The appropriate legal qualifications for the appointment of a person as a prosecutor in a lower court as contemplated in section 16(3) of the Act are a recognised three-year legal degree or diploma obtained at a university in the Republic of South Africa, including, but not limited to, the degrees baccalaureus iuris or baccalaureus procurationis or the diploma iuris, which includes at least a course in each of the following: Law of Evidence, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law and the Interpretation of Statutes: Provided that, for purposes of the appointment of a person as prosecutor in a lower court after 1 January 2006, a legal diploma will not be regarded as an appropriate legal qualification.