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#### 15 Vice-Chancellor
15 Vice-Chancellor
> > (1) The Board is to appoint a person (whether or not a member of the Board) to be Vice-Chancellor of the University, and is to do so whenever a vacancy in the office of Vice-Chancellor occurs.
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> > (2) The Vice-Chancellor holds office for such period, and on such conditions, as the Board determines.
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> > (3) The Vice-Chancellor—
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> > > (a) is the chief executive officer of the University and the academic and administrative head of the University, and
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> > > (b) is to exercise stewardship of the University on behalf of the Board, and
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> > > (c) has such other functions as may be prescribed by the by-laws or determined, subject to the by-laws, by the Board.
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> > (4) The Vice-Chancellor may establish committees to assist the Vice-Chancellor in the exercise of his or her functions under this Act.
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> > (5) The Vice-Chancellor is a member of every committee that is established by the Board or the Vice-Chancellor.
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> > (6) The by-laws may provide that the position of Vice-Chancellor is to be referred to by a particular title (instead of or in addition to the title of Vice-Chancellor) and the use of that title has for all purposes the same effect as the use of the title of Vice-Chancellor.
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> **s 15:** Am 2000 No 101, Sch 1 \[9\].