Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)RegulationsRegulations for the Registration of Private Higher Education Institutions, 2016Chapter 4 : Registration17. Cancellation of registration |
| (1) | Subject to sections 62 and 63 of the Act, the registrar must cancel the registration or provisional registration of an institution if— |
| (a) | the institution ceases to— |
| (i) | provide higher education as contemplated in the Act; |
| (ii) | meet the criteria of eligibility contemplated in regulation 2(1). |
| (iii) | fulfil the requirements for registration contemplated in the Act and chapter 3 of these regulations; |
| (iv) | comply with any condition imposed by the registrar in terms of section 60 or 61 of the Act; or |
| (v) | operate or terminates all its programmes. |
| (vi) | execute any of the responsibilities of an institution required in terms of chapter 6 of these regulations. |
| (b) | the institution provides fraudulent, false or misleading information |
| (i) | to the registrar; or |
| (ii) | in any of its public documents or advertising and marketing material; |
| (c) | the institution is liquidated; or |
| (i) | the company, in whose name the institution is registered as contemplated in chapter 2, is convicted of serious financial impropriety in a court of law; |
| (2) | If the HEQC withdraws accreditation from one or more of an institution's programmes, the registrar must review the institution's registration- or provisional registration in terms of section 62(2) of the Act and determine whether reasonable grounds exist for cancellation. |
| (3) | If the registrar proposes to cancel an institution's registration or provisional registration, the registrar must comply with section 63 of the Act. |
| (4) | If the final determination is to cancel a registration or provisional registration, the Registrar must issue a notice in writing to the institution that its registration or provisional registration is cancelled and that the cancellation takes effect at the end of the academic year. |