It is hereby notified that the President has assented to the following Act which is hereby published for general information:-

TO amend the University of Zululand Act, 1969, so as to alter the constitution of the council of the University of Zululand; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

(English text signed by the President.)

(Assented to 6 November 1996.)

BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-

Amendment of section 1 of Act 43 of 1969, as amended by section 12 of Act 57 of 1977, section 5 of Act 67 of 1978, section 11 of Act 92 of 1984 and section I of Act 34 of 1987

1. Section 1 of the University of Zululand Act, 1969 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), is hereby amended-

(a) by the insertion before the definition of "convocation" of the following definitions:

" 'academic employee' means any person appointed to a teaching or research post at the University and any other employee designated as such by the council;

'branch' means a satellite campus established in terms of section 2(2);";

(b) by the insertion after the definition of "council" of the following definition:

" 'employee' means an academic or non-academic employee, employed full-time or part-time in a permanent or temporary capacity at the University;"; and

(c) by the insertion after the definition of " statutes" of the following definition:

"' student' means a person registered full-time or part-time for a degree, diploma or certificate at the University: Provided that a person so registered and who is a full-time or part-time member of the academic staff of the University, shall for the purposes of membership of the council or the senate or the students' representative council be deemed not to be a student;".

Amendment of section 8 of Act 43 of 1969, as amended by section 7 of Act 6 of 1973, section 17 of Act 57 of 1977, section 7 of Act 52 of 1979, section 2 of Act 14 of 1982, section 15 of Act 92 of 1984, section 3 of Act 71 of 1985, section 3 of Act 3 of 1986, section I of Act 95 of 1987 and section 2 of Act 41 of 1990

2. Section 8 of the principal Act is hereby amended-

(a) by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:

"(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the control, governance and executive power of the University shall be vested in the council of the University, which shall consist of-

(a) the rector;

(b) not more than two vice-rectors, designated by the council;

(c) the administrative head of each branch of the University;

(d) three members of the senate, elected by the senate;

(e) one academic employee of the University, other than members of the senate, elected by the academic employees of the University;

(f) one non-academic employee of the University, elected by the non-academic employees of the University;

(g) two members of the students' representative council, one of whom shall represent the Umlazi campus, designated by the students' representative council;

(h) not more than two persons co-opted by the council;

(i) five persons appointed by the Minister;

(j) three persons elected by the convocation;

(k) one person appointed by each of the three local authorities within whose boundaries the campuses of the University are situated;

(l) two persons elected by the University of Zululand Foundation to represent the donors of the University;

(m) one person appointed by the Premier of the Province of KwaZulu-Natal; and

(n) no more than five persons designated by such body or bodies as determined by statute:

Provided that the persons referred to in paragraphs (h), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m) and (n) shall not be employees of the University.";

(b) by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection:

"(1A) The designation, co-option, election or appointment of a person referred to in subsection (1)(b), (d), (e), (f), (h), (j), (l) and (n) shall be in the manner as prescribed by statute.";

(c) by the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection:

"(3) A member of the council, other than the rector and a vice-rector and a member contemplated in subsection (1) (aA) (c), shall hold office for a period of four years unless he or she submits his or her resignation in writing to the council or vacates his or her office for any other reason before the expiry of such period."; and

(d) by the substitution for subsection (5) of the following subsection:

"(5) A member of the council, other than the rector and a vice-rector and a member contemplated in subsection (1) (aA) (c), shall vacate his or her office if he or she-

(a) is absent without the council's leave from two consecutive ordinary meetings of the council; or

(b) becomes insolvent; or

(c) is convicted of an offence and sentenced to imprisonment without the option of a fine.".

Transitional provision

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8(3) of the principal Act, the council shall continue to exist: Provided that if the number of persons appointed to the council prior to the commencement of this Act exceeds the number of persons prescribed by section 8(1) of the principal Act, as amended by section 2 of this Act, such persons as are identified by the council as being redundant shall vacate their offices on the date determined by the council.

Short title

4. This Act shall be called the University of Zululand (Private) Amendment Act, 1996 .