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4 Chancellor

4 Chancellor

For the purposes of section 13 (2) of the Act, the prescribed period for which the Chancellor is to hold office is as follows:

(a) for a person elected to fill a vacancy due to the expiry of the term of office of the previous Chancellor—4 years commencing on:

(i) 1 January following the election of the person, or

(ii) if another date following the election is resolved by the Board, that other date,

(b) for a person elected to fill a casual vacancy in the office of Chancellor:

(i) if the vacancy occurs within the first 12 months of the term of office of the previous Chancellor—the remainder of the term,

(ii) in any other case—4 years, commencing on a date following that election that is resolved by the Board.

Note—

Section 37 of the Act enables the re-appointment or re-election of a person to an office under the Act that the person has held and for which the person is still eligible.

Section 38 of the Act limits the circumstances in which a person is eligible to hold the office of Chancellor for a third consecutive term and provides that a person is not eligible to hold that office for 4 consecutive terms.