Statistics Act, 1999
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Labour Relations Act, 1995 (Act No. 66 of 1995)NoticesBargaining Council for the Metal and Engineering IndustriesRegistration and Administration Expenses Collective Re-enacting and Amending AgreementPart l : General1. Scope of Application of Agreement |
| (1) | The terms of this Agreement shall be observed:— |
| (a) | throughout the Republic of South Africa; and |
| (b) | by all the employers and employees in the Iron, Steel, Engineering and Metallurgical Industries who are members of the employers' organisations and the trade unions, respectively. |
| (c) | for purposes of subclause 5(3)(c) and item (vi) of the definition of "employee" in terms of clause 3, the employers and employees therein referred to. |
| (2) | Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (1), the terms of this Agreement shall not apply to— |
| (a) | the manufacture, for sale, of standard high-speed cutting tools made from high-speed steel by means of plant and/or equipment and/or methods specifically adapted and/or designed for production by repetitive processes, in the Magisterial Districts of Johannesburg, Boksburg, Vereeniging and Pietermaritzburg; |
| (b) | the installation, maintenance and repair of electrical equipment referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of "Electrical Engineering Industry" in clause 3 of Part I of the Main Agreement published under Government Notice No. R. 404 of 31 March 1998, in the Provinces of the Cape of Good Hope and the Orange Free State; |
| (c) | assembling, servicing, installation, maintenance and/or repair of appliances, equipment, machines, devices and apparatus, whether utilising manual, photographic, mechanical, electrical, electrostatic or electronic principles, or any combination of such principles, which are primarily intended for use in accounting and/or business and/or calculating and/or office and/or educational procedures; |
| (d) | the Venetian Blind and Allied Products' Manufacturing Industry in the Province of the Transvaal; |
| (e) | the installation and/or repair of burglar and/or other similar alarm systems in the Provinces of the Cape of Good Hope and the Orange Free State; |
| (f) | the Locksmithing Trade in the Magisterial Districts of Benoni, Boksburg, Durban, Germiston, Johannesburg, Krugersdorp, Lower Umfolozi, Pinetown, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria, Randburg, Roodepoort, Springs and The Cape; |
| (g) | the production, for sale, of welding electrodes by means of plant and/or equipment and/or methods specifically adapted and/or designed for production by repetitive processes, in the Magisterial Districts of Brits, Germiston, Kempton Park and Pretoria; |
| (h) | the installation and/or repair and/or servicing of radios and/or refrigerators and/or domestic electrical appliances in the Provinces of the Cape of Good Hope and the Orange Free State; |
| (3) | Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (1), the terms of this Agreement shall apply to— |
| (a) | apprentices only in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Manpower Training Act, 1981, or any contract entered into or any conditions fixed thereunder; and |
| (b) | trainees under training in terms of section 30 of the Manpower Training Act, 1981, only in so far as they are not inconsistent with the provisions of that Act or any conditions fixed thereunder. |
| (4) | Clauses 1(1)(b), 2 and 3 of this Agreement shall not apply to employers and employees who are not members of the employer's organisations and trade unions, respectively. |
