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Amendment of section 9 of Act 55 of 1997
17. Section 9 of the National Advisory Council on Innovation Act, 1997, is hereby
amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):
‘‘(1A) NACI must meet at least once a quarter.’’.
Amendment of section 11 of Act 55 of 1997
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18. Section 11 of the National Advisory Council on Innovation Act, 1997, is hereby
amended by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection:
‘‘(1A) The Minister must appoint a suitably qualified person as a chief executive
officer of NACI.’’.
Amendment of section 1 of Act 23 of 1998
19. Section 1 of the National Research Foundation Act, 1998, is hereby amended—
(a) by the deletion of the numbering preceding and following each definition;
(b) by the insertion after the definition of ‘‘chairperson’’ of the following
definition:
‘‘ ‘chief executive officer’ means the person appointed as the chief
executive officer of the Foundation under section 10;’’;
(c) by the substitution for the definition of ‘‘Minister’’ of the following definition:
‘‘ ‘Minister’ means the Minister [of Arts, Culture, Science and
Technology] responsible for science and technology;’’;
(d) by the deletion of the definition of ‘‘president’’;
(e) by the substitution for the definition of ‘‘research institution’’ of the following
definition:
‘‘ ‘research institution’ means any organisation practising research, as
recognised by the [Board,] Minister with primary emphasis on
institutions in the [tertiary] public higher education sector;’’;
(f) by the substitution for the definition of ‘‘science’’ of the following definition:
‘‘ ‘science’ [includes the natural sciences, engineering sciences,
medical sciences, agricultural sciences, social sciences, and humani
ties] includes any system of knowledge attained by verifiable means and
the organised body of knowledge humans have gained by research;’’; and
(g) by the substitution for the definition of ‘‘this Act’’ of the following definition:
‘‘ ‘this Act’ includes [a regulation] the regulations;’’.
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Amendment of section 4 of Act 23 of 1998
20. Section 4 of the National Research Foundation Act, 1998, is hereby amended by
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the substitution in subsection (3) for paragraph (b) of the following paragraph:
‘‘(b) advise the Minister and, if so required, the Minister [of Education]
responsible for higher education and training through the Minister, [in] with
regard to research relating to its object.’’.
Amendment of section 6 of Act 23 of 1998
21. Section 6 of the National Research Foundation Act, 1998, is hereby amended— 40
(a) by the substitution for subparagraph (ii) of subsection (1)(a) of the following
subparagraph:
‘‘(ii) not fewer than nine and not more than eleven other members,
appointed by the Minister, after consultation with the Minister [of
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Education] responsible for higher education and training; and’’;
(b) by the substitution for paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of the following
paragraph:
‘‘(a) [Tertiary] Higher education;’’;