Universities Act 1997

Chairperson of governing authority.

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F13[17.(1) The first meeting of a governing authority of a university shall be chaired by an external member of the governing authority who is appointed by a majority vote of the members to be an interim chairperson of the governing authority until the appointment of a chairperson under subsection (2).

(2) A governing authority shall, at the first meeting of the governing authority, appoint an external member of the governing authority to be the chairperson of the governing authority by a majority vote of not less than two-thirds of its members.

(3) A person shall cease to be chairperson of a governing authority if he or she ceases to be an external member of the governing authority.]

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F13

Substituted (10.11.2022) by Higher Education Authority Act 2022 (31/2022), s. 75, S.I. No. 554 of 2022.