Dublin Institute of Technology Act, 1992
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Governing Body. |
6.—(1) There shall be a Governing Body of the Institute and the Governing Body, save as otherwise provided by this Act, shall perform the functions conferred on the Institute by this Act. | |
(2) The Governing Body shall consist of— | ||
(a) the Chairman and 18 ordinary members, and | ||
(b) the President of the Institute. | ||
(3) The first members (other than the Chairman and the President) of the Governing Body shall be persons appointed by the Minister on the recommendation of the Vocational Education Committee and the ordinary members shall be recommended in accordance with the provisions of subsection (4) (a), (e), (f) and (g), together with five other persons nominated by the Minister as ordinary members and shall hold office for a period of one year from the date of their appointment. | ||
(4) Upon the expiration of the term of office of the first ordinary members, the ordinary members of the Governing Body shall be appointed by the Minister, on the recommendation of the Vocational Education Committee, in accordance with the following provisions: | ||
(a) six persons shall be nominated by the Vocational Education Committee; | ||
(b) two persons, being members of the academic staff of the Institute, shall be elected by that staff, in accordance with regulations made by the Governing Body; | ||
(c) one person, being a member of the staff (other than the academic staff) of the Institute, shall be elected by that staff in accordance with regulations made by the Governing Body; | ||
(d) two persons, being registered students of the Institute, shall be elected by the registered students in accordance with regulations made by the Governing Body; | ||
(e) one person shall be nominated by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions; | ||
(f) one person shall be nominated by the University of Dublin; | ||
(g) five persons shall be nominated by such organisations as the Vocational Education Committee considers require representation having regard to the particular courses provided by the Institute, excluding interests otherwise represented on the Governing Body. Such organisations shall be representative of industry, agriculture, commerce, the professions and other interests as appropriate to the activities of the Institute. | ||
(5) (a) If a member of the Governing Body (other than the Chairman or the President) dies, resigns, retires or is otherwise removed from office pursuant to this Act before the expiration of that member's term of office, the vacancy so caused shall be filled by the appointment to the Governing Body by the Minister of a person recommended by the Vocational Education Committee and nominated in the same manner as was the person occasioning the vacancy. | ||
(b) A person appointed to be a member of the Governing Body pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection shall, unless that person sooner dies, resigns or becomes disqualified from holding office, hold office for the remainder of the term of office of the member of the Governing Body occasioning the vacancy. | ||
(6) In making appointments to the Governing Body pursuant to subsection (4) of this section, the Minister shall have regard to the extent to which each sex is represented and shall ensure an appropriate gender balance as determined by the Minister from time to time. | ||
(7) The provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall apply to the Governing Body. |