South African Council for Educators Act, 2000
R 385
National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute Act, 2008 (Act No. 53 of 2008)Chapter 2 : National Radioactive Waste Disposal Institute6. Powers of Institute |
| 1) | Subject to the approval of the board and any applicable provisions of the Public Finance Management Act, the Institute may— |
| a) | purchase or otherwise acquire immovable property and encumber or dispose of such property; |
| b) | purchase, erect or cause to be erected, any buildings, installations, or plants; |
| c) | establish and manage facilities for collecting and disseminating information regarding activities falling within the scope of the Institute's functions and powers; |
| d) | utilise buildings or plants for the benefit of the Institute; |
| e) | purchase, hire or otherwise acquire, or hold movable property and let, pledge, encumber or dispose of such property of which it is the owner; |
| f) | hire services or let its own services or make them otherwise available; |
| g) | sell or in any other manner make available to any person, for use, any patent, licence, concession or right of manufacture or any other right conferring the power to use any information, expertise, process or technology which has been developed by the Institute and which is the Institute's property; |
| h) | co-operate with any educational, scientific or other institution or body with a view to such an institution or body providing instruction to or training of persons required by the Institute, and if considered necessary by the Institute, provide financial or other assistance to such an institution or body in connection with the instruction or training of those persons; |
| i) | award a bursary or loan to any suitable person for study in any scientific or technical field relevant to the Institute's activities; and |
| j) | acquire patents, licences, concessions, rights of manufacture or other similar rights conferring the power to use any technology, process, expertise or information and use, exercise, develop or grant licences in respect of such rights, concessions, technology, processes, expertise or information, or otherwise exploit it beneficially. |
| 2) | The Institute may, at the request or with the written permission of the Minister, undertake the development, transfer or exploitation of radioactive waste management technology on behalf of or in collaboration with any person or institution in or any government or administration of any other country or territory. |
| 3) | The Institute may, subject to approval by the board— |
| a) | build, cause to be built, buy or hire dwelling houses, flats or buildings for occupation by the Institute's employees, and may sell or let such houses, flats or buildings to its employees or, if no longer reasonably required, alienate or let or otherwise dispose of such houses, flats or buildings; |
| b) | establish, erect, operate or carry on sports and recreational facilities, social clubs, social and health services, restaurants, hostels and study bursary schemes for the benefit of the Institute's employees, or any other similar undertakings or schemes. |
