16Appointment of acting Deputy Chancellor

16 Appointment of acting Deputy Chancellor

16 Appointment of acting Deputy Chancellor

The Council may appoint a member of the Council to act in the place of the Deputy Chancellor during the absence or inability of the Deputy Chancellor to act, or a vacancy in the office of the Deputy Chancellor.

Note—

Section 11 (1) of the Act requires the Council to elect 1 of its members as Deputy Chancellor of the University.

Section 11 (2) of the Act states that the Deputy Chancellor holds office for a period of 2 years.

Section 29 of the Act states that a person may be re-appointed or re-elected to the office of Deputy Chancellor if the person is eligible and otherwise qualified to hold that office (subject to clause 1 (3) of Schedule 1 to the Act, which provides that, generally, a person must not be appointed or elected to serve more than 12 consecutive years of office).

Clause 7 (2) of Schedule 1 to the Act provides that in the absence of both the Chancellor and the Deputy Chancellor from a meeting, a member elected by and from the members present is to preside.