PRESIDENT'S
OFFICE
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- No. 1059.
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21 July 1995
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NO. 27 OF 1995:
TECHNIKONS AMENDMENT ACT, 1995.
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- It is hereby notified that
the President has assented to the following Act which is hereby
published for general information:-
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GENERAL
EXPLANATORY NOTE:
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ACT
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- To amend the Technikons
Act, 1993, so as to define or further define certain expressions; to
further regulate the functions of the Committee of Technikon
Principals;
to provide that the Minister shall also consult with the
Advisory Council and any stakeholders in technikon education before
establishing a technikon; to make further provision for the
constitution of a technikon; to provide that the salary and other
conditions of service of the principal shall bedetermined by the
council of the technikon; to provide for the appointment of
vice-principals or vice-rectors and a registrar; to further regulate
the constitution of the council of a technikon; to make further
provision for the appointment of academic staff and other employees
and the levy of fees; to make further provision for the drafting
of
statutes and rules by a council of a technikon; to extend the
membership of an academic board to include two members of the
students' representative council; to delete the requirement that a
students' representative council be elected for the seat and
every
campus of a technikon; to further regulate the salaries of academic
staff and other employees; to make further provision
for
transitional provisions in respect of pension funds of technikons;
to provide for the recognition of employee organisations;
to provide
that disciplinary measures applicable to students may be prescribed
by the rules; to make further provision for instructional
programmes
or subdivisions of instructional programmes; to further regulate the
conducting of examinations; to provide for delegation
of powers by
the Minister and a council for a technikon; to repeal certain laws;
and to provide that the Technikons Act, 1993, shall apply throughout
the national territory of the Republic of South Africa; and to
provide for matters connected therewith.
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(Afrikaans
text signed by the President.) (Assented to 10 July 1995.)
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- BE IT ENACTED by the
Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:- Amendment
of section 1 of Act 125 of 1993
1. Section 1 of the
Technikons Act, 1993 (hereinafter referred to as the -
principal Act), is hereby
amended-
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- (a) by the substitution
for the definition of "Director-General" of the following
definition:
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- <<"
'Director-General' means the Director-General: Education>>;";
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(b) by the
insertion after the definition of "Director-General" of
the
following definition:
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- "<< employee
organisation' means an organisation which consists of employees,
excluding the principal, vice-principal,
vice-rector and
registrar, of a technikon formally associated together and
organised in a staff association or trade union
for the purpose,
whether by itself or with other purposes, of regulating relations
between themselves or some of them and
a technikon and which is
recognised
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by a council in terms
of section 25A;>>";
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- (c) by the substitution
for the definition of "Minister" of the following
definition:
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- " <<'Minister'
means the Minister of Education;>>"; and
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(d) by the
substitution for the definitions of "technikon certificate"
and
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"technikon education"
of the following definitions:
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- " 'technikon
certificate' means a degree, diploma or any other certificate**to
be** obtained **as a result of technikon
education** <<upon
successful completion of an instructional programme>>;
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- 'technikon education'
means-
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- <<(a)>>
education provided partly or in full at or by a technikon, with a
view to obtaining a technikon certificate
and aimed at the
preparation of the students of the technikon with a view to the
advancement, application, development and
transfer of technology;
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**and to undertake research
and**
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- <<(b)>> to
render community service;
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<<(c)
to undertake research,>> and includes the support and
guidance of the students towards their human development
in
totality;".
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Amendment of
section 2 of Act 125 of 1993
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- 2. Section 2 of the
principal Act is hereby amended by the deletion of paragraph (c) of
subsection (2).
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Amendment of
section 5 of Act 125 of 1993
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3. Section
5 of the principal Act is hereby amended- -
- (a) by the substitution
for paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (1) of the following
paragraphs, respectively:
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- (d) of its own accord or
at the request of**any**<<the>> Minister or
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**any** Director-General,
advise **such** <<the>> Minister or
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**such** Director-General on
**co-operation between departments of
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State for education, in so
far as technikons are involved**
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<<matters relating to
technikons;>>
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- (e) prescribe the
minimum requirements for admission to study at a technikon in the
joint statutes; and"; and
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- (b) by the insertion in
subsection (1) after paragraph (d) of the following paragraph:
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- <<"(dA)
obtain the approval of the Minister for the introduction of an
instructional programme or subdivision of
an instructional
programme to be offered at a technikon in terms of section 31;>>".
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Amendment of section 10 of Act
125 of 1993
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- 4. Section 10 of the
principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph
(a) of subsection (1) of the following
paragraph:
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- "(a) The Minister
may, after consultation with the Committee,<<the Advisory
Council established by section 2 of
the Universities and
Technikons Advisory Council Act, 1983 (Act No. 99 of 1983), and
any stakeholders in technikon education,>>
by notice in the
Gazette, and from money voted for this purpose by Parliament,
establish at any place in the Republic of
South Africa a technikon
or a satellite campus of a technikon and give a name to and
determine the seat of the technikon.".
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- Amendment of section 13 of
Act 125 of 1993
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- 5. Section 13 of the
principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after paragraph (b)
of the following paragraph:
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- <<"(bA) the
vice-principals or vice-rectors, and registrar;>>".
Amendment of section 15 of Act 125 of 1993
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6. Section 15 of the
principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after
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subsection (2) of the
following subsection:
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- <<"(2A)
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 24, the salary, conditions
of service and leave privileges of the
principal shall be determined
by the council.>>".
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- Insertion of section 15A
in Act 125 of 1993
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- 7. The following section
is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 15:
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- "Vice-principal,
vice-rector and registrar of technikon
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- <<15A. (1) The
council may appoint one or more vice-principals or vice-rectors,
and a registrar for a technikon in the
manner prescribed by
statute.
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(2) The
powers, privileges, functions and period of office of a
vice-principal, vice-rector and registrar shall be prescribed
by
statute.
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- (3) Notwithstanding the
provisions of section 24, the salary, conditions of service and
leave privileges of a
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vice-principal,
vicerector and registrar shall be determined by the
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Council.
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- (4) Any person who,
immediately prior to the date as from which any technikon, college
or educational institution is in terms
of section 10(3) or (4)
deemed to be a technikon established under this Act or declared to
be a technikon, was the vice-principal,
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vice-rector or registrar of
such technikon, college or institution shall be deemed to have
been appointed in terms of section
(1) as
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the vice-principal,
vice-rector or registrar, as the case may be, of the technikon
concerned.>>".
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- Amendment of section 16 of
Act 125 of 1993, as amended by section 23 of Act 204 of 1993
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- 8. Section 16 of the
principal Act is hereby amended-
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(a) by the substitution for
paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of the following paragraph:
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- (b) such <<number>>
of vice-principals **as may be appointed or elected in the manner**
<<or vice-rectors as
may be>> prescribed by statute;";
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- (b) by the substitution
for paragraph (d) of subsection (2) of the following paragraph:
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- "(d) two members
of the academic board elected by the academic board in the
manner prescribed by the rules **of the
technikon**;";
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- (c) by the substitution
for paragraph (e) of subsection (2) of the following paragraph:
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- "(e) one **member
of the convocation** <<person>> elected by the
convocation in the manner prescribed by
the rules: Provided that
such **member** <<person>> shall not be an employee of
the technikon;";
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- (d) by the deletion of
the word "and" at the end of paragraph (f) of subsection
(2) and by the insertion in the said
subsection after paragraph (f)
of the following paragraphs:
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- <<(fA) one
member of the academic staff elected by the academic staff and
one other employee elected by the other
employees, in the manner
prescribed by the rules;
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- (fB) two members of
the students' representative council elected by the students'
representative council in the manner
prescribed by the rules;
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(fC) the registrar, if the
council so decides; and";>> (e) by the substitution for
paragraph (g) of subsection (2)
of the
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following paragraph:
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- "(g) such number of
persons as may be prescribed by statute **but less than the number
of persons contemplated in paragraphs
(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), and
(f)**.";
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- by the substitution for
subsections (3) and (4) of the following subsections,
respectively:
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- "(3) Except in the
case of members contemplated in subsection
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**(1)** <<(2)>>(a),
(b), **and** (d),<<(fA) and (fC)>>, no person in
receipt of a salary or wages
from the technikon shall be eligible
for appointment or election as a member of the council.
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- (4) **The number of
persons prescribed by paragraphs (b) and (g) of subsection (2)
shall be so many that the** <<The>>
number of members
of the council shall be not fewer than**16** <<20>>
**but** <<and>> not more than
**25** <<30>>.";
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- (g) by the deletion of
paragraphs (d) and (e) of subsection (5); and
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(h) by the substitution for
subsection (6) of the following subsection: "(6) A member of
the council, other than the
principal, <<or a
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viceprincipal,
vice-rector, registrar>> or an employee of the
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technikon, shall vacate
his<<or her>> office on conditions
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prescribed by **joint**
statute.". Substitution of section 17 of Act 125 of 1993
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9. The following section
is hereby substituted for section 17 of the
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principal Act:
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- "Appointment of
academic staff and other employees, and levy of fees, by council
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- 17. (1) The council
shall**-
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- (a)** subject to the
provisions of this Act and with due observance of the general
education policy contemplated in section
2(1) of the National
Policy for General Education Affairs Act, 1984 (Act No. 76 of
1984), **and-
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- (b) after consultation
with the academic board** appoint the academic staff, and all
other employees that it may consider
necessary for the efficient
instruction of students and administration of the technikon **on
such conditions of service as
may be determined by the council,
and persons so appointed shall
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be subject to such
disciplinary provisions as may be prescribed by the rules of the
technikon**.
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<<(2)
(a) The fees payable by students and the boarding fees payable by
resident students and employees shall be determined
and levied by
the council.
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(b) The
council shall pay over to the Certification Council
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for Technikon Education the
fees prescribed by such council in terms of section 17 of the
Certification Council for Technikon
Education Act, 1986 (Act
No. 88 of 1986.>>".
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- Amendment of section 18 of
Act 125 of 1993
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- 10. Section 18 of the
principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph
(b) of subsection (2) of the following
paragraph:
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- "(b) the studies,
instruction, examinations and discipline**at or**
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<<of the students>>
of a technikon shall not be drafted, amended or repealed,
except**after consultation** with **such**
<<the concurrence
of the>> academic board <<of that technikon.>>".
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- Substitution of section 19
of Act 125 of 1993
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- 11. The following
section is hereby substituted for section 19 of the principal Act:
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- "Rules of technikon
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- 19. (1) The council
shall, subject to **subsections**
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<<subsection>>
(2), **and (3)** have the power to draft rules for
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the technikon with a view to
the effective administration of **the**
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<<this>>
Act <<and the effective administration of the technikon.>>
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- (2) Rules relating to-
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(a)
the composition of an academic board shall not be drafted,
amended or repealed, except on the recommendation of such
academic board;
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(b) the
studies, instruction, examinations and discipline <<of the
students>> of a technikon shall not be drafted,
amended or
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repealed, except **after
consultation with such** with the concurrence of the academic
board <<of such technikon>>;
and
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- (c) the conditions of
service, discipline, privileges and functions of the employees of
the technikon, <<excluding
the principal, viceprincipal,
vice-rector and registrar>>, shall not be drafted, amended,
or repealed, except after
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**consultation**
<<negotiation>> with the **employees of the
technikon** <<employee organisations>>.
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- **(3) Any rules which
the council proposes to draft under this section shall be
submitted to the Minister for his approval,
and if approved by him
shall be promulgated in the Gazette and shall come into operation
on the date upon which they have
so been promulgated.**".
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- Amendment of section 20 of
Act 125 of 1993
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- 12. Section 20 of the
principal Act is hereby amended-
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- (a) by the deletion of
the word "and" at the end of paragraph (c) of subsection
(1) and by the insertion in the
said subsection after paragraph
(c) of the following paragraph:
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- "<<(cA) two
members of the students' representative council elected by the
students' representative council and
appointed by the council;
and>>"; and
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- (b) by the substitution
for paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of the following paragraph:
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- "(d) shall
supervise and control all examinations conducted by the
technikon **in terms of its rules**; and".
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- Amendment of section 21 of
Act 125 of 1993
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- 13. Section 21 of the
principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph
(b) of subsection (6) of the following
paragraph:
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- "(b) The
constitution, manner of election, functions, procedure at meetings
and dissolution of a joint committee shall be
as prescribed by the
**joint statutes** <<rules.>>".
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- Amendment of section 22 of
Act 125 of 1993
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- 14. Section 22 of the
principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsections
(4) and (5) of the following subsections,
respectively:
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- "(4)(a) The
**chairman** <<chairperson>> of the convocation shall
be elected by the convocation in the manner
prescribed by the
rules
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**of the technikon**.
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(b) The
powers, privileges, **and** functions and the period of office of
the **chairman** <<chairperson>> of
the convocation
shall be as prescribed by the rules **of the technikon**.
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- (5) Meetings of the
convocation shall be convened and held in the manner, at the times
and places and for the purposes prescribed
by the rules **of the
technikon**.".
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- Substitution of section 23
of Act 125 of 1993
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- 15. The following section
is hereby substituted for section 23 of the principal Act:
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"Students'
representative council
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- 23. (1) A students'
representative council for the **seat of the** technikon **and for
every campus thereof** shall be elected
by the students **at such
seat and at every campus, respectively** <<of the technikon.>>
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- (2) The constitution,
manner of election, term of office, functions and privileges of a
students' representative council shall
be as determined by the rules
**of the council after consultation** with <<the concurrence>>
of the existing students'
representative council, if any.".
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- Amendment of section 24 of
Act 125 of 1993
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- 16. Section 24 of the
principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection
(1) of the following subsection:
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- "<<(1) Subject
to the provisions of subsection (2), and with due observance of the
general education policy contemplated
in section 2(1) of the
National Policy for General Education Affairs Act, 1984 (Act No. 76
of 1984), and after negotiation with
the employee organisations-
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(a) the
salaries, salary scales and allowances of academic staff and other
employees employed at a technikon, shall be determined
by the -
council; and
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(b) the
other conditions of service, service benefits and leave privileges
of the academic staff and other employees, shall
be prescribed by
the rules.>>".
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- Substitution of section 25
of Act 125 of 1993
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- 17. The following section
is hereby substituted for section 25 of the principal Act:
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- "Pension Funds
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- 25.<<(1)>> Any
technikon established under section 10(1)(a) or any <<technikon>>,
college or other educational
institution <<deemed to be a
technikon established under this Act or>> declared to be a
technikon in terms of **section
10(1)(3)** <<section 10(3) or
(4)>>, as the case may be, may elect-
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- (a) for the purposes of
the Associated Institutions Pension Fund Act, 1963 (Act No. 41 of
1963), to be deemed to be declared
as an associated institution
under section 4 of the said Act as from the date on which it has
been so established or has
been so declared to be a technikon; or
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- (b) to establish a
pension fund in accordance with the provisions of the Pension
Funds Act, 1956 (Act No. 24 of 1956).
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- <<(2) Until a
technikon has made an election as contemplated in subsection (1),
any pension arrangement which is in
force in respect of that
technikon, shall remain in force.
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- (3) If a technikon has
elected to establish a pension fund as contemplated in subsection
(1)(b) (in this section referred
to as the newly established
pension fund), every member of the Fund who is employed by the
technikon in question, may take
a
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non-recurrent choice-
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- (a) to remain a member
of the Fund;
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(b) to become a dormant
member of the Fund; or
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- (c) to terminate his or
her membership of the Fund in terms of subsection (4)(c), in
which event the member shall have no
further claim against the
Fund.
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(4) If a member of the Fund
exercises the choice referred to in- (a) subsection (3)(a), he or
she shall remain a member of
the
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Fund;
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- (b) subsection (3)(b),
he or she shall become a member of the newly established pension
fund on the day which follows the
day on which he or she is
declared a dormant member of the fund; or
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- (c) subsection (3)(c)-
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- (i) he or she shall
become a member of the newly established pension fund on the day
which follows the day on which his
or her membership of the Fund
is terminated; and
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- (ii) the Fund shall
make an amount available to the member, whether in cash or in
specie, equal to the funding percentage
multiplied by the
actuarial obligation of the Fund in respect of that member as
determined by the actuary on the date
on which his or her
membership of the Fund is terminated, with interest thereon
calculated at the bank rate from
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that date on which the
amount is paid: Provided that the member shall undertake
immediately to deposit
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the full amount with
interest into the newly
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established pension fund
or a registered pension fund recognised by the Commissioner for
Inland Revenue as a preservation
fund: Provided further that
such member, whilst employed by the technikon in question, shall
not be entitled to any benefits
from the newly established
pension fund or the aforesaid preservation fund; and
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- (iii) any amount owed
by the member concerned to the
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Fund shall be
deducted from the amount referred to
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in subparagraph (ii).
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- (5) (a) If a technikon has
elected to establish a pension fund as contemplated in subsection
(1) (b), every pensioner who is allotted
to such a technikon by the
Director-General, may make a nonrecurrent choice-
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- (i) to remain a pensioner
of the Fund; or
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- (ii) to become a
pensioner of the newly established pension fund, in which event the
pensioner shall have no further claim against
the Fund.
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- (b) If a pensioner
exercises the choice referred to in paragraph
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- (a)(ii), he or she shall
become a pensioner of the newly established pension fund on the day
which follows the day on which he
or she ceases to be a pensioner of
the Fund and the provisions of the Fund and the provisions of
subsection (4)(c)(ii) and (iii)
shall mutatis mutandis apply to him
or her.
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- (6)(a) If a technikon has
elected to establish a pension fund as contemplated in subsection
(1)(b), every dormant member may make
a
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non-recurrent choice-
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- (i) to remain a dormant
member of the Fund; or
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- (ii) to become a dormant
member of the newly established pension fund and to transfer his or
her interest to such fund in terms
of the provisions of section 15A
of the General Pensions Act, 1979 (Act No.
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29 of 1979).
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- (b) The provisions of
subsection (4)(c)(ii) and (iii) shall mutatis mutandis apply to a
dormant member referred to in paragraph
(a)(ii).
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- (7) A person who enters
the employment of a technikon which has established a pension fund
as contemplated in subsection (1)(b),
shall become a member of
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that pension fund.
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- (8) The choices given to
members, pensioners and dormant members in terms of subsections (3),
(5) and (6), respectively, shall
be exercised on a date agreed upon
by the technikon in question and the Director-General of Finance:
Provided that such date
shall not be later than 31 December 1995.
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- (9) All costs in
connection with the withdrawal of members, pensioners and dormant
members from the Fund in terms of this section
shall be refunded
directly by the technikon in question, the newly established pension
fund or the preservation fund in question,
to the organisation
incurring such costs.
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- (10) For purposes of this
section-
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- "actuarial
obligation", in relation to a particular member, pensioner or
dormant member of the Fund, means the actuarial
obligation of the
Fund with regard to that member, pensioner or dormant member on the
date referred to in subsection (4)(c)(ii),
as calculated by the
actuary; "actuary" means an actuary appointed by the
Minister of Finance;
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"bank rate"
means the rate determined from time to time under section
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10(2) of the Reserve Bank of
South Africa Act, 1989 (Act No. 29 of 1989); "Fund"
means-
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(a) a pension fund as
defined in section 1 of the General
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Pensions Act, 1979 (Act No.
29 of 1979);
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- (b) the Government
Employees Pension Fund of Transkei, established under the
Government Employees Pension Act,
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1978 (Act No. 15 of
1978) (Transkei);
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- (c) the Ciskeian Civil
Servants Pension Fund, established under the Government Service
Pension Act, 1989 (Act No. 4 of
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1989) (Ciskei);
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- (d) the Government
Pension Fund of Bophuthatswana, established under section 2(1) of
the Government Service Pension Act,
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1977 (Act No. 14 of 1977)
(Bophuthatswana); and
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- (e) the Government
Pension Fund of Venda, established under section 2(1) of the
Government Service Pensions Act, 1979 (Act
No. 4 of 1979)
(Venda);
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"funding percentage"
means the market value of the net assets of the Fund on the date
referred to in subsection
(4)(c)(ii), expressed as a percentage of
the calculated aggregate actuarial obligation of the Fund on that
date, as determined
by the actuary; and
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- "pensioner"
means a person who receives an annuity from the
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Fund.>>".
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Insertion of section 25A in
Act 125 of 1993
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- 18. The following section
is hereby inserted in the principal Act after section 25:
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- "Recognition of
employee organisations
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- <<25A. The council
may recognise an employee organisation who applies for recognition
on such conditions, if any, as negotiated
between the council and
the employee organisation concerned.>>".
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- Amendment of section 26 of
Act 125 of 1993
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- 19. Section 26 of the
principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection
(2) for the words preceding paragraph
(a) of the following words:
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- "The council may,
**after consultation** with the <<concurrence of the>>
academic board-".
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- Amendment of section 28 of
Act 125 of 1993
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- 20. Section 28 of the
principal Act is hereby amended by the addition of the following
subsection:
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- <<"(5) If the
result of an agreement contemplated in subsections (1)
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and (3) is such that a
technikon may exercise its academic activities within the seat of
another technikon, such agreement
shall be subject to the approval
of the Minister, which approval shall only be given after
consultation with such other technikon.>>".
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- Repeal of section 29 of
Act 125 of 1993
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- 21. Section 29 of the
principal Act is hereby repealed. Substitution of section 30 of Act
125 of 1993
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22. The following section
is hereby substituted for section 30 of the
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principal Act:
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- "Disciplinary
measures
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- 30. A student at a
technikon shall be subject to such disciplinary measures and such
disciplinary procedures as may be prescribed
by the**council**
<<rules>> after consultation with the academic
board.".
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- Substitution of section 31
of Act 125 of 1993
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- 23. The following section
is hereby substituted for section 31 of the principal Act:
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- "Offering of
instructional programme or subdivision of instructional programme
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- 31. (1) The council
shall not, without the prior approval in writing of the Minister,
**introduce** <<offer>>
an instructional programme or
a subdivision of an instructional programme in respect of which
any subsidy may be granted
to the technikon under section
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36.
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- (2) Any existing
instructional programme lawfully
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**introduced** <<offered>>
at any college or institution before the
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date on which it is in terms
of section 10(2) deemed to be a technikon established under this
Act or a subdivision of such
technikon, shall be deemed to have
been **introduced** <<offered>> in accordance with the
provisions of this
section.
-
- (3) The syllabus of an
instructional programme contemplated in subsection (1) shall be
**introduced** <<offered>>
with due observance of the
general education policy contemplated in section
-
2(1) of the National
Policy for General Education Affairs Act, 1984
-
(Act No. 76 of 1984), and the
joint statutes.". Substitution of section 33 of Act 125 of 1993
-
24. The following section
is hereby substituted for section 33 of the
-
principal Act:
-
- "Conducting of
examinations
-
33. (1)
A technikon may in accordance with the joint statute
**and the rules of its
council** conduct an examination in respect of-
-
- (a) an instructional
programme or a subdivision of an instructional programme
<<offered in terms of section 31>>;
-
- (b) an instructional
programme or a subdivision of an instructional programme for the
education and training of teachers
contemplated in section 11(b),
with due observance of the general education policy contemplated
in section 2(1) of the
National Policy for General Education
Affairs Act, 1984 (Act No. 76 of 1984); and
-
- (c) an instructional
programme or a subdivision of an instructional programme,
**introduced** <<other than an instructional
pro- gramme or
subdivision of an instructional programme contemplated in
paragraph (a), offered>> by the council
in a manner
prescribed **in the statutes of the technikon** <<by
statute.>>
-
- (2) The design of a
technikon certificate <<referred to in-
-
(a)
subsection (1) (a) and (b)>> shall be determined by the
council with the concurrence of the Certification Council
for
Technikon Education; <<and
-
- (b) subsection (1)(c)
shall be determined by the council with the concurrence of the
academic board and with due observance
of the guidelines
prescribed by the joint statutes or joint rules, as the case may
be.>>".
-
- Substitution of section 35
of Act 125 of 1993
-
- 25. The following section
is hereby substituted for section 35 of the principal Act:
-
"Donations
by local authorities to technikons
-
- 35. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in any law contained, any local authority
may, subject to the approval of the
executive
-
**committee** <<council>>
of the province concerned, make donations of land, money or
movable property to a technikon.".
-
- Insertion of section 39A
in Act 125 of 1993
-
- 26. The following section
is hereby inserted in the principal Act after
-
section 39:
-
- "Delegation of
powers
-
- <<39A. (1) The
Minister may, on such conditions as he or she may determine,
delegate any of his or her powers under
this Act, except the power
to make regulations, and assign any of his or her duties in terms
of this Act to a council or
to any officer in the Department of
Education.
-
- (2) A council may, on
such conditions as it may determine, delegate any of its powers
under this Act or delegated to it in
terms of subsection (1),
except the power to draft statutes and rules, and assign any of
its duties in terms of this Act
or assigned to it in terms of
subsection (1), to the academic board, principal, any
viceprincipal, vice-rector, the registrar,
any member of the
academic staff or other employee of the technikon.>>".
-
- Substitution of section 40
of Act 125 of 1993
-
- 27. The following section
is hereby substituted for section 40 of the principal Act:
-
- "Repeal of laws,
and savings
-
- <<40. (1) Subject
to the provisions of subsections (2), (3), (4),
-
(5) and (6), the laws
mentioned in the second column of the Schedule are hereby repealed
to the extent indicated in the third
column of the Schedule as
from a date determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.
-
- (2) Different dates may
so be determined by the Minister in respect of different laws.
-
- (3) (a) A council or
governing council; or
-
- (b) an academic board or
a board of studies, constituted in terms of a law repealed under
subsection (1), shall from the date
of such repeal be deemed to be
a council or an academic board, as the case may be, constituted
under this Act:
-
- Provided that the
members of the council or academic board concerned, shall, after
the said date, stay on as members of the
council or academic
board, as the case may be, until such date as their membership
would have lapsed if the repeal had not
taken place: Provided
further that the provisions of this subsection shall not be
applicable to the Bophuthatswana National
Council for Technikon
Education established under section 3 of the Advanced Technikon
Education (Technikons) Act, 1989 (Act
No, 38 of 1989)
(Bophuthatswana).
-
- (4) Any person who was
employed at a technikon in terms of any law repealed under
subsection (1), shall, from the date of
such repeal, be deemed to
have been appointed at such technikon in terms of this Act.
-
- (5)(a) The conditions of
service subject to which a person referred to in subsection (4)
was serving immediately prior to
the date on which the law in
terms of which he or she was appointed is repealed under
subsection (1), shall not be effected
to his or her detriment, and
no such condition of service shall after that date be construed or
applied in a way that is
less favourable to the person concerned
than the way in which it was construed or applied immediately
prior
-
to that date.
-
- (b) Any disciplinary
proceedings instituted or contemplated against a person referred
to in paragraph (a), in terms of a law
repealed by this Act, in
respect of misconduct which he or she allegedly committed prior to
the date on which the law in
terms of which he or she was
appointed, is repealed under subsection (1), shall be disposed of
as if the repeal had not taken
place.
-
- (6) Subject to
subsections (3) and (5), anything done under a provision of a law
repealed by subsection (1) and which is capable
of being done
under this Act, shall be deemed to have been done under the
corresponding provision of this Act.>>".
-
- Addition of Schedule to
Act 125 of 1993
-
- 28.
The following Schedule is hereby added to the principal Act:
-
"SCHEDULE
LAWS REPEALED
(Section 40)
-
- Number
and Title Extent of year of law repeal
-
- Act No. 40 of Technikons
(National Education) The whole
-
1967 Act, 1967
-
- Act No. 12 of Indians
Advanced Technical The whole
-
1968 Education Act, 1968
-
Act No. |
69 |
of |
- Education
|
Laws |
Amendment |
- Sections 3,
|
1973 |
|
|
- Act, 1973
|
|
|
- 4,5 and 6
|
- Act No.
-
1979
|
40 |
of |
- Indians Advanced
Technical
-
Education Amendment Act,
1979
|
The |
whole |
- Act No.
-
1979
|
- 43
|
- of
|
- Advanced Technical
Education
-
Amendment Act, 1979
|
The |
- whole
|
- Act No. 9 of KwaZulu
Technikon Act, 1981 The whole
-
1981
-
- Act No. 11 of Culture and
Education Laws Sections 1,2
-
1981 Amendment Act, 1981
-
Act No. |
27 |
of |
- Technikons (Education
and
|
The |
whole |
1981 |
|
|
- Training) Act,
1981
|
|
|
- Act No. 52 of Peninsula
Technikon Act, 1982 The whole
-
1982
-
- Act No. 3 of KwaZulu
Technikons Amendment The whole
-
1983 Act, 1983
-
- Act No.
-
1983
|
48 |
of |
- Technikons (Education
and
-
Training) Amendment Act,
1983
|
The |
whole |
- Act No.
-
1983
|
- 84
|
- of
|
- Advanced Technical
Education
-
Amendment Act, 1983
|
The |
- whole
|
- Act No.
|
- 15
|
- of
|
- Technikon Act, 1984
(Ciskei)
|
The |
- whole
|
- 1984
-
- Act No. 75
of Universities, National Sections 8,9
-
1984 Education
Policy and and 10
-
Technikons Amendment
Act, 1984
-
- Number
and Title Extent of year of law repeal
-
- Act No. 77 of Technikons
(Education and The whole
-
1984 Training) Amendment Act,
1984
-
- Act No. 71 of Universities
for Blacks, Sections 37, 38,
-
1985 Technikons
(Education and 39, 40, 41 and 42
-
and Training) and
Education and
-
Training Amendment Act,
1985
-
- Act No. 3 of Universities
and Technikons Sections 26, 27
-
1986 for Blacks Tertiary
Education 28 and 29 (Education and Training) and
-
Education and Training
Amendment Act, 1986
-
- Act No. 89 of Technikons
(National The whole
-
1986 Education) Amendment Act,
1986
-
- Act No. 8 of Advanced
Technical Education The whole
-
1987 Amendment Act (House
of Delegates), 1987
-
- Act No. 95 of Education
Laws (Education Sections
14, 15, 16,
-
1987 and Training) Amendment
Act, 17 and 18
-
1987
-
- Act No. 10 of KwaZulu Act
on the Extension The whole
-
1988 of Technikons of the
Certification
Council for Technikon
Education, 1988
-
- Act No. 20 of KwaZulu
Technikons Amendment The whole
-
1988 Act, 1988
-
- Act No. 33 of Technikons
(National The whole
-
1988 Education) Amendment
Act
-
(House of Assembly), 1988
-
- Act No. 38 of Advanced
Technical Education The whole
-
1989 (Technikons) Act,
1989 (Bophuthatswana)
-
Act No. |
41 |
of |
- Universities and
Technikons
|
|
|
- Section 7
|
1990 |
|
|
- (Education and
Training) Amendment
|
Act, |
1990 |
|
- Decree No. 3 Transkei
Technikons The whole of 1994 Decree, 1994
-
- Application of Act 125 of
1993
-
- 29. The provisions of the
Technikons Act, 1993 (Act No. 125 of 1993), shall apply throughout
the national territory of the Republic
of South Africa contemplated
in section I of the Constitution.
-
- Short title and
commencement
-
- 30. (1) This Act shall be
called the Technikons Amendment Act, 1995.
-
(2) Sections 17, 26, 27 and 28
shall be deemed to have come into operation on
-
1 January 1994.
|