Skills Development Amendment Act 37 of 2008

The Skills Development Amendment Act 37 of 2008 aims:

• to amend the Skills Development Act, 1998, so as:
  • to define certain expressions;
  • to broaden the purpose of the Act;
  • to provide anew for the functions of the National Skills Authority;
  • to provide anew for the composition of the National Skills Authority;
  • to provide anew for the function of the SETAs, to provide for apprenticeships;
  • to make further provision in respect of the implementation of employment services;
  • to increase the quality and quantity of artisans;
  • to repeal remaining sections of the current Manpower Training Act, 1981;
  • to provide for Skills Development Institutes;
  • to provide for the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations; to clarify the legal status of Productivity South Africa;
  • to clarify the legal and governance status of the National Skills Fund; and
  • to provide for matters connected therewith.

Amends

Basic Conditions of Employment Act 75 of 1997

Commencement

6 April 2009 (Gazette 32105 of 6 April 2009)