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in subsection (1), by substituting for the words “its training programme” the words “its skills training programme”;

in subsection (5), by inserting after the words “or any officer of the department responsible for skills development” the words

“or any other person appointed by the Director General”;

and

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by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsection:

“(6)  A skills training provider shall be disqualified from applying for the accreditation of a skills training programme under subsection (1) if the skills training provider has an existing accredited programme in respect of which the certificate of accreditation has been suspended or revoked by the Director General under section 29 or 32, as the case may be, and a period of one year from the effective date of such suspension or revocation has not lapsed.”.

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