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

Chapter 5 : Funding of Public Colleges

26. Failure of council to comply with Act or certain conditions

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(1)If the management staff or council of a public college fails to comply with any provision of this Act under which an allocation from money appropriated by Parliament is paid to the college, or with any condition subject to which any allocation is paid to the public college, the Minister may call upon the management staff or council to comply with the provision or condition within a specified period.

 

(2)If the management staff or council thereafter fails to comply with the provision or condition timeously, the Minister may withhold payment of any portion of any allocation appropriated by Parliament in respect of the public college concerned.

 

(3)Before taking action under subsection (2), the Minister must—
(a)give notice to the management staff or council of the public college concerned of the intention so to act;
(b)give such management staff or councils reasonable opportunity to make representations; and
(c)consider such representations .

 

(4)If the Minister acts under subsection (2), a report regarding the action must be tabled in Parliament by the Minister as soon as reasonably practical after the action.

 

[Section 26 substituted by section 18 of Act No. 3 of 2012]