Regional Technical Colleges Act, 1992
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Governing bodies. |
6.—(1) There shall be a governing body of a college and the governing body, save as otherwise provided by this Act, shall perform the functions conferred on the college by this Act. | |
(2) The governing body of a college shall consist of— | ||
(a) a chairman and 17 ordinary members, and | ||
(b) the Director of the college. | ||
(3) The first members (other than the chairman and the Director) of the governing body of a college 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), (b), (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 members, the ordinary members of a 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 of whom at least three shall be members of a local authority shall, subject to paragraph (b), be nominated by the vocational education committee; | ||
(b) if the region served by the college includes all or part of the functional area of one or more than one vocational education committee other than the vocational education committee in whose functional area the college is situated, the Minister may direct that one or more, but not more than four in all, of the persons to whom paragraph (a) relates, shall be nominated to the vocational education committee by such of those other committees as the Minister may specify; | ||
(c) two persons, being members of the academic staff of the college, shall be elected by that staff in accordance with regulations made by the governing body; | ||
(d) one person, being a member of the staff (other than the academic staff) of the college, shall be elected by that staff in accordance with regulations made by the governing body; | ||
(e) two persons, being registered students of the college, shall be elected by the registered students in accordance with regulations made by the governing body; | ||
(f) one person shall be nominated by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions; | ||
(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 college, 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 college. | ||
(5) In making appointments to a 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. | ||
(6) (a) If a member of the governing body of a college (other than the chairman or the Director) 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 nominated in the same manner as was the person occasioning the vacancy. | ||
(b) A person appointed to be a member of a governing body pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection shall, unless such 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. | ||
(7) The provisions of the Second Schedule to this Act shall apply to a governing body. |