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48 of 1999
The Education Laws Amendment Act 48 of 1999 intends:
- to amend the South African Certification Council Act, 1986 [repealed in December 2001], so as:
- to substitute certain definitions, to delete others and to insert new definitions;
- to provide anew for the functions of an examining body, the Director-General and the council, with regard to examinations;
- to allow the council to prescribe fees for the issue or endorsement of a certificate; and
- to remove obsolete references from the long title;
- to amend the National Education Policy Act, 1996, so as to make certain technical adjustments;
- to amend the South African Schools Act, 1996, so as:
- to substitute certain definitions;
- to provide for the merger of two or more public schools and to regulate the consequences of such merger;
- to make provision for the temporary closure of a public school in the case of an emergency;
- to provide for an additional function of a governing body;
- to make further provision regarding co-opted members of governing bodies; to make certain technical adjustments; and
- to make further provision regarding claims for damages;
- to amend the Employment of Educators Act, 1998, so as:
- to make provision for a timeframe within which a governing body or council must make its recommendations when an educator is appointed; and
- to dispense with the necessity for a recommendation by a governing body or council in the case of temporary transfers; and
- to provide for matters connected therewith.
Commencement
19 December 1999
