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

Notices

Standard Institutional Statute

25. Chairperson, vice-chairperson and secretary to senate

 

(1) The principal is the chairperson of the senate as contemplated by section 26(4)(a) of the Act.

 

(2) The vice-chairperson of the senate is the vice-principal designated by the senate as such.

 

(3) The secretary of the senate is the registrar designated by the senate as such.

 

(4) The chairperson presides at the meetings of the senate and the meetings of the sub-committees of the senate if the senate considers it appropriate for him or her to do so.

 

(5) The chairperson performs such other functions as the senate may determine.

 

(6) In the absence of the chairperson, the provisions of subparagraph (4) apply to the vice-chairperson.

 

(7) The vice-chairperson performs such other functions as the senate may determine.

 

(8) The secretary performs those functions assigned to him or her by the senate.

 

(9) If both the chairperson and the vice-chairperson are absent, the senate elects from among its members, a chairperson for the meeting concerned.