New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY ACT 1997 - SECT 10B

10B Size of Board

(1) The Board is to consist of a minimum of 11, and a maximum of 22, members.

(2) The total number of members is to be determined from time to time by a resolution passed by at least two-thirds of the members of the Board (the
"total number of members" ).

(3) The Board is to include the following categories of members--

(a) official members,

(b) elected members,

(c) Board appointed members,

(d) Ministerially appointed members.

(4) Subject to subsection (6), the number of members (other than official members) in each category is to be prescribed by rules made by the Board (in this Division called the
"constitution rules" ).

(5) A rule for the purposes of subsection (4) may be made only by a resolution passed by at least two-thirds of the members of the Board.

(6) The majority of the total number of members must be external persons.

Note--: Depending on the circumstances, the Chancellor may be counted as an external person for the purposes of subsection (6).

(7) The number of members in any one category of members must not at any time constitute a majority of the total number of members.

(8) The Board must give the Minister written notice of the terms of any resolution passed under this section within 7 days after it is passed.