The Central Institutions (Scotland) Regulations 1988

Co-opted membership

6.—(1) The governing body of each central institution shall co-opt, subject to paragraph (3), no less than 2 and no more than 6 persons to serve as governors, which co-opted membership shall include—

(a)at least one person having experience of local government; and

(b)at least one person from the full-time academic staff of another establishment of further or higher education.

(2) In respect of the first co-option of governors to a governing body under these Regulations, the core membership shall act as the governing body for the purposes of paragraph (1).

(3) A governing body may co-opt more than 2 governors only if upon such co-option the governors appointed under regulation 5(1)(a) remain in overall majority in the governing body.