South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (5a), a member appointed to the Council by the Council will be
appointed for a term of 2 or 4 years to be determined—
(a) in
the case of a member appointed on the recommendation of a selection
committee—by that selection committee; and
(b) in
the case of a member co-opted and appointed by the Council—by the
Council.
(2) A person elected
by the Academic Senate to the Council will be elected for a term of
2 years.
(3) A member of the
academic or general staff of the University elected to the Council will be
elected for a term of 2 years.
(4) A student of the
University appointed or elected to the Council will be appointed or elected
for a term of 1 year.
(5) Subject to
subsection (5a), at the expiration of a term of office, a member
appointed or elected to the Council is eligible for reappointment or
re-election.
(5a) A person may not,
except by resolution of the Council, be appointed or elected as a member of
the Council if the appointment or election (as the case requires) would result
in the person being a member of the Council for more than 12 years.
(6) Subject to this
section, the Council may remove an appointed or elected member of the Council
from office for—
(a)
mental or physical incapacity to carry out official duties satisfactorily; or
(b)
failing, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the Council's requirements
in relation to attendance at Council meetings; or
(c)
conviction of an indictable offence; or
(d)
serious misconduct.
(6a) An appointed or
elected member of the Council may only be removed under subsection (6)(d)
by resolution passed by at least a two-thirds majority of the members of the
Council.
(7) The office of an
appointed or elected member becomes vacant if the member—
(a)
dies; or
(b)
completes a term of office and is not reappointed or re-elected; or
(c) does
not continue in the capacity in which he or she was appointed or elected to
membership of the Council (unless the date of the next appointment or election
to his or her office is within 3 months from the date on which the member
ceased to continue in the capacity in which he or she was appointed or
elected); or
(d)
resigns by notice in writing addressed to the Chancellor; or
(e) is
removed from the office by the Council under subsection (6); or
(f) is
disqualified from managing corporations under Chapter 2D Part 2D.6
of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.
(8) If a member of the
Council is appointed by the Council to the office of Chancellor or
Vice-Chancellor, a casual vacancy occurs in the office held by that member.
(9) On the office of
an appointed or elected member of the Council becoming vacant under this
section, a person must be appointed or elected, as the case may require, to
the vacant office in accordance with this Act.
(10) Subject to this
Act, a member appointed or elected to fill a casual vacancy in the membership
of the Council holds office for the balance of the term of his or her
predecessor.
(11) An act or
decision of the Council is not invalid by reason only of a vacancy in its
membership or on the ground of any defect in the appointment of a member.