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Amended Skills Development Act
Amended Skills Development Act
Skills Development Act (No. 97 of 1998 )
as amended by the
Summary: To provide an institutional framework to devise and implement national, sector and workplace strategies to develop and improve the skills of the South African workforce; to integrate those strategies within the National Qualifications Framework contemplated in the South African Qualifications Authority Act, 1995; to provide for learnerships that lead to recognised occupational qualifications; to provide for the financing of skills development by means of a levy-grant scheme and a National Skills Fund; to provide for and regulate employment services; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Be it enacted by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa as follows:-
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Definitions, purpose and application of act
1. Definitions
2. Purposes of Act
3. Interpretation
Chapter 2: National Skills Authority
4. Establishment of National Skills Authority
5. Functions of National Skills Authority
6. Composition of National Skills Authority and term and vacation of office
7. Constitution of National Skills Authority
8. Remuneration and administration of National Skills Authority
Chapter 3: Sector education and training authorities
9. Establishment of SETA
10. Functions of SETA
11. Composition of SETA
12. Chambers of SETA
13. Constitution of SETA
14. Finances of SETA
15. Taking over administration of SETA
Chapter 4: Learnerships
16. Learnerships
17. Learnership agreements
18. Contract of employment with learner
19. Disputes about learnerships
Chapter 5: Skills programmes
20. Skills programmes
21. Disputes
Chapter 6: Institutions in department of labour and regulation of private employment services agencies
22. Skills Development Planning Unit
23. Employment services
24. Registration of persons that provide employment services
25. Cancellation of registration of private employment services agency
26. Appeal against Director-General's decision
Chapter 7: Financing skills development
27. National Skills Fund
28. Use of money in Fund
29. Control and administration of Fund
30. Budget for training by public service employers
Chapter 8: General
31. Jurisdiction of Labour Court
32. Monitoring, enforcement and legal proceedings
33. Offences
34. Penalties
35. Delegation
36. Regulations
37. Repeal of laws and transitional provisions
38. Act binds State
39. Short title and commencement
