14Removal or suspension of Principal

14 Removal or suspension of Principal

14 Removal or suspension of Principal

The Principal shall be liable to removal or suspension from office as such Principal for a sufficient cause by the council: Provided that, if the Principal is a minister of the church and if the ground of complaint shall be any breach of the discipline and laws of the church, or shall concern the theological or religious doctrines or teaching of the Principal the councillors shall not adjudicate thereon, but shall remit the same for trial to the courts of the church constituted by and under the laws thereof for dealing with such questions affecting its ministers, and the decision of the Synod sitting as one of such courts or such other court of the church having jurisdiction in that regard by virtue of the Constitution of the church and the regulations of the church shall be final.

s 14: Am 1977 No 47, Sch 3, cl 1 (g); 1991 No 94, Sch 1; 2008 No 62, Sch 1.41 [7].