10     Collection costs

 

(1)     Subject to subsection (2), the Director-General must, on a monthly basis as may be agreed between by the Commissioner and the Director-General, defray the costs of collection by the Commissioner from the levies paid into the National Skills Fund.

 

(2)     The total amount of collection costs referred to in subsection (1), excluding the start-up capital costs, may not exceed two per cent of the total amount of the levies calculated at the rate referred to in section 3(1)(b).

 

(3)     Subject to subsection (4), a SETA or its approved body may withhold from its payment to the National Skills Fund in accordance of section 3(a), the cost of collection of the SETA or approved body.

 

(4)     The total amount of collection costs referred to in subsection (3) may not exceed two per cent of the total amount of the levies collected.