(a) an elected or appointed member of the Council ceases to hold the qualification by virtue of which he or she was elected or appointed; or
(b) the office of an elected or appointed member of the Council becomes vacant other than by effluxion of time –
a person may be elected or appointed to that office for the remainder of the term of office of that member and in the same manner as the member was elected or appointed.
2. Vacation and termination of office
(1) A member of the Council is taken to have vacated office –
(a) when the member dies; or
(b) if the member is absent, except on leave of absence granted by the Council, from 3 consecutive meetings of the Council; or
(c) if the member resigns office by giving the Vice-Chancellor written notice of resignation; or
(1) A member of the Council who has a direct or indirect pecuniary interest in a matter being considered or about to be considered by the Council must, as soon as possible after the relevant facts come to the knowledge of the member, disclose the nature of that interest at a meeting of the Council.
(2) A disclosure under subclause (1) is to be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of the Council and the member must not, unless the Council otherwise determines –
(a) be present during any deliberation of the Council in relation to that matter; or
(b) take part in any decision of the Council in relation to that matter.
5. Meetings of the Council
The Council is to determine the procedure for calling and conducting its meetings.
6. Validity of acts and proceedings of Council
(1) An act or proceeding of the Council, or of any person acting pursuant to a direction of the Council, is not invalidated or prejudiced by reason only of the fact that, at the time when the act or proceeding was done, taken or commenced, there was a vacancy in the membership of the Council.
(2) All acts and proceedings of the Council, or of any person acting pursuant to a direction of the Council, are, notwithstanding the subsequent discovery of any defect in the appointment or election of a member of the Council or that a person was disqualified from acting as, or incapable of being, a member of the Council, as valid as if the member had been duly elected or appointed and was qualified to act, or capable of being, a member, and as if the Council had been fully constituted.
7. Presumptions
In any proceedings –
(a) unless evidence is given to the contrary, no proof is to be required of –
(i) the constitution of the Council; or
(ii) the election or appointment of any member of the Council; or
(iii) the presence of a quorum at any meeting of the Council; and
(b) the production of a certificate purporting to be signed by the Vice-Chancellor stating that a matter specified in the certificate was resolved or determined by the Council on the day specified in the certificate is evidence that the matter so specified was resolved or determined by the Council on the day so specified.