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

Chapter 6 : Ministerial interventions in Higher Education Institutions

45. Cases where independent assessor may be appointed
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The Minister may appoint an independent assessor under section 44 if—

(a)the council of a public higher education institution requests such appointment in writing;
(b)
(i)circumstances arise at a public higher education institution that—
(aa)involve financial or other maladministration of a serious nature; or
(bb)seriously undermine the effective functioning of the public higher education institution; and
(ii)the council of the public higher education institution has failed to resolve such circumstances;
(c)the circumstances contemplated in section 42(4) arise; and
(d)the appointment is in the best interest of the public higher education institution concerned and in the interests of higher education in an open and democratic society.

 

[Section 45 substituted by section 19 of Notice No. 21, GG 40548, dated 17 January 2017]