103Casual vacancies

103 Casual vacancies

103 Casual vacancies

(1) If a person who holds office as a member of the Academic Senate under section 16 (1) (d) of the Act by virtue of having been elected by a body of, or a body associated with, the University vacates office during the first 12 months of the member’s term of office, the vacancy is to be filled by the Council after an election held by the Council.

(2) If a person who holds office as a member of the Academic Senate under section 16 (1) (d) of the Act by virtue of having been elected by a body of, or a body associated with, the University vacates office during the last 12 months of the member’s term of office, the vacancy is to be filled by an appointment made by the Council.

(3) If a person who holds office as a member of the Academic Senate under section 16 (1) (d) of the Act by virtue of having been appointed or nominated to that office by a body of, or a body associated with, the University vacates office during the member’s term of office, the vacancy is to be filled by the Council from a nomination made by that body.

(4) A person is not eligible to be elected, appointed or nominated to fill a vacancy under this clause unless he or she holds the appropriate qualification (if any) to be a member of the Academic Senate of a category of the office that was vacated.

(5) A person who fills a vacancy under this clause holds office as a member of the Academic Senate, subject to the Act and this By-law, for the rest of the term of the person’s predecessor in office.

(6) In this clause, body includes a combination of bodies.