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

Chapter 2 : Public Colleges

7. Single council for two or more public colleges

 

 

(1) The Minister may detemine that the governance of two or more 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.

[Subsection (1) amended by section 6(a) of Act No. 3 of 2012]

 

(2) The Minister 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.

[Subsection (2) amended by section 6(b) of Act No. 3 of 2012]

 

(3) The Minister must, by notice in the Gazette, detemine 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).

[Subsection (3) amended by section 6(c) of Act No. 3 of 2012]

 

(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.