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34Nominations procedure relating to appointments under sections 8F and 8G
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#### 34 Nominations procedure relating to appointments under sections 8F and 8G
34 Nominations procedure relating to appointments under sections 8F and 8G
> > (1) At least 3 months before the term of office of a member of the Council appointed under section 8F or 8G of the Act is due to expire, a Nominations Committee established by the Council is to identify persons who may be suitable for appointment as such a member.
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> > (2) The Committee is:
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> > > (a) to determine which of those persons are to be recommended to the Council:
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> > > > (i) for suggestion for consideration for appointment by the Minister, or
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> > > > (ii) for appointment by the Council,
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> > > as the case may be, and
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> > > (b) to recommend the length of appointment for each such person, and
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> > > (c) to forward those recommendations to the Council at least 2 months before the relevant term of office is due to expire.
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> > (3) In determining the persons to be recommended under subclause (2) (a), the Committee is to have regard to:
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> > > (a) the skills and experience of the continuing members of the Council, and
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> > > (b) the skills and experience that will be needed for the Council as a whole (taking into account the matters referred to in section 8C of the Act), and
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> > > (c) such other matters as the Committee considers relevant.
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> > (4) The Council is:
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> > > (a) to consider the recommendations forwarded by the Committee, and
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> > > (b) to determine which of the recommended persons are to be:
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> > > > (i) suggested for consideration for appointment by the Minister, or
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> > > > (ii) appointed by the Council,
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> > > as the case may be, and
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> > > (c) to determine:
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> > > > (i) in the case of the persons referred to in paragraph (b) (i), the recommended length of appointment for each such person, or
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> > > > (ii) in the case of the persons referred to in paragraph (b) (ii), the length of appointment for each such person.
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> > (5) The Chancellor is to forward the determinations referred to in subclause (4) (b) (i) and (c) (i) to the Minister.
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> > (6) The Council is to make the determinations referred to in subclause (4) at least 1 month before the relevant term of office is due to expire.
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> > (7) The Council may make the determinations referred to in subclause (4) only at a meeting of the Council:
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> > > (a) convened by the University Secretary, and
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> > > (b) of which the University Secretary has given each member of the Council at least 7 days’ notice.
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> > (8) The notice referred to in subclause (7) (b) must:
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> > > (a) be posted or delivered to each member of the Council, and
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> > > (b) state the date, time and place of the meeting, and
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> > > (c) state the purpose of the meeting.
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> > (9) A failure to comply with a time limit specified in this clause does not affect the validity of a suggestion or an appointment.
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> **cl 34:** Am 2012 (463), Sch 2 \[20\]–\[23\]; 2016 (430), Sch 1 \[13\] \[14\].