Further and Higher Education (Scotland) Act 1992

3 (1) Subject to paragraph 4 below, this paragraph shall have effect as regards the membership of the board.

(2) The board shall include—

(a) the person who is, for the time being, the principal of the college;

(b) a person appointed by being elected by the teaching staff of the college from among their own number;

(c) a person appointed by being elected by the non-teaching staff of the college from among their own number;

(d) a person appointed by being nominated by the students' association of the college from among students of the college.

(3) Not less than one half of the total number of members of the board shall be appointed by the board from among persons, not being members of the staff or full-time students of the college, appearing to them to have experience of, and to have shown capacity in, industrial, commercial or employment matters or the practice of any profession; and one such person shall be a person nominated by the local enterprise company for the area in which the college is located.

(4) The remaining members shall be appointed by the board from among persons appearing to them to have, or to represent persons who have, an interest in the work of the college, having regard to the interests of the education authority for the area in which the college is situated in relation to the provision of any form of further education in their area.

(5) In this paragraph, “local enterprise company” means any person with whom an agreement (not being one which has terminated) has been made in pursuance of section 19 of the [1990 c. 35.] Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 by Scottish Enterprise or Highlands and Islands Enterprise for the discharge by that person of any of the functions of Scottish Enterprise or, as the case may be, Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

(6) Any election to be held in pursuance of this paragraph shall be conducted in accordance with rules made by the board after consultation with such persons as appear to the board to be representative of each category of persons entitled to elect a person under this paragraph; and rules made in accordance with this sub-paragraph may be substituted or varied by further such rules.