The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Order of Council 2014

Vacation of office of Governor

8.  A Governor is deemed to have vacated office as Governor and the Board must declare that person’s place vacant, in any of the following circumstances—

(a) where that person intimates in writing to the Board their resignation as a Governor;

(b) where that person has, by operation of the 2006 Act, been removed as a director of the Company;

(c) where that person’s estate is sequestrated or a bankruptcy order is made against that person or that person has granted a trust deed for, or entered into an arrangement with, that person’s creditors;

(d) where that person becomes unable to carry out their duties as a Governor by reason of physical or mental illness;

(e) where that person has failed to attend any meetings of the Board or any of its committees or sub-committees for a period longer than 6 consecutive months otherwise than for a reason approved by the Board;

(f) in the case of a staff Governor whose appointment falls to be made under article 3(1)(c) either from among the members of the Academic Board or from the full-time academic or support staff of the Institution, where that person ceases to be a member of the Academic Board or the full-time academic or support staff, as the case may be;

(g) where in accordance with article 7 that person becomes ineligible to remain in office as a Governor.