Higher Education Laws Amendment Act | Act 21 of 2011 — South Africa law | Esheria

Higher Education Laws Amendment Act

Members of a council or council committee must be suitably qualified, act in the institution’s best interests, disclose certain outside activities before taking office, and avoid conflicts of interest or obligations that could influence them.

Jurisdiction
South Africa
Instrument
Act or statute
Citation
Act 21 of 2011
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
Updated
Official source
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Members of a council or council committee must be suitably qualified, act in the institution’s best interests, disclose certain outside activities before taking office, and avoid conflicts of interest or obligations that could influence them. Council and committee members must be qualified, disclose conflicts, avoid conflicted interests, recuse themselves when needed, and the council must adopt conduct and declaration rules. Employees and council-related members must disclose and manage conflicts of interest, and employees may not do conflicted business with the institution except in a narrow unique-goods/sole-provider case. Employees at a public higher education institution must disclose conflict-of-interest matters in writing before taking office and notify the institution before it buys goods or services from them or related organisations. They may not do business with the institution, or contract on its behalf with themselves or entities they have an interest in, unless the board accepts the stated exception. An independent assessor appointed under section 44 must act within a period set by the Minister, which cannot exceed 90 days, and must follow terms of reference set by the Minister.

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