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Higher Education Act, 1997 (Act No. 101 of 1997)

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Regulations for the Registration of Private Higher Education Institutions, 2016

Chapter 4 : Registration

17. 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.