Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)NoticesInstitutional Statute of North West UniversityChapter 2 : Governance and Other Structures18. Executive committee of senate |
SENATE
| (1) | There is an executive committee of the senate consisting of— |
| (a) | the vice-chancellor; |
| (b) | the vice-principal; |
| (c) | the chairperson of the council or the member of the council contemplated in paragraph 12; |
| (d) | the deputy vice-chancellors; |
| (e) | the executive deans; |
| (f) | one of the three members of the senate referred to in paragraph 4(1)(c) elected by the senate; |
| (g) | the chairperson of the SRC; and |
| (h) | the registrar. |
| (2) | The vice-chancellor may invite any of those members of the management committee who do not have sitting on the executive committee to attend a meeting of the executive committee. |
| (3) | The vice-chancellor is the chairperson of the executive committee. In the absence of the vice-chancellor the vice-principal acts as chairperson. |
| (4) | If both the vice-chancellor and the vice-principal are absent from a meeting, the executive committee must elect from among its members a chairperson for the meeting concerned. |
| (5) | Between meetings of the senate the executive committee may exercise any power and perform any function of the senate. |
| (6) | The executive committee must inform the senate of all actions and decisions taken on behalf of the senate and the senate at its next ensuing meeting must review and, where applicable, confirm all actions or decisions taken by the executive committee on behalf of the senate. |
| (7) |
| (a) | The quorum for a meeting of the executive committee is fifty percent plus one of all the members of the executive committee. |
| (b) | If for any reason there is no quorum, the meeting is adjourned after one hour to a date not more than 14 calendar days later, at which meeting the members present form a quorum. |
| (8) | The registrar must promptly give each member notice of the date, time and place of the meeting contemplated in subparagraph (7). |