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Further Education and Training Colleges Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006)

Chapter 2 : Public Colleges

7. Single council for two or more public colleges

 

(1) The Member of the Executive Council may determine that the governance of two or more public colleges must vest in a single council if—
(a) it is in the best interests of education and the colleges;
(b) it is in the public interest; or
(c) he or she was so requested by the councils of those colleges.

 

(2) The Member of the Executive Council may not act in terms of subsection (1) unless he or she has—
(a) given written notice to the colleges in question of the intention to merge them;
(b) given notice in the Gazette of his or her intention so to act;
(c) given the councils of the colleges in question and interested parties an opportunity to make written submissions to him or her within a period of not less than 90 days; and
(d) considered all such submissions.

 

(3) The Member of the Executive Council must, by notice in the Gazette, determine the composition of the single council in a manner that ensures that—
(a) each public college is equitably represented; and
(b) it complies with section 10(6), (7) and (9).

 

(4) Any council that is the subject of a notice in terms of subsection (2) continues to exist until the first meeting of the single council constituted in terms of this section.