Education Affairs Second Amendment Act (House of Assembly) 162 of 1993

Education Affairs Second Amendment Act (House of Assembly), 1993 (No. 162 of 1993)

GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
__ Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments.

Act

• to amend the Education Affairs Act (House of Assembly), 1988, so as
• to extend the definition of "hostel";
• to empower the governing body of a state-aided school to levy school and boarding fees; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

(Afrikaans text signed by the Acting State President.)
(Assented to 8 December 1993.)

BE IT ENACTED by the State President and the House·of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-

Amendment of section 1 of Act 70 of 1988, as amended by section 1 of Act 88 of1991, section 1 of Act 39 of 1992 and section 1 of Act 36 of 1993

1. Section 1 ofthe Education Affairs Act (House of Assembly), 1988, is hereby amended by the substitution for the definition of "hostel" of the following definition:

" 'hostel' means a hostel established under section 5(1)(b), or a hostel attached to a state-aided school, as the case may be;".

Insertion of section 102A in Act 70 of 1988

2. The following section is hereby inserted in the Education Affairs Act (House of Assembly), 1988, after section 102:

"School and boarding fees for state-aided schools

102A. (1) The parent of a pupil admitted to a state-aided school shall pay such school fees as the governing body of that school may levy.

(2) The parent of a pupil admitted to a hostel attached to a state-aided school shall pay such boarding fees as the governing body of that school may levy.

(3) Different school fees may be levied in terms of subsection (1) and different boarding fees may be levied in terms of subsection (2) in respect of pupils in different levels.".

Validation of levying of certain fees

3. Any school or boarding fees levied by the governing body of a state-aided school before the coming into operation of section 1, shall be deemed to have been levied under section 102A of the Education Affairs Act (House of Assembly), 1988 (Act No. 70 of 1988).

Short title

4. This Act shall be called the Education Affairs Second Amendment Act (House of Assembly), 1993.

Commencement

15 December 1993