Act No. 52, 2002 | Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Amendment Act, 2002 |
Amendment of section 31 of Act 4 of 2000
3. The following section is hereby substituted for section 31 of the principal Act:
“Implementation of Act
31. (1) Despite section 16(1) no proceedings may be instituted in any court unless a presiding officer and one or more clerks are available.
(2) For purposes of giving full effect to this Act and making the Act as accessible as possible—
(3) The Director-General of the Department must take all reasonable steps within the available resources of the Department to ensure that a clerk is available for each court in the Republic.
(4) The Chief Justice must, in consultation with the Judicial Service Commission and the Magistrates Commission, develop the content of training courses with a view to building a dedicated and experienced pool of trained and specialised presiding officers, for purposes of presiding in court proceedings as contemplated in this Act, by providing—
(5) The Chief Justice must, in consultation with the Judicial Service Commission, the Magistrates Commission and the Minister, implement the training courses contemplated in subsection (4).
(6) The Director-General of the Department must develop and implement a training course for clerks of equality courts with the view to building a dedicated and experienced pool of trained and specialised clerks, for purposes of performing their functions and duties as contemplated in this Act, by providing—
(7) The Minister must table a report in Parliament, as prescribed, relating to the content and implementation of the training courses referred to in subsections (4) and (5).”.