Manpower Training Act, 1981 (Act No. 56 of 1981)Chapter 1 : National Training Board, Committees and Related Matters3. Establishment and constitution of National Training Board |
| 1) | There is hereby established a board to be known as the National Training Board. |
| 2) | The board shall consist of - |
| a) | two members, appointed by the Minister, who shall be the chairman and the vice-chairman, respectively, of the board; and |
| b) | such number of other members, appointed, subject to the provisions of sub-section (3), by the Minister, as the Minister may deem necessary with a view to the proper representation of the interests of the State, employers and employees, respectively, relating to manpower training and of whom such number as the Minister may determine shall be persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, possess expert or special knowledge or experience of manpower training or development. |
| 3) | The Minister may, prior to the appointment by him of members of the board in terms of the provisions of subsection (2)(b), consult with such organisations or other bodies as in his opinion adequately represent the interests of the State, employers or employees referred to in that subsection. |
| 4) | A member of the board shall hold office - |
| a) | subject to the provisions of subsection (10), on such conditions as the Minister may with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance determine; |
| b) | for such period as the Minister may determine at the time of the appointment of such member, but may be reappointed at the expiration of that period: Provided that the Minister may at any time terminate the membership of a member of the board if in his opinion there exist good and sufficient reasons for doing so. |
| 5) | The Minister may, if he deems it expedient, for a particular purpose and on such conditions and for such period as he may determine, appoint any person as an additional member of the board. |
| 6) | If a member of the board dies or by virtue of any provision of this section vacates his office before the expiration of his period of office, the vacancy shall be filled by the appointment by the Minister, subject to the provisions of subsections (2) and (3), of another person as a member of the board, and every member so appointed shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the period for which the vacating member was appointed. |
| 7) |
| a) | The Minister may for every member of the board appointed in terms of subsection (2)(b) appoint an alternate member in the same manner as such member, and an alternate member so appointed shall act in the place of the member for whom he has been appointed as alternate member during such member’s absence or inability to act as a member of the board. |
| b) | The provisions of subsections (4) and (6) shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of an alternate member of the board. |
| 8) | The chairman, or in his absence the vice-chairman, of the board shall preside at all meetings thereof at which he is present, and if both the chairman and the vice-chairman are absent from any meeting the members present thereat shall elect one of their number to preside at such meeting. |
| 9) |
| a) | A decision of the majority of the members of the board present at any meeting shall constitute a decision of the board. |
| b) | No decision taken by the board or act performed under authority of the board shall be invalid by reason only of an interim vacancy on the board, or of the fact that a person who is not entitled to sit as a member of the board sat as a member at the time when the decision was taken or the act was authorized, if the decision was taken or the act was authorised by the requisite majority of the members of the board who were present at the time and entitled to sit as members. |
| 10) | There shall be paid to the chairman and vice-chairman, a member, including any member referred to in subsection (5), and an alternate member of the board, and a member (including a co-opted member) of a committee, who are not in the full-time service of the State, the remuneration determined from time to time by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, as well as the allowances, if any, so determined. |
| 11) | The secretarial work incidental to the performance by the board of its functions shall be performed, subject to the directions of the chairman of the board or any other member or members of the board designated by the board for this purpose, by officers in the Department designated for this purpose by the Minister, and the Minister may designate any such officer as the secretary of the board. |