PART 2AMENDMENTS TO THE 1966 ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST JULY 2018
Amendments to Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act4
1
Schedule 1 to the 1966 Act (provisions as to the Council) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph 1(1), for “the day on which a member of the Council ordinarily retires shall be the day of” substitute “a member of the Council ordinarily retires at the beginning of”.
3
In paragraph 2, for “paragraph 3, 4 or 5” substitute “any of paragraphs 3 to 5”.
4
After paragraph 3 insert—
3A
1
A member of the Council may be removed from office if the member fails to satisfy any conditions about fitness to be a member that are determined by the Council.
2
The procedure for removal of a member from office is to be determined by the Council.
5
For paragraph 4 substitute—
4
An elected member of the Council ceases to hold office if the member ceases to be a member of the College.
6
After paragraph 4 insert—
4A
A member of the Council appointed by virtue of section 1(1)(d) ceases to hold office if the member ceases to be a registered veterinary nurse.
4B
A member of the Council appointed by virtue of section 1(1)(e) ceases to hold office if the member ceases to be a lay person.
7
In paragraph 7—
a
after sub-paragraph (1) insert—
1A
Where a casual vacancy occurs as respects the member of the Council appointed by a university, the vacancy shall be filled by that university.
1B
Where a casual vacancy occurs among the registered veterinary nurse members of the Council, the vacancy shall be filled by the appointment of a registered veterinary nurse by the Veterinary Nurses’ Council.
1C
Where a casual vacancy occurs among the members of the Council who are lay persons, the vacancy shall be filled by the appointment by the Council of a lay person, having regard to the recommendations of the committee referred to in section 1(1)(e).
b
omit sub-paragraph (2);
c
in sub-paragraph (4), omit “elected”.
8
For paragraph 8 substitute—
8
1
A person ceasing to be a member of the Council or President or Vice-President of the College is, subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), eligible to be re-elected or re-appointed.
2
A person ceasing to be a member of the Council at the end of a third consecutive term of office is not eligible to be re-elected or re-appointed until after the first annual general meeting of the College following the day on which the third consecutive term of office ended.
3
A person (A) who has been removed from office by virtue of paragraph 3A is not eligible to be re-elected or re-appointed until after the first annual general meeting of the College following the day on which A was removed from office.
9
At the end insert—
14
The Chief Veterinary Officer for the United Kingdom—
a
is entitled to attend meetings of the Council; but
b
must not address the Council unless he or she is invited to do so by the chair of the meeting.