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South African Judicial Education Institute Act, 2008 (Act No. 14 of 2008)

9. Committees of Council

 

(1) The Council must establish standing committees to take responsibility for each of the following areas of the Institute's activities:
(a) Curriculum planning and development;
(b) oversight of judicial education;
(c) budget and finance;
(d) personnel management; and
(e) general administration.

 

(2) The Council may further appoint—
(a) an executive committee from its ranks, which must be chaired by the Deputy Chief Justice;
(b) such further standing committee or other committee for a particular purpose as may become necessary;

 

(3)
(a) The members of a standing or other committee may be members of the Council or may be co-opted for that purpose by the Council.
(b) The majority of the members of any such committee must be members of the Council.

 

(4) The Council—
(a) is not divested of any function entrusted to any of its committees by virtue of subsection (1) or (2); and
(b) may set aside or vary any decision taken by such committee, subject to any rights that may have accrued to a person as a result of the decision.