Victoria University of Technology Act 1990 - SECT 8 Terms and conditions of office of Council members
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Victoria University of Technology Act 1990 - SECT 8
Terms and conditions of office of Council members8. Terms and conditions of office of Council members (1) Subject to this Act, a member of the Council- (a) appointed by the Governor in Council, the Minister or the Council holds office until 31 December in the second year next following the year his or her appointment takes effect; (b) elected by members of staff holds office until 31 December in the year next following the year his or her election takes effect; (c) elected by enrolled students holds office until 31 December in the year that his or her election takes effect. (1A) Despite subsection (1)(a)- (a) the Governor in Council or 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 2 offices of the members appointed by the Governor in Council or the Council (as the case requires) fall vacant each year; (b) a member of the Council appointed in accordance with paragraph (a) holds office for the period specified in his or her instrument of appointment. (1B) A member elected or appointed to the Council is eligible to be re-elected or re-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 of membership (whether consecutive or not). (1C) Subsection (1B) does not apply to a member elected or 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. (2) An elected or appointed member of the Council, other than a member who holds a full-time office on the staff of the University, a full-time office under the Crown in any of its capacities or a full-time office in a statutory authority, at the discretion of the Council, may be paid the remuneration and fees that are fixed from time to time by the Minister for that member. (3) The following persons are not entitled to be paid or to receive any remuneration, fees, allowances or expenses in respect of their membership of the Council- (a) a member of the Federal Parliament or the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly; (b) the Chief Justice and other Justices of the High Court of Australia. (4) A member of the Council is not to be taken to hold an office of profit under the Crown that would- (a) prevent the member sitting or voting as a member of the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly; or (b) make void the member's election to the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly; or (c) prevent the member continuing to be a member of the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly; or (d) subject the member to any liability or penalty under the Constitution Act 1975.