Tertiary and Vocational Education (Amendment) Act 1999 · As enacted
4. Replacement of section 6 of the principal enactment
Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.
Official translationFrom Department of Government Printing, unchanged
Section 6 of the principal enactment is hereby repealed and the following section substituted therefor :–
6. (1) The Commission shall consist of the following members :–
the Director-General of Tertiary
Education and Vocational Education appointed under section 10(1) (a) ;
the Chairman of the National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority established under Chapter VI ;
the Chairman of the Vocational Training
Authority of Sri Lanka established by the Vocational Training Authority of Sri
Lanka Act, No.12 of 1995.
the Director - General of the Department of Technical Education and Training ;
the Director - General of the Sri Lanka
Institute of Advanced Technical
Education established by the Sri Lanka
Institute of Advanced Technical
Education Act, No.29 of 1995 ;
‘Constitution of the
Commission.
Act, No. 50 of 1999
a representative of the Ministry of
Finance nominated by the Minister in charge of the subject of Finance, in consultation with the Minister ;
a person appointed by the President in consultation with the Minister to represent trade unions, from amongst persons nominated by trade unions ;
ten persons appointed by the President in consultation with the Minister
(hereinafter referred to as “appointed members”) from amongst entrepreneurs in the private sector, of whom at least eight persons shall be from amongst persons nominated by the Chambers of
Commerce and Industry and other
Associations of employers ;
A person shall be disqualified from being appointed a member of the Commission, if he is or becomes a Member of Parliament or a
Member of Provincial Council or of a local authority.
The President shall in consultation with the Minister appoint one of the appointed
Members of the Commission to be the Chairman of the Commission (hereinafter referred to as
“ the Chairman”)
Subject to the provisions of section 7, every appointed Member of the Commission shall hold office for a period of four years from the date of this appointment to such office.’.