110. The Act of 1992 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 6 (inserted by section 109):

“6A. (1) A governing body of a college shall, as soon as practicable after the relevant date and with the approval of the Minister, determine the arrangements and procedures to be put in place by it to ensure that the composition of the governing body of the college complies with section 6 (inserted by section 109 of the Act of 2022) within the period referred to in subsection (2).

(2) Subject to subsections (3) to (5), a governing body of a college shall, within 12 months of the relevant date—

(a) determine the composition of the governing body of its college in accordance with the arrangements and procedures put in place by it under subsection (1),

(b) appoint the members (other than the Director) of the governing body accordingly, and

(c) by notice in writing, inform the Minister of the composition as so determined.

(3) (a) A person who was the chairman of a governing body of a college on the relevant date may continue after that date to be the chairperson of the governing body of that college until his or her membership of the governing body ceases, provided that he or she is an external member within the meaning of section 6 (inserted by section 109 of the Act of 2022).

(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a), a term served by a person referred to in that paragraph as a member of the governing body, but not as chairman thereof, before the commencement referred to in that paragraph shall be disregarded for the purposes of subsection (8)(a) of section 6 (inserted by section 109 of the Act of 2022).

(4) A person (other than the Director) who was appointed as a member (including the chairman) of the governing body before the relevant date and who is re-appointed as such member pursuant to subsection (2)(b)—

(a) shall be so re-appointed for a term of office of no longer than the unexpired term for which he or she was so appointed, and

(b) the term of office served by the member (including the chairman) immediately before the relevant date and the term of office for which he or she is re-appointed under paragraph (a) shall be regarded as one term of office for the purposes of subsection (8)(a) of section 6 (inserted by section 109 of the Act of 2022).

(5) Notwithstanding section 6(8) and paragraph 4 of the Second Schedule, where the term of office of all or the majority of the members of a governing body (including the chairman thereof) of a college expires by the effluxion of time during the period referred to in subsection (2), the Minister may, at the request of the governing body of the college and if the members concerned so agree, extend the term of office of those members for such period (that is not longer than the period referred to in subsection (2)) as the Minister may determine to facilitate that governing body to comply with that subsection.

(6) In this section—

‘Act of 2022’ means the Higher Education Authority Act 2022;

‘relevant date’ means the date on which section 109 of the Act of 2022 comes into operation.”.