Section 22: Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-
"Council" means the Council established by this Act for the University;
"graduate" means a person on whom a degree (other than an honorary degree) has been conferred by the University;
"headquarters" means the headquarters of the University;
"local study centre" means any local study centre which may be established by the University;
"Minister" means the Minister charged with responsibility for higher education;
"notice" means notice in writing;
"officer" does not include the Visitor;
"prescribed" means prescribed by statute or regulation;
"President" means the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria;
"professor" means a person designated as a professor of the University in accordance with provisions made in that behalf by statute or regulations;
"property" includes rights, liabilities and obligations;
"the provisional council" means the provisional council appointed for the University by the President;
"regulations" means the regulations made by the Senate or the Council;
"Senate" means the Senate of the University established pursuant to section 2(1)(c) of this Act;
"statute" means a statute made by the University under section 9 of this Act and in accordance with the provisions of section 10 of this Act, and "the statutes" means all such statutes as are in force from time to time;
"teacher" means a person holding a full-time appointment as a member of the teaching or research staff of the University;
"undergraduate" means a person in statu pupillari at the University, other than-
(a) a graduate; and
(b) a person of such description as may be prescribed for the purpose of this definition;
"University" means the National Open University, as incorporated and constituted by this Act.
(2) It is hereby declared that where in any provision of this Act it is laid down that proposals are to be submitted or a recommendation is to be made by one authority to another through one or more intermediate authorities, it shall be the duty of every such intermediate authority to forward any proposal or recommendation received by it in pursuance of that provision, to the appropriate authority; but any such intermediate authority may, if it thinks fit, forward therewith its own comments thereon.