Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) The council must appoint a member of the council or someone else to be the Chancellor of the university.
Note For the making of appointments (including acting appointments), see the Legislation Act
, pt 19.3.
(2) The chancellor holds office for the period, and on the conditions, subject to the statutes, that the council decides.
(3) A person is not eligible to be appointed as the chancellor if the person is disqualified from managing corporations under the Corporations Act
, part 2D.6 (Disqualification from managing corporations).
(4) The council may, by special resolution, end a person's appointment as chancellor if the council considers it in the best interests of the university to end the appointment.
Note A chancellor's appointment also ends if the chancellor resigns (see Legislation Act
, s 210), or may end if the chancellor fails to comply with a duty under s 12A (1) or (2) (see s 12A (4)).
(5) In this section:
"special resolution", of the council, means a resolution passed by at least 2 / 3 of the total members of the council for the time being at 2 consecutive meetings of the council.