Skills Development Act, 1998 (Act No. 97 of 1998)RegulationsSETA Work-Based Learning Programme Agreement Regulations, 2018Chapter 4 : Registering Learnerships19. Deregistration of Learnerships |
| (1) | The Director-General may deregister a learnership if— |
| (a) | the relevant QC has in writing requested the Director-General to deregister the learnership; |
| (b) | the qualification associated with the learnership has been deregistered by the South African Qualifications Authority; |
| (c) | the Director-General is satisfied that there is no longer a need for the learnership due to no enrolments of learners. |
| (2) | Before deregistering a registered learnership, the Director-General:— |
| (a) | publish notice of the intention to deregister and the reasons for doing so in the Government Gazette; |
| (b) | give interested person 30 days from the date of notice in the Government Gazette to make representations on why the learnership should not be deregistered; and |
| (c) | consider those representations, and any views expressed by the National Skills Authority, in reaching a decision. |
| (3) | The deregistration of a registered learnership does not affect— |
| (a) | the right and obligations of the parties to any learnership agreement in respect of that learnership in force at the time of deregistration; |
| (b) | the validity of any learnership completed by a learner or any qualification associated with the learnership achieved by a learner— |
| (i) | before deregistration of the learnership; or |
| (ii) | in respect of any period of learnership that commenced before the deregistration of the learnership and which the learner has duly completed. |