Saint Andrews College, Grahamstown, (Private) Amendment Act 82 of 1985

Saint Andrews College, Grahamstown, (Private) Amendment Act, 1985 (No. 82 of 1985)

GENERAL EXPLANATORY NOTE:
[ ]  Words in.bold type in square brackets indicate omissions from existing enactments.
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Act

• to amend the Saint Andrew's College Grahamstown (Private) Act, 1932.

(English text signed by the State President.)
(Assented to 12 July 1985.)

Preamble.

WHEREAS for the better administration of Saint Andrew's College, Grahamstown, it is expedient to amend the Saint Andrew's College Grahamstown (Private) Act, 1932 (Act No. 15 of 1932) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), so as to-

(a) substitute the words "Church of the Province of Southern Africa" for the words "Church of England";

(b) alter . the requirements relative to members of the Council; and

(c) alter the composition of the Council:

BE IT 1HEREFORE ENACTED by the State President and the House of Assembly of the Republic of South Africa, as follows:-

Substitution for"Church of England" of "Church of the Province of Southern Africa" in Act 15 of 1932.

1. The principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution, in the eighteenth clause of the Trust Deed as substituted by section 2 of the principal Act and in sections 4 and 5 and the First Schedule, for the words "Church of England", wherever they occur, of the words "Church of the Province of Southern Africa".

Amendment of section 3 of Act 15 of 1932.

2. Section 3 of the principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (c) of the following paragraph:

"(c) the third clause of the Trust Deed as set forth in the Second Schedule to this Act shall not be amended in such manner as to abolish the [requirement] requirements that at least two-thirds of the members of the Council shall be Communicants, the Chairman shall be a Communicant, and the remaining members shall be Christians and members in good standing of their respective churches.".

Substitution of third clause in Trust Deed and in Second Schedule to Act 15 of 1932.

3. The following clause is hereby substituted for the third clause in the Trust Deed and in the Second Schedule to the principal Act:

"THIRD.

(1) [That] The said Council shall consist of [nine] fifteen elected members, of whom [four shall form a quorum, such members being Communicants of the Church of England, and resident within fifteen miles from Grahamstown] at least seven shall be resident within two hundred kilometres of Grahamstown, and one member nominated by the Administrator of the Province of the Cape of Good Hope during such time as the said College is in receipt of a subsidy from the Cape Provincial Administration.

(2) Five elected members of the Council shall form a quorum.

(3) At least two-thirds of all the members of the Council, both elected and nominated, shall be Communicants, the Chairman shall be a Communicant, and the remaining members shall be Christians and members in good standing of their respective churches.

(4) The Council may appoint an alternate to any elected member of the Council not resident within the magisterial district of Albany.

(5) At least two-thirds of such alternates shall be Communicants and the remaining alternates shall be Christians and members in good standing of their respective churches.

(6) Such alternates shall be entitled to receive copies of all minutes, reports and other documents submitted to the Council from time to time and to attend any meeting of the Council and to participate therein, but shall only be entitled to vote at such meeting if their respective principals are not present at the meeting when a vote is taken.".

Short title.

4. This Act shall be called the Saint Andrew's College, Grahamstown, (Private) Amendment Act, 1985.

Commencement

24 July 1985