4. The Institute shall have the following powers : -
| (a) to recommend to the Minister the establishment of Advanced Technical Institutes ; |
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| (b) to make statutes and by-laws applicable to the Advanced Technical Institutes ; |
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| (c) to determine the financial, physical and human resources necessary to conduct the courses of study by Advanced Technical Institutes ; |
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| (d) to allocate funds to, regulate expenditure and monitor the utilization of funds by, Advanced Technical Institutes ; |
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| (e) to select students for admission to each Advanced Technical Institute in conformity with national policy ; |
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| (f) to inquire into or investigate, from time to time, the financial needs of each Advanced Technical Institutes ; |
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| (g) to prepare, from time to time, in consultation with the governing authority of each Advanced Technical Institute, triennial budgets for its maintenance and development, or for any other general or special purpose ; |
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| (h) to make recommendations, from time to time, to the Minister as to the nature and amount of grants out of public funds, which it is desirable or necessary to make to each Advanced Technical Institute ; |
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| (i) to formulate schemes of recruitment and procedures for appointment of the staff of Advanced Technical Institutes ; |
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| (j) to formulate schemes for staff development ; |
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| (k) to determine, from time to time, within the overall wage and salary policies of the Government, the quantum of remuneration that should be paid to different grades of staff of Advanced Technical Institutes and the nature and extent of the other benefits that the staff should receive ; |
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| (l) to appoint the staff of the Institute which shall consist of such officers and servants as the Institute may deem necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of its business ; |
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| (m) to establish and operate welfare schemes for the benefit of the staff of the institute ; |
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| (n) to investigate or to cause investigation into such matters pertaining to the discipline of the students of any Advanced Technical Institute as may be brought to the notice of the Governing Council of the Institute by the Chief Executive Officer of that Advanced Technical Institute and to take remedial measures ; |
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| (o) to act as the appellate body for the staff and students in such matters where the affected parties are not satisfied with the decisions of the Chief Executive Officer of the Advanced Technical Institute ; |
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| (p) to acquire and hold, any property, movable or immovable and to sell, lease, mortgage, exchange or otherwise dispose of the same :Provided however, that no immovable property of the Institute shall be sold without the prior approval in writing of the Minister ; |
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| (q) to open and maintain, current, savings and deposit accounts, in any bank or banks ; |
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| (r) to accept grants or donations, from persons or bodies of persons, in or outside Sri Lanka ; |
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| (s) to enter into and perform all such contracts as may be necessary for the exercise of its powers ; |
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| (t) to initiate, promote, conduct and co-ordinate research, surveys and investigations in relation to any aspect of the development of the education of technical personnel and associate professionals ; |
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| (u) to make grants to any person or a team of persons or to any recognized institute or institutes, for a specific research project or projects related to education of technical personnel and associate professionals ; |
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| (v) to make rules in respect of the management of the affairs of the Institute ; and |
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| (w) to do all such other acts or things which in the opinion of the Institute are necessary for, or conducive or incidental to, the attainment of its objects. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts