55. (1) The governing body of the dissolved body standing appointed immediately before the day appointed by order under section 36 shall stand dissolved on that appointed day.

(2) The Minister shall appoint, with effect from the appointed day in respect of the first governing body of the technological university to be established following that appointed day—

(a) a person to be the chairperson,

(b) 2 external members, and

(c) one external member nominated in accordance with its or their own procedures by the education and training board or boards in whose education and training board area or areas the campuses of the technological university are situated.

F27[(3) The governing body, comprising the president and persons appointed under subsection (2), shall within 6 months of the appointed day comply with section 12(4), (7) and (8).]

(4) (a) If an education and training board or boards referred to in subsection (2)(c) is or are not in a position to furnish a nomination in writing to the Minister within 6 weeks of receipt by it or them of a request in writing from the Minister to do so the Minister shall nominate the external member for the purposes of subsection (2)(c).

(b) If the governing body referred to in subsection (3) has not complied with that subsection within 6 months of the appointed day the Minister shall, as soon as practicable, nominate and appoint persons to the governing body who, in the opinion of the Minister, are representative of those persons who would, in accordance with subsection (3), stand to be, as the case may be, F27[appointed under section 12(2)(b) or (d)].

(5) (a) The term of office of a member of the governing body of the technological university appointed or elected under this section, other than the president, shall be 2 years.

(b) Appointment as a member of the governing body of a technological university under this section, of a person who is a student at the technological university, shall not affect the operation of F27[section 12(6)(b)] in relation to that member.

(6) Subsections (2) to (6) apply notwithstanding section 12.

(7) (a) In subsections (2) to (7), “appointed day” means only the day appointed by order under section 36.

(b) In this section “external member” has the meaning assigned to it by section 12.

(8) Subject to this section, Schedule 1 shall apply to a governing body appointed under this section.