New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY ACT 1997 - SECT 10I

10I Term of office

(1) Subject to this Act, a member of the Board holds office as follows--

(a) in the case of an official member, while the member holds the office by virtue of which he or she is a member,

(b) in the case of a Ministerially appointed member or Board appointed member, for such term (not exceeding 4 years) as may be specified in the member's instrument of appointment,

(c) in the case of an elected member other than an elected (graduate) member, for such term (not exceeding 2 years) as may be prescribed by the by-laws,

(d) in the case of an elected (graduate) member, for such term (not exceeding 4 years) as may be prescribed by the by-laws.

(2) The need to maintain an appropriate balance of experienced and new members on the Board must be taken into account--

(a) by the Board, when making the by-laws required under this section, and

(b) by the Minister and the Board, when appointing members to the Board.

(3) A person must not be appointed or elected to serve more than 12 consecutive years of office (unless the Board otherwise resolves in relation to the person).