Malaysia legislation
Section 10
Section 10
“Award of Certificate
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 36
the following part:
“Part VIIa
RECOGNITION OF OTHER TRAINING PROGRAMMES
Recognition of other training programmes 36a. (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act, the Director General may, subject to the terms and conditions as he deems appropriate, grant recognition to any other training programme not based on the Standards, conducted by any establishment, body or organization, whether established within or outside Malaysia, for the purpose of the granting of skills training loan or skills training financial assistance by the Perbadanan Tabung Pembangunan Kemahiran under the Skills Development Fund Act 2004 [Act 640].
(2)
An application for the recognition of other training programme under subsection (1) shall be made by the establishment, body or organization conducting the training programme to the Director General in such form and manner as may be prescribed.
(3)
Every application under this section shall be accompanied with such documents, information and fee as may be prescribed.
(4)
At any time after receiving an application for recognition under subsection (2) and before it is determined, the
Director General may by written notice require the applicant to provide additional documents and information within the period specified in the notice.
(5)
Where the additional documents and information required under subsection (4) are not provided by the applicant within the specified period or any such extended period as may be allowed by the Director General, the application shall be deemed to be withdrawn and shall not be further proceeded with, but without prejudice to the right of the applicant to make a fresh application.
(6)
For the purposes of recognition under this section, the Director General may establish an evaluation and recognition committee to advise and to make recommendations to the
Director General on matters relating to such recognition.
(7)
The Director General may, at any time, revoke the recognition given under subsection (1) if the establishment, body or organization whose training programme has been granted the recognition has failed to comply with the terms and conditions imposed under that subsection.
(8)
For the purposes of this section, “Perbadanan Tabung
Pembangunan Kemahiran” means the Perbadanan Tabung
Pembangunan Kemahiran established under section 6 of the
Skills Development Fund Act 2004.”.
Amendment of section 52