Manpower Training Act, 1981 (Act No. 56 of 1981)

Chapter 2:  Registrar of Manpower Training, Training Boards, Training of Apprentices and Attainment of Artisan Status

12. Appointment of registrar and assistant registrar of manpower training
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1)The Minister may, subject to the laws governing the public service -
a)appoint an officer, to be known as the registrar of manpower training, who shall, subject to the control and directions of the Minister, exercise the powers conferred upon and perform the functions assigned to the registrar by this Act or by any other law and perform such other functions as the Minister may from time to time assign to him; and
b)appoint one or more officers, to be known as the assistant registrar or assistant registrars of manpower training, who may, subject to the control and directions of the registrar, exercise any of the powers or perform any of the functions of the registrar: Provided that whenever the registrar is absent or for any other reason unable to perform his functions, the Minister may appoint such an assistant registrar as acting registrar.

 

2)The registrar may authorize any officer to perform, subject to his directions, any act which the registrar is competent to perform and may at any time withdraw such authorization.

 

3)Any reference in any other law, in any contract of apprenticeship in force at the commencement of this Act or in any notice issued under or document produced in the application of any law repealed by this Act, to -
a)the registrar of apprenticeship appointed under section 4 of the Apprenticeship Act, 1944 (Act No. 37 of 1944);
b)the Registrar of Training Schemes appointed under section 6 of the In-Service Training Act, 1979 (Act No. 95 of 1979); or
c)in so far as it relates to the application of the Black Employees’ In-Service Training Act, 1976 (Act No. 86 of 1976), the Secretary for Education and Training or the Director-General: Manpower, shall be deemed to be a reference to the registrar of manpower training appointed under this section.