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‘‘Short title and commencement
24. This Act shall be called the Scientific Research Council Act, 1988,
and shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by the [State] President
by proclamation in the Gazette.’’.
Amendment of section 1 of Act 55 of 1997
14. Section 1 of the National Advisory Council on Innovation Act, 1997, is hereby
amended—
(a) by the deletion of the numbering preceding and following each definition;
(b) by the substitution for the definition of the ‘‘chief executive officer’’ of the
following definition:
‘‘ ‘chief executive officer’ means the [Director-General of the Depart
ment] person appointed under section 11 as the chief executive officer of
NACI;’’;
(c) by the substitution for the definition of ‘‘Department’’ of the following
definition:
‘‘ ‘Department’ means the Department of [Arts, Culture,] Science and
Technology;’’;
(d) by the substitution for the definition of ‘‘higher education sector’’ of the
following definition:
‘‘ ‘higher education sector’ means universities, [technikons] universi
ties of technology, colleges of education and other institutions which
[provides] provide tertiary education, whatever their [source] sources of
finance or legal status;’’;
(e) by the substitution for the definition of ‘‘innovation’’ of the following
definition:
‘‘ ‘innovation’ refers to the application in practice of creative new ideas,
which includes the processes by which new products and services enter
the market (social or economic) and the creation of new businesses;’’;
(f) by the substitution in subsection (1) for the definition of ‘‘Minister’’ of the
following definition:
‘‘ ‘Minister’ means the Minister [of Arts, Culture,] responsible for
Science and Technology;’’;
(g) by the deletion of the definition of ‘‘Ministers Committee’’;
(h) by the insertion after the definition of ‘‘non-profit sector’’ of the following
definition:
‘‘ ‘regulation’ means a regulation made under section 13;’’; and
(i) by the substitution in subsection (1) for the definition of ‘‘this Act’’ of the
following definition:
‘‘ ‘this Act’ includes [any regulation made under section 13] the
regulations.’’.
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Amendment of section 5 of Act 55 of 1997
15. Section 5 of the National Advisory Council on Innovation Act, 1997, is hereby
amended by the substitution for paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of the following
paragraph:
‘‘(d) an officer of the Department of Trade and Industry nominated by the Minister 45
responsible for Trade and Industry, and appointed by the Minister [with the
concurrence of the Minister of Trade and Industry].’’.
Amendment of section 7 of Act 55 of 1997
16. Section 7 of the National Advisory Council on Innovation Act, 1997, is hereby
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amended by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection:
‘‘(3) A member whose period of office has expired [may be] is eligible to be
reappointed for not more than two consecutive terms.’’.