Use of Official Languages Act, 2012
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Further Education and Training Colleges Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006)Chapter 2 : Public Colleges7. 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. |