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3.4 Other legislations (Acts) that are applied by the SAMRC in their day-to-day
activities

Table 4. Other Legislation relevant to the SAMRC

LEGISLATION PURPOSE/AIM
Employment Equity Act, No. 55 of 1998 Measures that must be put into operation in the workplace to eliminate
discrimination and promote affirmative action
Basic Conditions of Employment Act, No. 75 Basic or minimum conditions of employment that an employer must
of 1997 provide for employees covered by the Act
Labour Relations Act, No. 66 of 1995 Framework to regulate key aspects of relationship between employer and
employee at individual and collective level
Broad-based Black Economic Promotion of black economic empowerment in the manner that the state
Empowerment Act, No. 53 of 2003 awards contracts for services to be rendered, and incidental matters.
Skills Development Act, No. 97 of 1998 Measures that employers are required to take to improve the levels of
skills of employees in workplaces
Promotion of Access to Information Act, No. Amplifies the constitutional provision pertaining to accessing information
2 of 2000 under the control of various bodies
Promotion of Administrative Justice Act, No. Amplifies the constitutional provisions pertaining to administrative law by
3 of 2000 codifying it
Promotion of Equality and the Prevention of Further amplification of the constitutional principles of equality and
Unfair Discrimination Act, No. 4 of 2000 elimination of unfair discrimination
Public Finance Management Act, No. 1 of Administration of state funds by functionaries, their responsibilities and
1999, as amended incidental matters
The Patents Act, No. 57 of 1978 To provide for the registration and granting of letters patent for inventions
and for matters connected therewith
Copyright Act, No. 98 of 1978 To regulate copyright and to provide for matters incidental thereto

Trade Marks Act, No. 194 of 1993 To provide for the registration of trademarks, certification trademarks and
collective trademarks; and to provide for incidental matters
Protection of Personal Information Act, No. To promote the protection of personal information processed by public
4 of 2013 and private bodies; to introduce certain conditions so as to establish
minimum requirements for the processing of personal information; to
provide for the establishment of an Information Regulator to exercise
certain powers and to perform certain duties and functions in terms of
this Act and the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000; to provide
for the issuing of codes of conduct; to provide for the rights of persons
regarding unsolicited electronic communications and automated decision
making; to regulate the flow of personal information across the borders of
the Republic; and to provide for matters connected therewith

4 Policy Mandates medical issue, but also points out that the social
determinants of health need to be addressed,
4.1 National Development Plan-2030 including promoting healthy behaviours and
Promotion of health is one of the key enablers of lifestyles. One of the major goals of the plan is to
the South African National Development Plan 2030 reduce the disease burden to manageable levels.
(NDP 2030). NDP 2030 sees health as not only a Another recommendation in the NDP 2030 is to

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