JUDICIAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE ACT TO BE AMENDED

JUDICIAL EDUCATION INSTITUTE ACT TO BE AMENDED

• 20 October 2025
• Justice & Constitutional Development
• SA Legal Academy

A Judicial Education Institute Amendment Bill is expected to be tabled in Parliament soon – in anticipation of which the procedurally required explanatory summary has been gazetted.

The changes envisaged seek to:

• provide for:
  • the appointment of a judge as dean, to serve as the institute’s academic head, and
  • the dean’s powers and duties
• further clarify:
  • the appointment process for the institute’s executive director, and
  • the executive director’s powers and duties, and to
• provide for subsistence and travel expenses reimbursements to the institute’s members.

This is noting that – according to the Southern African Legal Information Institute (SAFLII) – the Act’s sections 14 and 19 have yet to be proclaimed. They deal respectively with staff remuneration and council members’ reimbursements.

• explanatory summary
• 2008 Act (updated) (SAFLII)

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