Regulation 14 Vacancies among governors
A governor shall be deemed to have vacated his office as governor, and the governing body shall declare his place vacant, in the following circumstances:–
where he intimates in writing his resignation as a governor;
where he ceases to hold an office in respect of which he was qualified for appointment or election to the governing body, provided that he shall be deemed not to have ceased to hold that office if he is at the first opportunity re-appointed or re-elected to it;
where his estate is sequestrated or a bankruptcy order is made against him or he has granted a trust deed for, or entered into an arrangement with, his creditors;
where he becomes unable to carry out his duties as a governor by reason of physical or mental illness;
where he fails without leave of the governing body to attend any meeting of the governing body or of a committee or sub-committee of the governing body for a period of 6 months; or
in the case of a governor who has been elected to be a governor in accordance with rules made under regulation 13(3) or (4), where he ceases to be a member of the academic or non-academic staff or a matriculated student, as the case may be.
Where the place of a governor who has been appointed to the office of governor has been declared vacant under paragraph (1) of this regulation, or where such a governor has died, the governing body shall intimate the vacancy to the body or person referred to in Schedule 1 which is entitled to appoint that governor and that body or person may appoint a governor to fill the vacancy.
Where the place of a governor who has been elected to be a governor in accordance with rules made under regulation 13(3) or (4) has been declared vacant under paragraph (1) of this regulation, or where such a governor has died, or where, in one of the elections held under those rules no person is declared to have been duly elected or the number of the persons declared to have been duly elected is less than the number of places to be filled, the governing body shall hold a further election to fill the vacant place or places.
A governor appointed or elected in terms of paragraph (2) or (3) of this regulation shall hold office until the expiry of the period of office of the governors in terms of regulation 13(1).