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

Chapter 6 : General Provisions

49. Secrecy

 

1) No member or alternate member of the board, a committee of the board, a training board, a training committee or the advisory committee for regional training centres, no training adviser, authorised person or officer and no person allowed to be present at any meeting of the board, a committee of the board, a training board or a training committee, or at any interrogation referred to in section 5, shall disclose to any person any information in relation to the financial or business affairs of any person, firm or business which came to his knowledge in the course of the performance of any function or the exercise of any power in terms of this Act or as the result of his attendance at such meeting or interrogation, as the case may be, except -
a) to the Minister or an officer; or
b) in the performance of his functions or the exercise of his powers in terms of this Act; or
c) in the course of proceedings in the industrial court or a court of law.

 

2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1), the registrar may, in such manner as he may deem fit, disclose any information in relation to the name of any regional training centre, private training centre, industry training centre, or a training centre or scheme for which provision is made in an agreement which has in terms of section 48 of the Labour Relations Act, 1956 (Act No. 28 of 1956), been declared binding, or of any person or employer who applied for the registration thereof, or in relation to the place where such centre or scheme is conducted, or the title and duration of the training courses taken in any such centre or under such scheme, if such courses have been approved by him for the purposes of section 11sept of the Income Tax Act, 1962 (Act No. 58 of 1962), and section 37A of this Act, respectively.