Part 8Teachers
Further education
I1I2137 Principals of further education institutions
1
Regulations may provide that a person may serve as the principal of a further education institution only if he has a specified qualification.
2
Regulations under subsection (1) shall not prevent a person from serving as the principal of an institution while he is following a course or programme which—
a
is of a kind specified in the regulations, and
b
is designed to lead to the award of a qualification specified under subsection (1).
3
A provision of regulations under subsection (1) shall not apply to a person who has been appointed as the principal of an institution before the commencement of the provision.
4
Regulations under subsection (1) shall not prevent a person from carrying out the functions of the principal of an institution—
a
pending the appointment of a principal, or
b
in the absence of the principal.