Chancellor
24 Chancellor
The council must appoint a member of the council or someone else to be the Chancellor of the university.
Note For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see the Legislation Act, pt 19.3.
The chancellor holds office for the period, and on the conditions, subject to the statutes, that the council decides.
A person is not eligible to be appointed as the chancellor if the person is disqualified from managing corporations under the Corporations Act, part 2D.6 (Disqualification from managing corporations).
The council may, by special resolution, end a person’s appointment as chancellor if the council considers it in the best interests of the university to end the appointment.
Note A chancellor’s appointment also ends if the chancellor resigns (see Legislation Act, s 210), or may end if the chancellor fails to comply with a duty under s 12A (1) or (2) (see s 12A (4)).
In this section:
special resolution, of the council, means a resolution passed by at least 2/3 of the total members of the council for the time being at 2 consecutive meetings of the council.
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