The Bell College of Technology (Scotland) Order of Council 2001

PART II PROCEEDINGS

(5) The proceedings of the Academic Council shall be regulated by a scheme made by the Academic Council and approved by the Board and the said scheme may provide for–

(a) the appointment by the Academic Council of such committees as they consider appropriate;

(b) the co-option, subject to paragraph 1(c), by the Academic Council of additional members (including, where they consider it appropriate, representatives of the students in attendance at the College) of the Academic Council, or of any committee thereof, for specific purposes; and

(c) any other matters connected with the functions of the Academic Council.

(6) The Board shall have power, after consultation with the Academic Council, to make such variations in the composition of the Academic Council as they shall from time to time think fit, to determine the method of appointment to membership of the Academic Council and the tenure of the members including limitations by reason of age, and to remove members of the Academic Council in such circumstances as the Board shall consider appropriate.

(7) Any scheme made and approved under paragraph 5 shall include provisions for–

(a) the appointment of a vice-chairman of the Academic Council; and

(b) a minimum number of meetings of the Academic Council in each year.