The South African Nursing Council

Regulations regarding Rolls for Nursing Auxiliaries: 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. 1206 of 7 July 1972, as amended by Government Notices Nos. R. 1267 of 27 July 1973, R. 1856 of 8 October 1976, R. 190 of 2 February 1979, R. 2209 of 31 October 1980, R. 817 of 30 April 1982, R. 2032 of 24 September 1982, R. 1421 of 1 July 1983, R. 1904 of 23 September 1988, R. 2193 of 6 September 1991, R. 1323 of 23 July 1993, R. 1129 of 28 July 1995, R. 1129 of 23 September 1999, R. 1303 of 5 December 2001, R. 150 of 24 January 2003 and R. 860 of 13 June 2003.

General amendment

2.    The Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution of the expression “nursing auxiliaries”, for the expression “nursing assistants” wherever it occurs.

3.    The Regulations are hereby amended by the substitution of the expression “nursing auxiliary” for the expression “nursing assistant” wherever it occurs.

Amendment of regulation 3 of the Regulations

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

(a)    substitution in subregulation (1) of the expression “one hundred and eleven rand and forty cents (R111,40), excluding VAT” for the expression “one hundred and one rand and seventy-five cents (R101,75), excluding VAT”; and

(b)    insertion of the following subregulation after subregulation (6):

“(7) 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 5 of the Regulations

5.    Regulation 5 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 “one hundred and eighty-one rand and fifty-eight cents (R181,58), excluding VAT” for the expression “one hundred rand and eighty-eight cents (R100,88), excluding VAT”.

Amendment of heading of ANNEXURE A of the Regulations

6.    The heading of Annexure A of the Regulations is hereby amended by the substitution of the expression “NURSING AUXILIARY” for the expression “NURSING ASSISTANT”.

Commencement of regulations

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

Transitional arrangements

8.    Paragraph (a) of regulation 4 of these regulations shall 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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