The Minister of Employment and Labour, in terms of section 50(9)(a) of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, (No. 75 of 1997), has withdrawn the notice published in Government Gazette No. 25846 of 24 December 2003, which excluded the application of section 34A of the Act to employers and employees in respect of the payment of contributions to any benefit fund regulated under the Pension Funds Act, (No. 24 of 1956).