. Implementation of Act |
| 1) | Despite section 16(1) no proceedings may be instituted in any court unless a presiding officer and one or more clerks are available. |
| 2) | For purposes of giving full effect to this Act and making the Act as accessible as possible - |
| a) | and in giving effect to subsection (1), judges, magistrates or additional magistrates, as the case may be, and clerks referred to in subsection (1) may be – |
| i) | designated as presiding officers; and |
| ii) | appointed or designated as clerks, respectively, for one or more equality courts; |
| b) | the Minister must make the Act available in all official languages in the prescribed manner within a period of two years after the commencement of this Act. |
| 3) | The Director-General of the Department must take all reasonable steps within the available resources of the Department to ensure that a clerk is available for each court in the Republic. |
| 4) | The Chief Justice must, in consultation with the Judicial Service Commission and the Magistrates Commission, develop the content of training courses with a view to building a dedicated and experienced pool of trained and specialised presiding officers, for purposes of presiding in court proceedings as contemplated in this Act, by providing – |
| a) | social context training for presiding officers; and |
| b) | uniform norms, standards and procedures to be observed by presiding officers in the performance of their functions and duties and in the exercise of their powers. |
| 5) | The Chief Justice must, in consultation with the Judicial Service Commission, the Magistrates Commission and the Minister, implement the training courses contemplated in subsection (4). |
| 6) | The Director-General of the Department must develop and implement a training course for clerks of equality courts with the view to building a dedicated and experienced pool of trained and specialised clerks, for purposes of performing their functions and duties as contemplated in this Act, by providing - |
| a) | social context training for clerks; and |
| b) | uniform norms, standards and procedures to be observed by clerks in the performance of their functions and duties. |
| 7) | The Minister must table a report in Parliament, as prescribed, relating to the content and implementation of the training courses referred to in subsections (4) and (5). |
