New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE BY-LAW 2005 - REG 4

4 Procedure for nominations in relation to members appointed under section 9 (1) (b)

(1) As soon as practicable after 1 March in a year in which the term of office of a member appointed under section 9 (1) (b) of the Act expires, the Secretary is to invite the Council to propose names of external persons for consideration for appointment by the Minister as a member of the Council under section 9 (1) (b) of the Act.

(2) The Secretary is to make such an invitation by placing a notice to that effect in the Council meeting papers or by any other means that the Secretary considers appropriate.

(3) The notice must:

(a) state that the proposal must be by two members of Council, and

(b) specify a date and time by which the proposal must reach the Secretary.

(4) The Secretary is to forward all valid proposals to the Council Nominations Committee.

(5) The Council Nominations Committee must:

(a) consider the proposals forwarded by the Secretary, and

(b) recommend names from those proposals that are to be forwarded to the Council for nomination by the Council, and

(c) recommend the length of appointment for each such person, and

(d) forward those recommendations to the Council.

(6) The Council must:

(a) consider the recommendations forwarded by the Council Nominations Committee, and

(b) determine which of those persons are to be nominated for consideration for appointment by the Minister with particular reference to the expertise and experience prescribed for membership of the Council in section 9 (1) (b), (5) and (6) of the Act, and

(c) determine the recommended length of appointment for each such person.

(7) The Chancellor is to forward the determinations referred to in subclause (6) (b) and (c) to the Minister.