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Amended Skills Development Act
30. Budget for training by public service employers
as amended by the
Amendment - Skills Development Act - 2003, and Proposed Amendments to SETA's June 2006
Chapter 7 : Financing skills development
30. Budget for training by public service employers
Each public service employer in the national and provincial spheres of government –
(a) must budget for at least –
(i) 0,5 per cent of
its payroll with effect from 1 April 2000
(ii) one per cent of its
payroll with effect from 1 April 2001, for the training and education
of its employees; and
(iii) may contribute funds to a SETA.
30A. Budget for training by national and provincial public entities
If 80 per cent or more of the expenditure of a national or
provincial public entity is defrayed directly or indirectly from funds
voted by Parliament, that
entity –
(a) must annually budget at least one per cent of its payroll for
the training and education of its employees; and
(b) may contribute funds to a SETA.
30B. National standard of good practice in skills development
(1)
In order to achieve the purposes of this Act, the Minister may,
by notice in the Gazette, establish a national standard of good
practice in skills development.
(2)
The Minister may take any steps necessary to achieve the
national standard contemplated in subsection (1) and may establish an
agency or contract with an existing agency.
(3) The Director-General may allocate funds form the National Skills Fund to fund any activity undertaken in terms of this section.
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