The Administrator of the University of Fort Hare, acting as the Council of the University has, after consultation with Senate, the Students Representative Council and the Institutional Forum, made the Statute set out in the Schedule hereto in accordance with section 32 of the Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997), as amended, which is, in terms of the provisions of section 33 of the said Act, hereby published with the approval of the Minister of Higher Education, Science and Technology and which comes into operation on the date of its publication.