Foreign Service Act, 2019 (Act No. 26 of 2019)RegulationsForeign Service Regulations, 2022Chapter 6 : Transitional Arrangements9. Transitional arrangements |
| (1 ) | Any person other than a person recruited locally at a South African Mission, who, at the time of entry into force of the Act, is serving in a position at a South African Mission, is deemed to be a member of the Foreign Service for the purposes of the Act and its Regulations. |
| (2) | Any person who has completed the training required before the commencement of the Act and its Regulations, will be deemed to have complied with Regulation 5(1). |
| (3) | The terms and conditions for service abroad applicable to members of the Foreign Service at the time of the coming into operation of this Act and its Regulations will continue to apply, until amended through the prescribed departmental procedures. |
| (4) | Any existing inter-departmental agreement or memorandum of understanding concluded between the Department and any other national department that regulates the transfer of their employees to serve at South African Missions will remain in force to the extent that its provisions are not in conflict with these Regulations and that, notwithstanding any provision contained in such agreement or memorandum, the terms thereof will be implemented only to the extent that there is no conflict with the Act or its Regulations. |
| (5) | The Administrative Code for the Foreign Service is deemed to be the Foreign Service Administration Manual contemplated in section 11(3) of the Act and will remain in effect until such time as a new Foreign Service Administration Manual is issued. |