The South African Nursing Council

Regulations regarding Registers: Amendment

The Minister of Health has, in terms of section 45(1) of the Nursing Act, 1978 (Act No. 50 of 1978), on the recommendation of the South African Nursing Council, made the Regulations in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

Definition

1.     In this Schedule “the Regulations” means the regulations published under Government Notice No. R. 3589 of 24 October 1969, as amended by Government Notices Nos. R. 1201 of 7 July 1972, R. 772 of 11 May 1973, R. 1854 of 8 October 1976, R. 2206 of 31 October 1980, R. 814 of 30 April 1982, R. 1419 of 1 July 1983, R. 1905 of 23 September 1988, R. 2194 of 6 September 1991, R. 1322 of 23 July 1993, R. 1128 of 28 July 1995, R. 1132 of 23 September 1999, R. 1305 of 5 December 2001, R. 149 of 24 January 2003 and R. 859 of 13 June 2003.

Amendment of regulation 4 of the Regulations

2.    Regulation 4 of the Regulations is hereby amended by the –

(a)    substitution in subregulation (1) of the expression “one hundred and sixty-nine rand and thirty cents (R169,30), excluding VAT” for the expression “one hundred and fifty-four rand and thirty-nine cents (R154,39), excluding VAT”; and

(b)    insertion of the following subregulation after subregulation (5):

“(6)    The annual fee prescribed in subregulation (1) is subject to an annual increase that shall not exceed the average annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the previous year.”

Amendment of regulation 6 of the Regulations

3.    Regulation 6 of the Regulations is hereby amended by the –

(a)    substitution in paragraph (a) of subregulation (1), of the expression “fifty-two rand and sixty-three cents (R52,63), excluding VAT” for the expression “fifty rand (R50)”; and

(b)    substitution in paragraph (b) of subregulation (1), of the expression “two hundred and seventy-six rand and thirty-two cents (R276,32), excluding VAT” for the expression “one hundred and fifty-three rand and fifty-one cents (R153,51), excluding VAT”.

Commencement of regulations

4.    These regulations shall come into operation on the date of publication in the Gazette.

Transitional arrangements

5.    Paragraph (a) of regulation 2 of these regulations will not apply to annual fees in respect of the –

(a)    2004 calendar year; and

(b)    2005 calendar year if the annual fee was paid before the date of publication of these regulations.

(Signed)
M E TSHABALALA-MSIMANG
MINISTER OF HEALTH
29.6.2005

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