Section 23: Savings and transitional provisions

23. Savings and transitional provisions (1) Every person who, at the commencement of this Act, is an employee of, or works under a contract of employment for, the Pre-school Trust Fund shall be deemed to have been transferred to, or to have entered into a contract of employment with, the Authority on the same terms and conditions. (2) Every person referred to in subsection (1) shall continue to enjoy the benefit of any entitlement which has accrued to him in respect of his service at the Pre-school Trust Fund before his transfer. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Board may, if deemed appropriate in the interest of the Authority, decide to terminate the services of an employee, or the contract of a person, referred to in subsection (1) on grounds that the said employee or person is either incompetent to fulfil the objectives of the Authority or is not sufficiently qualified. (4) All the assets, records, rights and liabilities of the Pre-school Trust Fund shall, at the commencement of this Act, vest in the Authority. (5) All proceedings, judicial or otherwise, started by or against the Preschool Trust Fund shall, at the commencement of this Act, be deemed to have been started by or against the Authority. (6) A person who immediately before the coming into operation of this Act was operating an educational institution, or was engaged in delivering early childhood care and education in an educational institution, may continue to do so without being registered under this Act— (a) (i) in the case of a person operating an educational institution, for a period of one year from the coming into operation of this Act; (ii) in the case of a person engaged in delivering early childhood care and education in an educational institution, for a period of 2 years from the coming into operation of this Act; (b) if within the period specified in paragraph (a), he applies for registration, until the application is disposed of or withdrawn. (7) For the purposes of the Statutory Bodies (Accounts and Audit) Act, the period extending from the commencement of this Act to 30 June next following shall be deemed to be the first financial year of the Authority. (8) Section 7 (1) of the Statutory Bodies (Accounts and Audit) Act shall not apply to the first financial year of the Authority. (9) In this section— “Pre-school Trust Fund” means the Pre-school Trust Fund established under the Pre-school Trust Fund Act. 24. — [Issue 2] E – 8 EDGAR LAURENT TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION ACT Act 85 of 1951 – 31 December 1951 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION