Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979)

Any terms used in this determination which are defined in the Dental Technicians Act, 1979 (Act No. 19 of 1979, as amended by Act No. 43 of 1997), shall have the same meaning as in the Act, and unless inconsistent with the context—

"Council"

means the South African Dental Technicians Council established in terms of the Dental Technicians Act, 1979, as amended;

"day"

means a period of 24 (twenty-four) hours;

"dental technician contractor"

means a dental technician or dental technologist who, with regard to the provisions of the Act, practices the profession of dental technician or dental technologist, as the case may be, for his or her own account, or who is a member of a partnership or an association of dental technicians or dental technologists, as the case may be, which practices that profession, or who is a member of a juristic person which carries on any business in which is performed any act specifically pertaining to the profession of dental technician or dental technologist, as the case may be.

"employee"

means a registered dental technician or dental technologist or laboratory assistant or any other category of registration on the register of practitioners who is in the employ of a dentists [sic] or dental technician and shall not include a dental technician contractor or a dental supplier;

"establishment"

means any place in which any operation in connection with the profession of a dental technician is carried on;

"month"

means a calendar month;

"ordinary hours of work"

means the ordinary hours of work prescribed in clause 4 hereof:

Provided that where in an establishment lesser hours than those prescribed in clause 4 are regularly worked, it means such lesser number of hours.

"locum tenens"

means an employee who is employed to relieve a regular employee or dental technician contractor for any period during which a regular employee or dental technician contractor is absent on sick or other leave;

"part-time employee"

means an employee who is employed by the same employer, in addition to his/her full time employees, not more than 3 (three) days in any week:

"salary"

means the amount of money payable to an employee in terms of clause 2(1) in respect of his/her ordinary hours of work as prescribed in clause 1: Provided that if any employer regularly pays an employee in respect of such ordinary hours of work an amount higher than that prescribed in clause 2(1), it means such higher amount.