The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training invites stakeholders and interested parties to submit written submissions on the Skills Development Amendment Bill [B16 – 2011]. The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Skills Development Act, 1998, so as to define certain words or expressions and to delete certain obsolete definitions and to amend provisions relating to the establishment, amalgamation and dissolution of Sectional Education and Training Authorities (SETAs).
The Bill further seeks:
- to provide for the incorporation of a subsector of one SETA into another SETA
- to provide for the composition of an Accounting Authority for each SETA
- to regulate the eligibility to become a member of an Accounting Authority
- to provide for the approval of a constitution for every SETA
- to regulate the conduct of a member of an Accounting Authority, or of a member of the staff, of a SETA when engaging in business with the SETA
- to require members of Accounting Authorities to disclose any conflict of interest with the relevant SETA and to repeal certain provisions which became obsolete as a result of the transfer of the administration of the said Act to the Minister of Higher Education and Training; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
The Committee will also hold public hearings on the Bill at Parliament on Tuesday, 8 and Wednesday, 9 November 2011.
Submissions must be addressed to Mr Anele Kabingesi, Committee Secretary, Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training, 3rd Floor, 90 Plein Street, Cape Town 8000 and must be received by no later than 12:00 on Thursday, 3 November 2011.
For media enquiries or interviews with the chairperson, contact:
Faith Kwaza (Ms) Parliamentary Communication Services
Cell: +27 72 122 0371
Tel: +27 21 403 8062
E-mail: fkwaza@parliament.gov.za
