# The Derby College (Government) Regulations 2001, Paragraph 8: Persons Ineligible to be Members


(1) Any person who is under the age of 18 years shall be ineligible for appointment as a member except as a student member.
(2) A person who is a member of staff of the institution shall be ineligible for appointment as a member except as a staff member or in his capacity as Principal.
(3) A student at the institution shall be ineligible to be appointed as a member except as a student member. A person who is already a member other than a student member shall not be required to resign if during his term of office he enrols on a part-time course at the institution, but if he enrols on a full-time course at the institution he shall cease to be a member of the Corporation and thereupon his office shall become vacant.
(4) The Clerk to the Corporation shall be ineligible to be a member.
(5) Subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), a person shall be disqualified from holding, or from continuing to hold, office as a member if that person has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors.
(6) Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having been adjudged bankrupt, that disqualification shall cease—
(a) unless the bankruptcy order made against that person is previously annulled, on his discharge from bankruptcy; and
(b) if the bankruptcy order is so annulled, on the date of the annulment.
(7) Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having made a composition or arrangement with his creditors and he pays his debts in full, the disqualification shall cease on the date on which the payment is completed and in any other case it shall cease on the expiration of 3 years from the date on which the terms of the deed of composition or arrangement are fulfilled.
(8) A person shall be disqualified from holding, or from continuing to hold, office as a member if, within 5 years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect, or since his appointment, he has been convicted in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than 3 months without the option of a fine.
(9) Upon a member of the Corporation becoming disqualified from continuing to hold office by virtue of paragraph (5) or (8), he shall forthwith give notice of the fact to the Clerk to the Corporation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/3810/schedule/1/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/derby-college-government-regulations-2001/schedule-1/paragraph-8
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