General and Further Education and Training Quality Assurance Act, 2001 (Act No. 58 of 2001)Chapter 2 : Establishment and Functions of Council9. Meetings of Council and committees |
| 1) | The Council and its committees must meet at least twice a year at such times and places as the relevant chairperson may determine by notice in writing to the members concerned. |
| 2) | The chairperson must convene a meeting of the Council – |
| a) | within 14 days of the receipt of a written request signed by at least one third of the members of the Council; or |
| b) | if requested by the Minister to convene a meeting. |
| 3) | If the chairperson and deputy chairperson of the Council are absent from any meeting, the members present must appoint a person from among themselves to preside at that meeting. |
| 4) | The Council must make rules relating to the procedure at meetings of the Council and its committees, including the quorum for such meetings, and any other matter necessary or expedient for the performance of the functions of the Council or its committees. |
| 5) | The proceedings at a meeting of the Council or a committee are not invalid by reason only of the fact that a vacancy exists on the Council or committee, as the case may be, at the time of such meeting. |