To provide for the National Qualifications Framework; to provide for the responsibilities of the Minister of Higher Education and Training; to provide for the South African Qualifications Authority and its functions; to provide for Quality Councils and their functions; to provide for the referral of qualifications or part-qualifications to the SAQA for verification and evaluation; to provide for offences and penalties; to provide for transitional arrangements; to repeal the South African Qualifications Authority Act, 1995; and to provide for matters connected therewith

[Long Title substituted by section 8 of the National Qualifications Framework Amendment Act, 2019 (Act No. 12 of 2019), Notice No 1078, GG42646, dated 19 August 2019 - effective 13 October 2023 per Proclamation Notice 139, GG49501, dated 13 October 2023]