8 No. 50713 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 27 MAy 2024 Act no. 10 of 2024 National Prosecuting Authority Amendment Act, 2024 8 (2) A person appointed as an investigator— (a) must have at least a grade 12 certificate or a relevant diploma or degree; and (b) must have— (i) knowledge and relevant experience of criminal or forensic 5 financial investigation; or any other relevant experience. (ii) (3) The National Director must, in the prescribed form, issue and sign an identity-type document to each person appointed as an investigator of that Directorate, which shall serve as proof that such person is an investigator. 10 Vetting of investigators 19E. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person may be appointed as an investigator, unless the person has been issued with a security clearance certificate following a vetting investigation conducted in terms of section 2A of the National Strategic Intelligence Act, 1994 (Act No. 39 of 1994). (2) Any investigator may from time to time, or at such regular intervals as the National Director may determine, be subjected to a further vetting investigation as contemplated in subsection (1). (3) If the certificate referred to in subsection (1) is withdrawn, the National Director, after consultation with the State Security Agency and subject to section 2A(8) of the National Strategic Intelligence Act, 1994, may discharge the investigator concerned from the Investigating Director- ate, following any disciplinary process.’’. Remuneration and conditions of service of investigators 19F. (1) The remuneration, allowances and other service benefits of investigators are determined by the Minister, in consultation with the National Director, the Cabinet member responsible for public service and administration and the Cabinet member responsible for finance, by notice in the Gazette. (2)(a) If an officer or employee in the public service is appointed as an investigator, the period of his or her service as an investigator shall be calculated as part of and continuous with his or her employment in the public service, for purposes of leave credits, pension benefits and any other condition of service, and the provisions of any pension law applicable to him or her or, in the event of his or her death, to his or her dependants, which are not inconsistent with this section, shall, with the necessary changes, continue to apply to such officer or employee. (b) If a member of the South African Police Service, or the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation referred to in Chapter 6A of the South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No. 68 of 1995), or the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, is appointed as an investigator under this Act, the period of his or her service as a member shall be calculated as part of and continuous with his or her employment under the South African Police Service Act, 1995, or the Independent Police Investigative Director- ate Act, 2011 (Act No. 1 of 2011), as the case may be, for purposes of leave, deemed pensionable service accrued and any other condition of service, and the provisions of any pension law applicable to him or her or, in the event of his or her death, to his or her dependants, which are not inconsistent with this section, shall, with the necessary changes, continue to apply to such officer or employee. (3) The services of investigators in the Investigating Directorate shall, for the purposes of the application of Chapter IV of the Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995), be deemed to have been designated as an essential service in terms of section 71 of that Act. 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za Wysigingswet op die Nasionale Vervolgingsgesag, 2024 9 STAATSKOERANT, 27 MEi 2024 No. 50713 9 Wet no. 10 van 2024 (2) ’n Persoon wat as ’n ondersoeker aangestel is— (a) moet ten minste ’n graad 12-sertifikaat of ’n tersaaklike diploma of graad hê; en (b) moet— (i) kennis en tersaaklike ervaring van strafregtelike of forensiese 5 finansiële ondersoeke hê; of enige ander tersaaklike ervaring hê. (ii) (3) Die Nasionale Direkteur moet, op die voorgeskrewe vorm, ’n tipe identiteitsdokument uitreik en onderteken vir elke persoon wat as ’n ondersoeker van daardie Direktoraat aangestel word, wat as bewys sal dien dat sodanige persoon ’n ondersoeker is. 10 Sekerheidsklaring van ondersoekers 19E. (1) Behoudens subartikel (2), kan geen persoon as ’n ondersoeker aangestel word nie, tensy ’n sekerheidsklaring aan die persoon uitgereik is na afloop van ’n klaringsondersoek wat ingevolge artikel 2A van die Wet op Nasionale Strategiese Intelligensie, 1994 (Wet No. 39 van 1994), gedoen is. (2) Enige ondersoeker kan van tyd tot tyd, of met sodanige gereelde tussenposes wat die Nasionale Direkteur kan vasstel, aan ’n verdere klaringsondersoek onderwerp word soos in subartikel (1) beoog. (3) Indien die sertifikaat bedoel in subartikel (1) ingetrek word, kan die Nasionale Direkteur, na oorleg met die Staatsveiligheidsagentskap en behoudens artikel 2A(8) van die Wet op Nasionale Strategiese Intelligensie, 1994, na afloop van enige dissiplinêre prosedure, die betrokke ondersoeker uit die Ondersoekdirektoraat ontslaan. Vergoeding en diensvoorwaardes van ondersoekers 19F. (1) Die vergoeding, toelaes en ander diensvoorwaardes van in oorleg met die Nasionale ondersoekers word deur die Minister, Direkteur, die Kabinetslid verantwoordelik vir die staatsdiens en administrasie en die Kabinetslid verantwoordelik vir finansies, by kennisgewing in die Staatskoerant vasgestel. (2)(a) Indien ’n beampte of werknemer in die staatsdiens as ’n ondersoeker aangestel word, word die tydperk van sy of haar diens as ’n ondersoeker bereken as deel van, en aaneenlopend met, sy of haar diens in die staatsdiens, vir die doeleindes van verlofkrediete, pensioenvoordele en enige ander diensvoorwaarde, en die bepalings van enige pensioenwet wat op hom of haar van toepassing is of, indien hy of sy tot sterwe kom, op sy of haar afhanklikes van toepassing is, wat nie teenstrydig met hierdie artikel is nie, met die nodige veranderinge, steeds op sodanige beampte of werknemer van toepassing is. (b) Indien ’n lid van die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens, of die Direktoraat vir Prioriteitsmisdaadondersoeke in Hoofstuk 6A van die Wet op die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens, 1995 (Wet No. 68 van 1995), bedoel, of die Onafhanklike Polisie-ondersoekdirektoraat, kragtens hierdie Wet as ’n ondersoeker aangestel word, word die tydperk van sy of haar diens bereken as deel van en aaneenlopend met sy of haar diens kragtens die Wet op die Suid-Afrikaanse Polisiediens, 1995, of die ‘Independent Police Investiga- tive Directorate Act, 2011’ (Wet No. 1 van 2011), na gelang van die geval, vir die doeleindes van verlof, geag pensioengewende diens te wees wat opgeloop het en enige ander diensvoorwaarde, en die bepalings van enige pensioenwet wat op hom of haar van toepassing is of, in die geval van sy of haar afsterwe, op sy of haar afhanklikes, wat nie met hierdie artikel teenstrydig is nie, steeds op sodanige beampte of werkgewer van toepassing is. (3) Die dienste van ondersoekers in die Ondersoekdirektoraat word, vir die doeleindes van die toepassing van Hoofstuk IV van die Wet op Arbeidsverhoudinge, 1995 (Wet No. 66 van 1995), geag ingevolge artikel 71 van daardie Wet tot ’n noodsaaklike diens verklaar te wees. 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 This gazette is also available free online at www.gpwonline.co.za