The University of Paisley (Scotland) Order of Council 1993

General

F.—(1) To provide, equip, maintain and promote the development of catering, residential, social and sports facilities, library and teaching support services for students and staff, and such other facilities of any kind as it may deem from time to time appropriate.

(2) To apply for letters patent, patent rights, copyrights, armorial bearings or other such rights alone or in conjunction with others.

(3) To keep a register of graduates of the University and to establish and maintain an association of the alumni of the University and of the former Paisley College of Technology and of any affiliated institution, and of former students of any institution merged with the University.

(4) To build, maintain, repair, restructure, alter, improve, enlarge or demolish any building or other property as it deems appropriate provided the Court shall retain the name “W B Barbour” in connection with a part of the University’s buildings.

(5) To acquire and dispose in any manner whatsoever of property and assets whether heritable property, including leases of heritable property, or moveable property, including shares or other obligations or securities or interests therein, and patents, licences, rights or privileges.

(6) To appoint such professional advisers as it deems appropriate.

(7) To purchase and maintain such insurance as it deems appropriate.

(8) To conduct legal proceedings.

(9) To provide for the indemnification by the University out of the Court’s funds, of each governor, principal, secretary or other officer or member of staff of the University, as it shall determine, against all costs, charges, losses, expenses and liabilities incurred by him in the execution or discharge of his duties, powers or office and to purchase and maintain liability and indemnity insurance for or for the benefit of such persons.

(10) To provide any facilities and to carry on any activities and to do all things which the Court considers necessary or desirable to enable it to carry out its functions or for the purpose of, or in connection with, the exercise of the foregoing powers, or any of them, and the carrying out of the objects of the University.