PROMOTION OF ACCESS TO INFORMATION ACT 2 OF 2000 Page 56 of 70 (b) A presiding officer must perform all the functions and duties and exercise the powers assigned to or conferred on him or her under this Act or any other law. (2) Only a magistrate, additional magistrate or magistrate of a regional division established for the purposes of adjudicating civil disputes, who has completed a training course(a) before the commencement of this section; or (b) referred to in subsection (5), and whose name has been included on the list contemplated in subsection (4) (a), may be designated in terms of subsection (1). (3) The heads of administrative regions or magistrates at the head of regional divisions established for the purposes of adjudicating civil disputes, must(a) take all reasonable steps within available resources, to designate at least one presiding officer for each magistrate's court within his or her area of jurisdiction which has been designated by the Minister in terms of section 1; and (b) without delay, inform the Magistrates Commission of any magistrate, additional magistrate or magistrate of a regional division established for the purposes of adjudicating civil disputes, who has completed a training course referred to in subsection (5) or who has been designated in terms of subsection (1). (4) The Magistrates Commission must compile and keep a list of every magistrate, additional magistrate or magistrate of a regional division established for the purposes of adjudicating civil disputes, who has(a) completed a training course referred to in subsection (5); or (b) been designated as a presiding officer of a magistrate's court as contemplated in subsection (1). (5) The South African Judicial Education Institute established in terms of section 3 of the South African Judicial Education Institute Act, 2008 (Act 14 of 2008), must develop and implement training courses for presiding officers with the view to building a dedicated and experienced pool of trained and specialised presiding officers for purposes of presiding in court proceedings as contemplated in this Act. (6) and (7) ....... [Sub-ss. (6) and (7) omitted by s. 7 of Act 24 of 2015 (wef 8 January 2016).] (8) The provisions of section 12 (6), (7) and (8) of the Magistrates' Courts Act, 1944 (Act 32 of 1944), are applicable with the necessary changes required by the context. [S. 91A inserted by s. 2 of Act 54 of 2002 (wef 15 January 2003) and substituted by s. 7 of Act 24 of 2015 (wef 8 January 2016).] 92 Regulations (1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, make regulations regarding(a) any matter which is required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; (b) any matter relating to the fees contemplated in sections 22 and 54; (c) any notice required by this Act; (d) uniform criteria to be applied by the information officer of a public body when deciding which categories of records are to be made available in terms of section 15; and (e) any administrative or procedural matter necessary to give effect to the provisions of this Act. (2) Any regulation in terms of subsection (1) must, before publication in the Gazette, be submitted to Parliament. (3) Any regulation in terms of subsection (1) which- http://juta/nxt/print.asp?NXTScript=nxt/gateway.dll&NXTHost=juta&functio... 2016/12/02