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Further Education and Training Colleges Act, 2006 (Act No. 16 of 2006)

Schedule 1 : Standard College Statute

Council

7. Termination of membership and filling of vacancies

 

(1) A member of the council’s term of office terminates if-
(a) he or she tenders a written resignation;
(b) the MEC or entity who appointed or elected the member to the council terminates the membership in writing;
(c) he or she is absent from three consecutive meetings without leave of the council;
(d) he or she is declared insolvent;
(e) he or she is removed from an office of trust by a court of law or is convicted of an offence for which the sentence is imprisonment without the option of a fine; or
(f) he or she is incapacitated to perform hi5 or her functions.

 

(2) The council has the power to suspend and take disciplinary action against a member.

 

(3) If 75 per cent or more of the members of the council resign, the council is deemed to have resigned.

 

(4) If the council resigns as contemplated in subsection (3) a new council must be constituted in terms of this statute and the Act.

 

(5) Whenever any vacancy occurs, section 10 of the Act must apply with the necessary changes thereto.

 

(6) Any member appointed in terms of subsection (5) must serve only the remainder 30 of the term of office.