The First Schedule

FIRST OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY

1.	The first Chancellor shall be Sir Harry Pilkington, Knight.
2.	The first Vice-Chancellor shall be Herbert Leslie Haslegrave, Esquire, Wh.Sc., M.A., Ph.D., M.Sc. (Eng.), M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E., M.I.Prod.E.

The Second Schedule

STATUTES OF THE UNIVERSITY

Index

I.	Definitions
II.	The Members of the University
III.	The Chancellor
IV.	The Pro-Chancellors
V.	The Vice-Chancellor
VI.	The Pro-Vice-Chancellors
VII.	The Treasurer
VIII.	The Appointment of Academic Staff
IX.	The Registrar
X.	Other Staff
XI.	The Auditors
~XII.	The Court - Repealed 2007 - moved to Ordinances
XIII.	The Council
XIV.	The Senate
XV.	The General Assembly
XVI.	Faculties
XVII.	The Students' Union
XVIII.	Honorary Degrees
XIX.	Congregations
XX.	Removal of Officers and Members
XXI.	Academic Staff
~XXII.	Retirement and Resignation of Members of Staff - Repealed 2007
XXIII.	Service of Notices and Documents
XXIV.	Appeals by Students
XXV.	Acts during Vacancies
XXVI.	Interpretation of Statutes
~^XXVII	Transitional Arrangements for the Council - Repealed 2007

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 and 20 August 2007 are embodied in the Statutes, and are indicated by ^{¶, #, ∞, $}, ^, +, > and ~.

I. Definitions

^#*^+1.	In these Statutes, unless the context otherwise requires:
	"Subject to Statute XXI Academic Staff" means all persons holding appointments as Professors, Readers, Senior Lecturers, Lecturers of the University and any person holding an appointment deemed equivalent by the Senate and any other person stipulated by the Senate.
	"Charter" means the Charter of the University. "College" means the Loughborough College of Technology Registered. "Council" means the Council of the University. "Court" means the Court of the University. "Functions" includes powers and duties. "General Assembly" means the General Assembly of the University. "Ordinances" means Ordinances made pursuant to the Charter or these Statutes. "Regulations" means Regulations made pursuant to the Charter, these Statutes or the Ordinances. "Faculty" means Faculty of the University. "Senate" means the Senate of the University. "Students" means persons pursuing any course of study in or associated with the University. "Students' Union" means the Students' Union of the University. "University" means Loughborough University. "Warden" means a Warden of a Hall of Residence of the University.
2.	Words importing the masculine shall include the feminine, and unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular shall include the plural and words in the plural shall include the singular.
3.	Words defined in the Charter or these Statutes shall have the same meaning in the Ordinances and Regulations unless the context be repugnant thereto.

II. The Members of the University

*^+1.	The following persons shall be Members of the University:
	These Officers of the University, namely: the Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellors, the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro-Vice-Chancellors, the Treasurer and the Deans of Faculties. The Members of the Court. The Members of the Council. The Members of the Senate. The Academic Staff. The Registrar. The Visiting and Associate Academic Staff. The Honorary Professors. The Emeritus Professors. The Wardens or other Chief Officers and the Sub Wardens of Halls of Residence maintained or licensed by the University. Those members of the General Assembly who are not already Members of the University by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this Statute. Such other Teachers and Officers, or former Teachers and former Officers, as shall by Ordinance or Regulation made by the Council be granted the status of Members. The Graduates of the University. The Students.
2.	The Council, after consultation with the Senate, shall have power to declare such other persons Members of the University as it shall deem fit.

III. The Chancellor

1.	The successors to the first Chancellor shall be appointed by the Court on the nomination of the Council subject to the provisions of the Ordinances.
2.	Subject to these Statutes, the Chancellor shall hold office for seven years and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
3.	The Chancellor may resign by writing addressed to the Council Court.

IV. The Pro-Chancellors

1.	The Chairman of the Council for the time being shall be ex-officio the Senior Pro-Chancellor during his tenure of office as Chairman of the Council.
2.	Pro-Chancellors, other than the Senior Pro-Chancellor, shall be appointed by the Court on the nomination of the Council and shall, subject to these Statutes, normally hold office for three years from the date on which they are appointed until the date of the third Annual Meeting of the Court thereafter and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
3.	A Pro-Chancellor may resign by writing addressed to the Council Court; provided that in the case of a Senior Pro-Chancellor he also resigns as Chairman of the Council.

V. The Vice-Chancellor

UNCHANGED

VI. The Pro-Vice-Chancellors

UNCHANGED

VII. The Treasurer

1.	The Treasurer shall be appointed by the Court on the nomination of the Council at an Annual Meeting of the Court, and shall, subject to these Statutes, normally hold office for three years from the date on which he is appointed until the date of the third Annual Meeting of the Court thereafter and shall be eligible for re-appointment.
2.	If the office of Treasurer becomes vacant by his death or resignation or from any other cause before the expiration of his period of office, the Council shall appoint a successor, who shall hold office until the next Annual Meeting of the Court after such appointment, when the vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Statute.
3.	The functions of the Treasurer shall be determined by the Council.
4.	The Treasurer shall receive on behalf of the University any money or property payable or deliverable to the University and his receipt shall be sufficient discharge for the same, but the Council may appoint other persons to give receipts for any such money or property and in such case a receipt given by any such other person shall be a sufficient discharge for the same.
5.	The Treasurer may resign by writing addressed to the Council Court.

VIII. The Appointment of Academic Staff

UNCHANGED

IX. The Registrar

^†1.	The Council shall appoint a Registrar of the University with such functions, at such remuneration and, subject to Statute XXI, upon such terms and conditions as the Council may deem fit; provided that the Council shall make such an appointment only after considering a report from a Joint Committee of the Council and the Senate.
*2.	The Registrar shall be the Secretary of the Court and the Council and shall be responsible for providing secretarial services for the Senate and any committees of the Court, the Council and the Senate and the Joint Committees thereof.

X. Other Staff

UNCHANGED

XI. The Auditors

1.	The Council shall appoint an Auditor or Auditors who shall hold office for such period, and at such remuneration as shall be determined by the Council.
*2.	Every such Auditor shall be a member of one of the following bodies of accountants:
	the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales; the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland; the Association of Certified Accountants; The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland;
	any other body of accountants established in the United Kingdom and for the time being recognised for the purposes of section 161 (1)(a) of the Companies Act 1948 or any statutory modification thereof for the time being in force;
	but no person shall hold office as Auditor who is, or any of whose partners is, a member of the Court, Council or staff of the University.
3.	The Auditor or Auditors shall make a report to the Council at least once in each year.
4.	The Auditor or Auditors shall have the right of access at all reasonable times to the books, records, accounts and vouchers of the University and shall be entitled to require from the officers of the University such information and explanations as may be necessary for the performance of his or their duties.
5.	If the office of Auditor or Auditors shall become vacant by his or their death or resignation or any other cause before the expiration of his or their period of office the Council shall forthwith appoint an Auditor or Auditors in his or their place for the remainder of such period.
6.	An Auditor may resign by writing addressed to the Council.

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XIII. The Council

^$∞*^^+1.	The Council shall consist of the following persons, namely:
	(i) Ex-officio Members
		(a)  Internal The Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellors, the Vice-Chancellor, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, the Treasurer.
	(ii) Appointed Members
		Persons appointed as follows: One by an Association recognised by the Council as representing former students (including, if the Council so determines, former students of the College); Two students of the University appointed by the Students' Union, one of whom shall be the President of the Students' Union, if he be a student of the University;
	(iii) Members Elected by the Court
		Three members of the Court, not being members of the Academic or other staff of the University or students, elected by the Court, of whom not more than one shall be a former member of the Academic or other staff of the University.
	(iv) (iii) Members Elected by the Senate
		Three members of the Senate, being members of the Academic Staff, elected by the Senate, of whom not more than two shall be Elected Members of the Senate; but no member of the Senate shall be eligible for such election to the Council during his final year of office as a member of the Senate.
	(v) (iv) Members Elected by the General Assembly
		Three members of the Academic Staff elected by the General Assembly.
	(vi) (v) Other Elected Members
		Two members of the staff other than the Academic Staff, other than those employed on an hourly or fee basis or those self employed, elected from within their own number.
	(vii) (vi) Co-opted Members
		Such other persons of whom not more than two shall be members of the Academic or other staff of the University, and not exceeding nine twelve in all, as may be co-opted by the Council.
*2.	Subject to these Statutes, the periods during which the members of the Council respectively shall hold office shall be as follows:
	(i) Ex-officio Members shall hold office only so long as they continue to occupy the positions by virtue of which they became members. (ii) Appointed Members shall hold office for a period of three years with effect from the first day of August in the year in which they are appointed, and shall be eligible for re-appointment provided that Student Members shall hold office for a period of one year with effect from the first day of August in the year in which they are appointed and shall be eligible for re-appointment once only. (iii) Members of the Council elected by the Court shall hold office for a period of three years with effect from the first day of August in the year in which they are elected and shall be eligible for re-election. (iv) (iii) Members of the Council elected by the Senate shall hold office for such period, not exceeding three years, as the Senate may determine with effect from the first day of August in the year in which they are elected, and shall not be eligible for re-election until the expiration of one year from the end of their term of office. (v) (iv) Members of the Council elected by the General Assembly shall hold office for a period of three years with effect from the first day of August in the year in which they are elected, and shall not be eligible for re-election until the expiration of one year from the end of their term of office. (vi) (v) Members of the Council, elected by the staff other than Academic Staff, shall hold office for such period, not exceeding three years, as the Council may determine with effect from the first day of August in the year in which they are elected and shall not be eligible for re-election until the expiration of one year from the end of their term of office. (vii) (vi) Co-opted Members shall hold office for such period, not exceeding three years, as the Council may determine in each case, and shall be eligible for further co-option.
*3.	A casual vacancy among the members of the Council shall be filled as soon as conveniently possible by the person who or body which appointed or elected the member whose place has become vacant, and the person appointed or elected to fill the vacancy shall be a member for the unexpired portion of the period of office of his predecessor.
4.	Any member of the Council may resign by writing addressed to the Council.
*5.	The Council shall exercise its functions in pursuance of paragraph 6 (viii), (ix), (x), (xvii) and (xxviii) of this Statute and in pursuance of Statute XXI at Special Meetings. Members appointed by the Students' Union and an Association recognised by the Council as representing postgraduate students shall not attend Special Meetings and shall not receive or have access to papers concerned with the business of such Special Meetings. The Chairman may decide in any case of doubt whether the matter is one to which the foregoing sentence applies, and his decision shall be final.
*6.	Subject to the Charter and these Statutes, the Council shall, in addition to all other powers vested in it, have the following functions:
	(i) To appoint a Chairman, and Vice-Chairman and Secretary. (ii) To appoint members of the Court as provided for under Statute XII. (iii) (ii) To co-opt members of the Council as provided for under this Statute. (iv) (iii) To nominate to the Court persons for appointment as appoint the Chancellor, as Pro-Chancellors (other than including the Senior Pro-Chancellor) and as Treasurer. (v) (iv) To appoint the Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellors and Registrar. (vi) (v) To make Statutes and Ordinances. (vii) (vi) To authorise, on the recommendation of the Senate, the establishment of academic posts in the University. (viii) (vii) To suspend or abolish, on the recommendation of the Senate, any post except any post created by these Statutes; provided that no academic post shall be suspended or abolished except on the recommendation of the Senate. (ix) (viii) To appoint all members of the Academic Staff, and to determine, after consultation with the Senate, the terms and conditions of such appointments. (x) (ix) To appoint all other members of the University staff, and to determine the terms and conditions of such appointments. (xi) (x) On the recommendation of the Senate, to establish and dissolve the organs of academic administration, to prescribe their constitution and functions, and to modify or revise the same. (xii) (xi) To review the work of the University and take such steps as it thinks proper for the purpose of advancing its interests. (xiii) (xii)To foster close associations with industrial, commercial, research and public organisations. (xiv) (xiii) To make provision for research within the University. (xv) (xiv) To determine, after considering any recommendations of the Senate, all University fees. (xvi) (xv) To institute, on the recommendation of the Senate and subject to any conditions made by the founders, Fellowships, Scholarships, Studentships, Exhibitions, Bursaries and Prizes and other aids to study and research. (xvii) (xvi) To confer, on the recommendation of the Senate, the title of Emeritus Professor or Honorary Professor, Reader, or Lecturer or Fellow. (xviii) (xvii) To provide for the personal development and well-being of the students and for the welfare of the employees of the University. (xix) (xviii) To govern, manage and regulate the finances, accounts, investments, property, business and all affairs whatsoever of the University and for that purpose to appoint bankers and any other officers or agents whom it may deem expedient to appoint; provided that before determining any question of finance which directly affects the academic policy of the University the Council shall take into consideration any recommendation or report thereon by the Senate. (xx) (xix) To invest any moneys belonging to or held by the University in such stock, funds, fully paid shares or securities as the Council shall from time to time think fit, whether within or outside the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or in the purchase of freehold or leasehold hereditaments, including rents; provided that in the case of moneys held by the University as trustees the powers conferred by this paragraph shall be exercised subject to the provisions of the law relating to investment by trustees. (xxi) (xx) To sell, buy, exchange, lease and accept leases of real and personal property on behalf of the University. (xxii) (xxi) To provide the buildings, premises, furniture and apparatus, and other means needed for carrying on the work of the University. (xxiii) (xxii) To provide and license Halls of Residence, lodgings, apartments, and other places of residence, whether or not maintained by the University and upon and subject to such terms and conditions as the Council shall think fit. (xxiv) (xxiii) To borrow money on behalf of the University and for that purpose, if the Council think fit, to mortgage or charge all or any part of the property of the University, whether real or personal, and to give such other security as the Council shall think fit. (xxv) (xxiv) To enter into, vary, carry out and cancel contracts on behalf of the University. (xxvi) (xxv) To make provision for schemes of insurance, superannuation, pensions or retirement benefits for members of the Academic and other staff, and so far as the Council may think fit for other employees of the University or their dependents. (xxvi) To ensure that the University has appropriate procedures for the management of risk and to oversee the operation of these procedures. (xxvii) To select a Seal, Arms and a Mace for the University and to have the sole custody and use of the Seal. (xxviii) To give on behalf of the University guarantees to building societies, whether in pursuance of continuing arrangements or not. (xxix) Generally to exercise all such powers as are or may be conferred on the Council by the Charter and these Statutes, including the power to make Regulations in the exercise of all the powers expressly set out in this Statute and of all other the powers vested in the Council.
*7.	(i) The Council in accordance with the procedure prescribed in the Ordinances shall appoint from among its members or otherwise a Chairman, not being a member of the Academic or other staff or a student of the University. (ii) If the Chairman is appointed from outside the Council he shall cease to be a member of the Council if he ceases to be Chairman. Subject to these Statutes the Chairman shall hold office for three years, and shall be eligible for re-appointment. (iii) The Council shall appoint from among its own members a Vice-Chairman not being a member of the Academic or other staff or a student of the University. He shall preside at the meetings of the Council in the absence of the Chairman and shall hold office for three years, and shall be eligible for re-appointment. (iv) The Council shall appoint a Secretary from amongst the administrative staff of the University.
^†*8.	(i) The Council may establish Committees, to which it may appoint members of the Council and other persons, and may establish with the Senate Joint Committees of the Council and the Senate to which the Council may appoint members of the Council and other persons and the Senate may appoint members of the Senate and other persons. The Council may delegate to any such Committee or Joint Committee any functions which it is itself competent to perform, provided that nothing in this paragraph shall enable the Council to delegate its power to reach a decision under paragraph 10(2) of Statute XXI. (ii) The Council may establish Joint Committees of the Council and representatives of the Students' Union.

XIV. The Senate

^~> $*^+ 1.The Senate shall consist of the following persons, namely:
	(i) Ex-officio Members
	(a) The Vice-Chancellor. (b) The Deputy Vice-Chancellor. (c) The Pro-Vice-Chancellors. (d) The Deans of the Faculties. (e) The Librarian. (f) The Heads of such Departments as are designated by the Council on the recommendation of the Senate. (g) Any member of the Senate having been elected to the Council pursuant to Statute XIII paragraph 1(iv) whose membership of the Senate shall otherwise have ceased.
	(ii) Appointed Members
	Two students of the University appointed by the Students' Union Executive from within its own number; but if there be only one such person the other appointment shall be made from within the University members of the Students' Union Council and if there be no such persons both appointments shall be made from within the University members of the Students' Union Council.
	(iii) Elected Members
	(a) Four members of the Academic Staff elected by the General Assembly. (b) Such number of other members of the Academic Staff elected from within their own number so that they and the members elected under sub-paragraph (a) hereof shall equal the number of ex-officio members provided for in sub-paragraph 1(i)(f) of this Statute. (c) One student from each Faculty, each elected from within their own number.
	Ordinances shall prescribe the method of election of the Elected Members, and shall provide that the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro-Vice-Chancellors, the Deans of Faculties, the Heads of Departments, the Librarian and the professors who are members of the Senate, shall be in the majority on the Senate.
	(iv) Co-opted Members
	Not more than two members of the University co-opted by the Senate of whom one shall be a member of the Academic Staff concerned with the Residential Halls.
*2.	Subject to these Statutes, the periods during which the members of the Senate respectively shall hold office shall be as follows:
	(i) Ex-officio Members shall hold office only so long as they continue to occupy the positions by virtue of which they became members; (ii) Appointed Members shall hold office for a period of one year and shall be eligible for re-appointment once only provided that the person is eligible for appointment in pursuance of paragraph 1(ii) of this Statute. (iii) Elected Members shall hold office for a period of three years and shall not be eligible for re-election until the expiration of one year from the end of their term of office; provided that the members elected by the General Assembly shall hold office for a period of four years and shall not be eligible for re-election until the expiration of one year from the end of their term of office and further provided that the members who are students shall hold office for one year and shall be eligible for re-election once only; (iv) Co-opted Members shall hold office for such period as the Senate may determine in each case.
3.	A casual vacancy among the Elected or Appointed Members of the Senate shall be filled as soon as conveniently possible by the body which elected or appointed the member whose place has become vacant, and the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall be a member for the unexpired portion of the period of office of his predecessor.
4.	Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Statute, any member of the Senate elected to the Council in accordance with the provisions of Statute XIII shall continue to be a member of the Senate until the end of his term of office as a member of the Council.
*5.	The Senate shall exercise its functions in pursuance of paragraph 6(v), (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix), (x), and (xxiv) of this Statute at Special Meetings.
	Appointed Members of the Senate and those elected pursuant to sub-paragraph 1(iii)(c) of this Statute shall not attend Special Meetings and shall not receive or have access to papers concerned with the business of such Special Meetings. The Vice-Chancellor may decide in any case of doubt whether a matter is one to which the foregoing sentence applies, and his decision shall be final.
^~>*6.	The Senate shall exercise full responsibility over the academic work of the University and shall, subject to these Statutes, take such measures and act in such a manner as shall appear to it best calculated to promote the academic work of the University both in teaching and research and for the regulation and superintendence of the education and discipline of the students of the University. Subject to the Charter and these Statutes, the Senate shall, in addition to all other powers vested in it, have the following functions:
	(i) To regulate and control all teaching, courses of study and research and the conditions qualifying for admission to the various titles, degrees and other distinctions offered by the University. (ii) To regulate the admission of persons to courses of study or research. (iii) To appoint members of the Court as provided for under Statute XII. (iv) (iii) To elect members of the Council as provided for under Statute XIII. (v) (iv) To review from time to time the duties of all members of the Academic Staff. (vi) (v) To recommend to the Council the establishment of new academic posts in the University and if it thinks fit to recommend that any vacant post be not filled. (vii) (vi) (a) To appoint Examiners whether internal or external.        (b) To regulate all University examinations. (viii) (vii) To terminate the studies of any student where the work of the student is found to be unsatisfactory. (ix) (viii) To confer Degrees and grant other academic distinctions to persons who shall have pursued a course of study or research approved by the Senate, who shall have passed the examinations and satisfied any other conditions prescribed in the Ordinances or Regulations. (x) (ix) To grant Diplomas, Licences, Certificates or other distinctions to persons who have pursued a course of study or research approved by the Senate under conditions prescribed by it. (xi) (x) To accept such examinations and periods of study or research at such Universities or other places as the Senate may determine as equivalent to such examinations and periods of study or research in the University as the Senate may determine. (xii) (xi) To accept courses of study or research in any other institution which in the opinion of the Senate possesses the means of affording the proper instruction for such courses as equivalent to such courses of study or research in the University as the Senate may determine. (xiii) (xii) To determine what formalities shall attach to the conferment of Degrees and other distinctions. (xiv) (xiii) On what it shall deem to be good cause, to deprive persons of any Degrees or other distinctions conferred on them and to revoke any Diplomas, Licences, Certificates or other distinctions granted to them by the University and to withdraw all privileges connected therewith. (xv) (xiv) To be responsible for the general administration of the University Library and other general academic services. (xvi) (xv) To recommend to the Council the institution of Fellowships, Scholarships, Studentships, Exhibitions, Bursaries and Prizes and other aids to study and research. (xvii) (xvi) To prescribe, subject to any conditions made by the Founders and to any directions of the Council, the terms and conditions of competition for Fellowships, Scholarships, Studentships, Exhibitions, Bursaries and Prizes and to examine for and award the same. (xviii) (xvii) To supervise the extra-mural work of the University. (xix) (xviii) To make recommendations to the Council on any matter of interest to the University. (xx) (xix) To regulate the use of academic dress in the University. (xxi) (xx) To promote research within the University and to require reports from time to time on such research. (xxii) (xxi) To regulate the discipline of the University. (xxiii) (xxii) To take such steps as it thinks proper for regulating organisations of Students. (xxiv) (xxiii) Subject to the provisions of Statute XXIV, to expel any Student who appears to the Senate after consideration of a report from a body established under Ordinance to have been guilty of grave misconduct. (xxv) (xxiv) Except as otherwise provided, to appoint representatives of the University on other bodies. (xxvi) (xxv) To report to the Council from time to time as to the expediency of the establishment and dissolution of organs of academic administration and to make recommendations as to their constitution and functions and the modification or revision thereof. (xxvii) (xxvi) To review, amend, refer back, control or disallow any act of any such organ of academic administration and to give directions to any such body. (xxviii) (xxvii) Generally to exercise all such powers as are or may be conferred on the Senate by the Charter and these Statutes including the power to make Regulations in the exercise of the powers expressly set out in this Statute and of all the other powers of the Senate.
~*7.	(i) The Senate may establish Committees, to which it may appoint members of the Senate and other persons, and may establish with the Council Joint Committees of the Council and the Senate to which the Council may appoint members of the Council and other persons, and the Senate may appoint members of the Senate and other persons. The Senate may delegate to any such Committee or Joint Committee any functions which it is itself competent to perform. (ii) The Senate may establish Joint Committees of the Senate and representatives of the Students' Union. (iii) The Vice-Chancellor and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor shall be ex-officio members of all Committees of the Senate.

XV. The General Assembly

^$¶*1.	The General Assembly shall consist of the following persons, namely:
	The Vice-Chancellor. The Pro-Vice-Chancellors. The Registrar. The Professors and all other members of the Academic Staff. The Librarian. The Wardens and Sub-Wardens. The holders of such other academic, administrative and research posts as may be designated by the Senate.
2.	The Vice-Chancellor shall be the Chairman of the General Assembly.
3.	There shall be at least one ordinary meeting of the General Assembly during each year.
*4.	The General Assembly shall elect four members of the Senate as provided for under Statute XIV, and three members of the Council as provided for under Statute XIII, and six members of the Court as provided for under Statute XII.
5.	The General Assembly may discuss and declare an opinion on any matter relating to the University, including any matter referred to it by the Council or the Senate, and may, if it so decides, submit resolutions to the Council or Senate.
6.	The Vice-Chancellor may at any time at his discretion, and shall upon the requisition in writing of not fewer than twenty-five members of the General Assembly stating the purpose for which the meeting is to be called within thirty days after receiving such requisition, summon an extraordinary meeting of the General Assembly.

XVI. Faculties

UNCHANGED

XVII. The Students' Union

UNCHANGED

XVIII. Honorary Degrees

UNCHANGED

XIX. Congregations

UNCHANGED

^†XX. Removal of Officers and Members

1.	The Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellors (other than including the Senior Pro-Chancellor), the Treasurer or any member of the Court (other than an Ex-officio member or a member of the academic staff to whom Statute XXI applies) may be removed from office for good cause by the Court and the Senior Pro-Chancellor, and or any member of the Council (other than an Ex-officio member or a member of the academic staff to whom Statute XXI applies), may be removed from office for good cause by the Council. The External Ex-officio Member of the Council may be removed from membership of the Council for good cause by the Council. No person shall be removed by the Court or the Council unless he shall have been given a reasonable opportunity to have been heard by the Court or the Council (as the case may be).
2.	"Good cause" in this Statute means:
	(a) conviction for an offence which may be deemed by the Court or the Council (as the case may be) to be such as to render the person convicted unfit for the execution of the duties of the office; or (b) conduct of an immoral, scandalous or disgraceful nature incompatible with the duties of the office; or (c) conduct constituting failure or persistent refusal or neglect or inability to perform the duties or comply with the conditions of office whether such failure results from physical or mental incapacity or otherwise.

^†XXI. Academic Staff

UNCHANGED

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XXIII. Service of Notices and Documents

UNCHANGED

XXIV. Appeals by Students

UNCHANGED

⁺XXV. Acts During Vacancies

No act or resolution of the Court, Council, Senate, Academic Advisory Committee, General Assembly or any of the Faculty Boards or Committees or other bodies constituted in accordance with these Statutes shall be invalid by reason only of any vacancy in the body doing or passing it or by reason only of any want of qualification by or invalidity in the election or appointment of any de facto member of the body whether present or absent.

XXVI. Interpretation of Statutes

These Statutes shall be interpreted in such a manner as not to conflict with the Charter.

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