Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Melbourne College of Divinity Act 1910 - SECT 8

Terms and conditions of office

8. Terms and conditions of office



(1) Subject to this Act, a member of the Council appointed by a church or the
Council holds office until 31 December in the second year next following the
year his or her appointment takes effect.

(2) Despite subsection (1)-

   (a)  a church may appoint a member until 31 December in the year, or in the
        year following the year, the member's appointment takes effect to
        ensure that 3 offices of the members appointed by the churches fall
        vacant each year;

   (b)  the Council may appoint a member until 31 December in the year, or in
        the year following the year, the member's appointment takes effect to
        ensure that one office of the members appointed by the Council falls
        vacant each year;

   (c)  a member of the Council appointed in accordance with paragraph (a) or
        (b) holds office for the period specified in his or her instrument of
        appointment.

(3) A member appointed to the Council is eligible to be appointed to the
Council at the end of the member's term of office, but not so as to extend his
or her period in office to exceed 12 years membership (whether consecutive or
not).

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a member appointed to the Council whose
membership of the Council exceeds 12 years if the Council passes a resolution
that the person may continue to be a member beyond that period.