Public Service Laws Second Amendment Act

17 December 1997 No. 1648. 17 Desember 1997 It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act which is hereby published for general information:— Hierby word bekend gemaak dat die President SY goedkeuring geheg het aan die onderstaande Wet wat hierby ter algemene inligting gepubliseer word:— No. 93 of 1997: Public Service Laws Second Amendment Act, 1997. No. 93 van 1997: Tweede Wysigingswet op Staatsdienswet- gewing, 1997. 2 No. 18508 Act No. 93, 1997 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17 DECEMBER 1997 PUBLIC SERVICES LAWS SECOND AMENDMENT ACT, 1997 GENER4L EXPLANATORY NOTE: 1 [ Words in bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments. Words underlined with a solid line indicate insertions in existing enactments. ACT To amend the Public Service Commission Act, 1997, so as to effect certain textual improvements; and to amend the Public Service Laws Amendment Act, 1997, so as to effect certain textual improvements; and to provide for matters incidental thereto. (English text signed by the President.) (Assented to 26 November 1997.) B E IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:— Amendment of section 16 of Act 46 of 1997

1. Section 16 of the Public Service Commission Act, 1997, is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (1) for the words preceding paragraph (a) of the following words: “Any person who, immediately prior to the commencement of this Act, held office as the chairperson or any other member of the Public Service Commission or a provincial service commission referred to in section [14(2)(a)] 15(2)(a)-”. Amendment of Schedule to Act 46 of 1997

2. The Schedule to the Public Service Commission Act, 1997, is hereby amended by the substitution for the heading thereto of the following heading: “SCHEDULE LAWS REPEALED (Section [14] 15)”.— Amendment of section 34 of Act 47 of 1997 5 10 15

3. Section 34 of the Public Service Laws Amendment Act, 1997, is hereby arnended— (a,) by the substitution in subsection (2) for the words preceding paragraph (a) of the following words: “If a provincial legislature has, in a law referred to in section [14(1)] 15JJ of the Public Service Commission Act, 1997, incorporated the principal Act by reference and amended or adapted it in order to entrust 20 4 No. 18508 GOVERNMENT GAZE3TE, 17 DECEMBER 1997 Act No. 93, 1997 PUBLIC SERVICES LAWS SECOND AMENDMENT ACT, 1997 powers and duties to the relevant provincial service commission, then, notwithstanding the repeal of any such law by the said section [14(1)] 15(])—”; and (b) by th=bstitution in paragraph (b) of the said subsection (2) for the words preceding subparagraph (i) of the following words: 5 “any inquiry into inefficiency and any proceedings in respect of a charge of misconduct or a complaint or grievance instituted or commenced under the principal Act, as incorporated and amended or adapted by the provincial legislature, shall be continued and disposed of as if any such law had not been repealed by the said section [14(1)] ~, and for that 10 purpose, a reference—”. Substitution of section 36 of Act 47 of 1997

4. The following section is hereby substituted for section 36 of the Public Service Laws Amendment Act, 1997: “Short title and commencement

36. This Act shall be called the Public Service Laws Amendment Act, 1997, and shall come into operation on the date on which the laws referred to in section [14(1)] L5JlJ of the Public Service Commission Act, 1997, are repealed by the said section [14(1)] MJIJ. ”. Short title

5. This Act shall be called the Public Service Laws Second Amendment Act, 1997. 15 20