PAPUA NEW GUINEA

NATIONAL TRAINING COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2020

No. 38 of 2020.
Certified on: 14 Jan 2021

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
1. Interpretation (Amendment of Section 2).
2. Objectives of the Council (Amendment of Section 5).
3. Constitution of the Council (Amendment of Section 8).
4. Power to establish committees, etc (Amendment of Section 16).
5. Screening and Accreditation Committee (Repeal of Section 21).
6. Council may obtain information relating to training (Repeal of Section 26).

AN ACT
entitled
National Training Council (Amendment) Act 2020,
Being an Act to amend the National Training Council Act 1991,
MADE by the National Parliament to come into operation in accordance with a notice in the National Gazette by the Head of State, acting with, and in accordance with, the advice of the Minister.
1	INTERPRETATION (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 2).
Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended by repealing the definition of "Screening and Accreditation Committee".
2	OBJECTIVES OF THE COUNCIL (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 5). 
Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended ‑
	(a) in Subsection (1), Paragraph (h), by repealing the words "Commission for Higher Education as specified in the Higher Education Act 1983" and replacing them with the words "National Higher and Technical Education Board as specified in the Higher Education (General Provisions) Act 2014"; and
	(b) in Subsection (2), Paragraph (c), by repealing the words "Commission for Higher Education" and replacing them with the words "National Higher and Technical Education Board;".
3	CONSTITUTION OF THE COUNCIL (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 8).
Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (1), Paragraph (e), by repealing the words "Chairman of the Commission for Higher Education" and replacing them with the words "the Departmental Head of the Department of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology".
4	POWER TO ESTABLISH COMMITTEES, ETC. (AMENDMENT OF SECTION 16). 
Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended in Subsection (1) by repealing Paragraph (b).
5	SCREENING AND ACCREDITATION COMMITTEE (REPEAL OF SECTION 21). 
Section 21 of the Principal Act is repealed.
6	COUNCIL MAY OBTAIN INFORMATION RELATING TO TRAINING (REPEAL OF SECTION 26).
Section 26 of the Principal Act is repealed.

I hereby certify that the above is a fair print of the National Training Council (Amendment) Act 2020, which has been made by the National Parliament.
Clerk of the National Parliament.
14 JAN 2021
I hereby certify that the National Training Council (Amendment) Act 2020, was made by the National Parliament on 27 August 2020.
Acting Speaker of the National Parliament.
14 JAN 2021