(1) This section
applies to the Board, the Council and a public training provider.
(2) The Minister may,
from time to time, issue guidelines, not inconsistent with this Act, to a body
to which this section applies relating to —
(a) the
functioning of the State training system; and
(b) the
policy to be implemented and the procedures to be followed,
under this Act.
(3) The Minister may
not issue guidelines to —
(a) the
Board, with respect to the performance of its functions under Part 7A Division
2; or
(b) the
Council, with respect to a particular application or matter that is to be
determined by the Council.
(4) Guidelines issued
under this section are to be followed by the body to which they are directed.
[Section 13 amended: No. 44 of 2008 s. 14.]