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

Notices

Standard Institutional Statute, 2018

Chapter 6 : Senate

26. Terms of office

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(1) The persons referred to in paragraph 25(1)(a) are members of the Senate for as long as they remain in the posts concerned.

 

(2) The term of office of representatives of the SRC shall be the same as that of the SRC that appointed them.

 

(3) The term of office of all other members shall be four years: Provided that members may be re-elected or renominated when their terms of office expire.

 

(4) If a student representative is re-elected to the SRC, he or she may be nominated as a student representative for another term: Provided that a student representative’s membership lapses automatically when he or she is no longer a registered student or is found guilty of a transgression by a disciplinary body of the University.

 

(5) The membership of a Senate member shall be terminated in cases where the member was elected or nominated by a specific interest group to represent it and the association of the Senate member with the interest group concerned ceases.