| (a) | establish a national artisan moderation body in the Department; and |
| (b) | provide the body contemplated in paragraph (a) with the personnel and financial resources that are necessary to coordinate artisan development in the Republic. |
| (2) | The functions of the national artisan moderation body are to— |
| (a) | monitor the performance of accredited artisan trade test centres; |
| (b) | moderate artisan trade tests; |
| (c) | develop, maintain and apply a national data-bank of instruments for assessment and moderation of artisan trade tests; |
| (d) | develop and maintain a national data-base of registered artisan trade assessors and moderators; |
| (e) | record artisan achievements; |
| (f) | determine appeals against assessment decisions; |
| (g) | recommend the certification of artisans to the QCTO; and |
| (h) | perform any other prescribed function. |
[Section 26A inserted by section 11 of Act No. 37 of 2008]
