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Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)

Chapter 6 : Ministerial interventions in Higher Education Institutions

45. Cases where independent assessor may be appointed

 

The Minister may appoint an independent assessor under section 44 if—

(a) the council of a public higher education institution requests such appointment in writing;
(b)
(i) circumstances arise at a public higher education institution that—
(aa) involve financial or other maladministration of a serious nature; or
(bb) seriously undermine the effective functioning of the public higher education institution; and
(ii) the council of the public higher education institution has failed to resolve such circumstances;
(c) the circumstances contemplated in section 42(4) arise; and
(d) the appointment is in the best interest of the public higher education institution concerned and in the interests of higher education in an open and democratic society.

 

[Section 45 substituted by section 19 of Notice No. 21, GG 40548, dated 17 January 2017]