Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)RegulationsRegulations for the Registration of Private Higher Education Institutions, 2016Chapter 2 : Application Process3. Application for registration |
| (1) | Anyone that intends to establish and maintain a private higher education institution must apply to the registrar in terms of the Act and these regulations. |
| (2) | Subregulation (1) also applies to a juristic person established through a merger between institutions, with a resultant loss of the juristic personality of the old institutions and the creation of a new juristic person. |
| (3) | An applicant for registration must— |
| (a) | submit the application for registration in full at least eighteen months before the institution is to start operating in the manner determined by the registrar in the Government Gazette; and |
| (b) | send with the application the full fee determined by the registrar by notice in the Government Gazette. |
| (4) | If an applicant does not comply with subregulation (3)(a) and (b) the registrar must decline to process the application and return it. |
| (5) | The registrar may require an applicant to clarify items in the application or submit additional information before the application is determined. |
| (6) | An applicant must promptly notify the registrar if there is any change in the information submitted in the application. |