Section 2: Interpretation

2. Interpretation In this Act— “Academic Council” means the Academic Council referred to in section 14; “academic staff” means persons who hold office at the Université des Mascareignes to teach or to do research; “Board” means the Board of Governors referred to in section 9; “Committee” means a committee set up under section 13; “Consultative Committee” means the Consultative Committee referred to in section 13A; “Convocation” means the Convocation of the Université des Mascareignes referred to in section 16; “Dean” means the Head of a Faculty; “Department” means a Department of a Faculty; “Director-General” means the Director-General referred to in section 17; “Faculty” means a Faculty of the Université des Mascareignes referred to in section 15; “Faculty Board” means a Faculty Board referred to in section 15 (4); “general staff” means persons who hold office at the Université des Mascareignes to perform administrative, secretarial, clerical, technical or manual work; “Head of Finance” means the Head of Finance referred to in section 20; “Head of Information Services” means the Head of Information Services referred to in section 21; “Head of International Affairs, Student Welfare and Support” means the Head of International Affairs, Student Welfare and Support referred to in section 22; “Head of Projects, Estates and Endowments” means the Head of Projects, Estates and Endowments referred to in section 23; “Head of Quality Assurance” means the Head of Quality Assurance referred to in section 24; “Head of Research, Consultancy and Innovation” means the Head of Research, Consultancy and Innovation referred to in section 25; “Minister” means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of tertiary education is assigned; “Planning and Finance Committee” means the Planning and Finance Committee set up under section 13; [Issue 5] U6A – 2 Revised Laws of Mauritius “President” means the President of the Board appointed under section 9 (1) (a); “Registrar” means the Registrar of the Université des Mascareignes referred to in section 18; “regulations” means regulations made by the Academic Council in accordance with section 36; “Staff Committee” means the Staff Committee set up under section 13; “Statutes” means the Statutes of the Université des Mascareignes, set out in the Schedule; “student” means a person admitted to the Université des Mascareignes to follow a course of study and undertake research; “Tertiary Education Commission” means the Tertiary Education Commission established under section 3 of the Tertiary Education Commission Act; “tertiary education institution” has the same meaning as in the Tertiary Education Commission Act; “Université des Mascareignes” means the Université des Mascareignes established under section 3. [S. 2 amended by s. 29 (a) of Act 27 of 2012 w.e.f. 22 December 2012.] PART II – UNIVERSITÉ DES MASCAREIGNES