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#### 38 Limited tenure in certain positions
38 Limited tenure in certain positions
> > (1) This section applies in respect of the following positions—
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> > > (a) Chancellor,
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> > > (b) Deputy Chancellor.
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> > > (c), (d) (Repealed)
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> > (2) A person who holds office in a position to which this section applies for 2 consecutive terms is not eligible for re-appointment to that position, if such re-appointment would result in the person holding office in that position for 3 consecutive terms.
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> > (3) However, a person may be exempted from this section by resolution of the Board so as to enable the person to be re-appointed to the position for a third consecutive term of office.
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> > (4) If so re-appointed, the person is not eligible to be re-appointed to the position for a fourth consecutive term of office.
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> > (5) If the office of a position to which this section applies becomes vacant otherwise than because of the expiration of the term of office of the office holder, and a person is appointed to fill that office for the remainder of that term, that term of office of the person is not to be counted for the purposes of this section, unless the remaining term exceeds half the maximum single term of office for that position.
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> > (6) For the purposes of subsection (5), the maximum single term of office for a position is as follows—
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> > > (a) in the case of the Chancellor—4 years,
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> > > (b) in the case of a Deputy Chancellor—4 years.
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> > > (c)–(e) (Repealed)
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> **s 38:** Am 2000 No 101, Sch 1 \[16\] \[17\]; 2004 No 115, Sch 9 \[11\] \[12\]; 2019 (62), Sch 1 \[5\]–\[8\].