Statute 1.2 - Acting Officers, Offices, Nominees
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Acting officers
1.2.1 (1) In any statute or regulation, a reference to an office-holder is to be read as including a reference to an acting officer.
(2) An acting officer, when acting in the place of an officer-holder, is to be regarded as a member of any body of which the office-holder is a member by virtue of the office.
(3) Subject to these statutes an acting officer when acting in the place of an officer-holder may exercise the same powers as the office-holder may exercise by virtue of the office.
Offices
1.2.2 (1) If a statute or regulation provides for the appointment of a person to an office at the University by virtue of some other office held by that person, that person must, unless the contrary intention appears, hold the appointment by virtue of that other office.
(2) Subject to these statutes and any instrument of appointment made under these statutes-
- the term of office of an office-holder is one year; and
- an office-holder is eligible for reappointment.
Nominees
1.2.3 (1) In this section-
"prescribed office-holder"means the Chancellor, deputy chancellor, vice-chancellor, provost, deputy vice-chancellor, president or vice-president of the Board, senior vice-principal, chief financial officer, university secretary, academic registrar, University librarian or dean or any other officer to whom Council by regulation specifies this section applies.
(2) Subject to these statutes and any regulations made by Council, a prescribed office-holder who is eligible for membership of a body by virtue of the office may nominate a member of the University for a period not exceeding one year to attend any meeting of the body in the place of the prescribed office-holder.
(3) A member of the University may be nominated concurrently under sub-section (2) by more than one prescribed office-holder but must not attend any meeting in the place of more than one prescribed office-holder.