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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 5 : Registration Certificate

20. Certificate of registration

 

(1) The certificate of registration or provisional registration must include the following—
(a) the registered name of the institution and, where applicable, any approved translation, abbreviation, acronym or trade name;
(b) the institution's registration number as a private higher education institution;
(c) approved programmes.
(d) the respective sites at which registered programmes are to be offered;
(e) the date by which all the requirements for registration must be met, if the institution is provisionally registered in terms of section 54(3) and (4) of the Act;
(f) any condition imposed in terms of section 60 of the Act; and
(ff) the coat of arms of the Republic of South Africa; and
(g) the registrar's name, signature and date of signature.

 

(2) The registrar must issue an amended certificate of registration to an institution if its registration is amended—
(a) in terms of sections 58 or 59 of the Act;
(b) by a new condition or an amended condition imposed in terms of section 60 of the Act; or
(c) in terms of section 61 of the Act.

 

(3) On receipt of the amended certificate of registration, the institution must within 14 days return the previous certificate of registration to the registrar.

 

(3A) If an institution requests the replacement of a lost registration certificate it must provide the registrar with an original affidavit certified by the South African Police Service (SAPS) stating that its registration certificate is lost.

 

(3B) The registrar must issue an institution with a new registration certificate within 30 working days after the receipt of the original affidavit as contemplated in the above regulation.

 

(4) A certificate of registration is not transferable from one institution to another.