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

Chapter 9 : Transitional and other Arrangements

74. Abolition of statutory status of Committee of University Principals, Matriculation Board and Committee of Technikon Principals

 

(1) The Committee of University Principals, the Matriculation Board and the Committee of Technikon Principals continue to exist and to perform their functions until the date or dates contemplated in subsection (2), as if the Universities Act, 1955 (Act 25 No. 61 of 1955), and the Technikons Act, 1993 (Act No. 125 of 1993), had not been repealed.

 

(2) Subject to subsection (3), the Committee of University Principals, the Matriculation Board and the Committee of Technikon Principals cease to exist as statutory bodies on a date or dates determined by the Minister by notice in the Gazette.

 

(3) The Minister may only make a determination in terms of subsection (2)—
(a) after consulting SAQA and the body concerned; and
(b) after the Minister has considered the recommendations made by SAQA and the body concerned, as contemplated in section 15(2) of the South African Qualifications Authority Act, 1995 (Act No. 58 of 1995).

 

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3)(b) the Minister may make a determination in terms of subsection (2) if SAQA and the body concerned have not made recommendations as contemplated in subsection (3)(b) within a reasonable period after a written request by the Minister to do so.

 

(5) The Committee of University Principals and the Committee of Technikon Principals must determine the manner in which their assets and liabilities are dealt with upon their dissolution as statutory bodies.

 

(6) The joint statutes and joint regulations and rules made in terms of the Universities Act, 1955 (Act No. 61 of 1955), and the Technikons Act, 1993 (Act No. 125 of 1993), continue to exist until the date or dates contemplated in subsection (2).

 

 


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