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Amendment of section 11 of Act 46 of 1988
6. Section 11 of the Scientific Research Council Act, 1988, is hereby amended by the
addition of the following subsection after subsection (4):
‘‘(5) The Board must meet at least once a quarter.’’.
Amendment of section 15 of Act 46 of 1988
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7. Section 15 of the Scientific Research Council Act, 1988, is hereby amended—
(a) by the deletion of paragraph (b) of subsection (1); and
(b) by the deletion of paragraph (a) of subsection (2).
Repeal of sections 16 and 17 of Act 46 of 1988
8. Sections 16 and 17 of the Scientific Research Council Act, 1988, are hereby 10
repealed.
Amendment of section 18 of Act 46 of 1988
9. Section 18 of the Scientific Research Council Act, 1988, is hereby amended—
(a) by the substitution for subsection (5) of the following paragraph:
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‘‘[(5)] (e) the procedure at meetings of the Board[,]; and’’;
(b) by the deletion of the words following subsection (5);
(c) by the addition of the following paragraph after subsection (5):
‘‘(f) any ancillary or incidental administrative or procedural matter that
it is necessary to prescribe for the proper implementation or
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administration of this Act.’’; and
(d) by the re-numbering of subsections (1) to (5) as paragraphs (a) to (e),
respectively.
Substitution of section 20 of Act 46 of 1988
10. The following section is hereby substituted for section 20 of the Scientific
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Research Council Act, 1988:
‘‘Administration of Act
20. The [State] President may by proclamation in the Gazette assign the
administration of this Act to any Minister, and may determine that any
power or duty conferred or imposed by this Act on such Minister, shall be
exercised or carried out by that Minister after consultation with one or more 30
other Ministers.’’.
Substitution of expressions in Act 46 of 1988
11. The Scientific Research Council Act, 1988, is hereby amended by the substitution
for the expressions ‘chairman’, ‘president’ and ‘Executive Management Board’,
respectively, wherever they occur, of the expressions ‘chairperson’, ‘chief executive 35
officer’ and ‘Executive Management Committee’, respectively.
Insertion of words in Act 46 of 1988
12. The Scientific Research Council Act, 1988, is hereby amended by the insertion of
the words ‘‘or she’’ or ‘‘or her’’ after ‘‘his’’, ‘‘him’’ or ‘‘he’’, as the case may be,
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wherever they occur.
Substitution of section 24 of Act 46 of 1988
13. The following section is hereby substituted for section 24 of the Scientific
Research Council Act, 1988: