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

2. Application of Act

 

1) The provisions of this Act shall not apply in respect of -
a) any person who is a registered student or a pupil at any educational institution and who is not -
i) an apprentice;
ii) a trainee; or
iii) a person who is receiving training which has been approved for the purposes of any provision of this Act or which is provided in terms of such a provision;
b) any work performed in or in connection with any educational institution as part of the education or training of the persons performing it;
c) any person who, after having obtained a degree, diploma or certificate at any educational institution, performs work in a designated trade in order to gain practical experience; or
d) service or training in the South African Defence Force.

 

2) The provisions of sections 31 to 35, inclusive, and of sections 37 and 37A, shall not apply in respect of any mining undertaking or the training of employees in or other persons engaged in any mining undertaking: Provided that the Minister may with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs by notice in the Gazette declare any of or all those provisions to be applicable, with effect from a date specified in the notice, in respect of a mining undertaking or any division of a mining undertaking specified in the notice or in respect of any category or group, so specified, of employees in or persons engaged in any mining undertaking.