Statute XX

Removal of Officers and Members of Council †

Updated on 12 Feb 2020

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Any Officer of the University appointed by Council, in accordance with the provisions in Ordinance VIII, or any member of the Council may be removed from office for good cause by the Council. No person shall be removed from office unless they have been given a reasonable opportunity to have been heard by the Council or by a body appointed by the Council, composed primarily of Council members, to consider the case. Applicable procedures, including for particular categories of Officers and members of the Council, are set out in Ordinance VIII (The Council).

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"Good cause" in this Statute means:

  1. conviction for an offence which may be deemed by the Council to be such as to render the person convicted unfit for the execution of the duties of the office; or
  2. conduct of an immoral, scandalous or disgraceful nature incompatible with the duties of the office; or
  3. conduct constituting failure or persistent refusal or neglect or inability to perform the duties or comply with the conditions of office.

Note: Amendments allowed by the Privy Council on 30 December 1974 and 7 April 1982 are embodied in the Statutes, and are indicated by *.

Modifications made by the University Commissioners and allowed by the Privy Council on 17 November 1992 are incorporated and are indicated by †.

Amendments allowed by the Privy Council on 14 December 1993, 24 April 1996, 3 September 1998, 10 August 1999, 27 July 2001, 31 October 2001, 8 May 2003, 20 August 2007, 9 December 2009 and 12 February 2020 are embodied in the Statutes, and are indicated by ¶, #, ∞, $, ^, +, >, ~ ,% and &.

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