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

Notices

Institutional Statute of Stellenbosch University, 2019

Chapter 3 : Office Bearers

Registrar

45. Appointment, duties and term of office
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(1) The registrar is responsible for the academic administration of the University.

 

(2) The registrar
(a) is the secretary to the Council and the Senate and to the executive committees of the Council and the Senate;
(b) provides secretarial services to the Institutional Forum, the rector’s management team, the general management committee and other institutional bodies as determined by the Council;
(c) supports the good governance and administration of the University; and
(d) ensures compliance with the Act and other applicable legislation, this Statute, and relevant policies and rules of the University.

 

(3) The registrar may participate in the discussions of the Council, the Senate, the Institutional Forum, the rector’s management team and the general management committee but may vote only in the Institutional Forum, the rector’s management team and the general management committee.

 

(4) The Council must appoint a registrar in accordance with the rules, must determine the duties, functions, privileges and conditions of service of the registrar, and must determine the term of office of the registrar, which may not be more than five years. The registrar may be reappointed upon the expiry of that period or any successive period for a further period of not more than five years.

 

(5) The registrar is accountable to the rector, and with regard to the duties and functions performed in respect of a particular body, to that body.

 

(6) The office of registrar becomes vacant if the registrar resigns in writing to the rector or any of the circumstances described in clauses 18(1)(g), (h), (i) or (j) becomes applicable to the registrar.

 

(7) The Council may dismiss the registrar from office by a two thirds majority vote of all the members of the Council on the grounds of a serious violation of the law, serious misconduct, or incapacity due to poor work performance or ill health or injury.

 

(8) When the office of registrar is vacant or the registrar is temporarily incapable of performing the duties of registrar, a person designated by the rector acts as registrar.