# Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Act 2016, Section 17: Validity of board's proceedings


The validity of any proceedings of the academic board is not affected by any—
(a) vacancy in membership (or category of membership),
(b) defect in the appointment of a member.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/15/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/higher-education-governance-scotland-act-2016/section-17
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