# The Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh (Scotland) Order of Council 1994, Article 8: Period of office of governors


(1) Any governor ex officio specified in article 4(1)(b) shall hold the office of such a governor for the duration of his tenure of the office by virtue of which he is such a governor.
(2) Any governor appointed to the governing body under article 4(1)(a) or (c) or co-opted to it under article 5 may be further appointed or co-opted to it on expiry of his term of office if he is still eligible in accordance with this Order and his appointment is not precluded by paragraph (3).
(3) A person shall not be appointed or co-opted to the governing body where his term of office, if aggregated with any previous terms of office, would cause him to serve for more than 12 years as a governor.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), a term of office shall include any term of office as a governor, whether served before or after the coming into force of this Order, and whether taken by appointment under article 4(1)(a) or (c) or co-option under article 5, or otherwise, but not any term of office served ex officio.
(5) The governing body shall make rules for the duration of the terms of office of governors appointed under article 4(1)(a) or (c) or co-opted under article 5, which rules may be revoked and replaced, or varied, by further rules made by the governing body from time to time.
Provided that:
(a) no governor shall be appointed or co-opted for a term of office of more than four years; and
(b) no variation or revocation of rules for the duration of the terms of office of governors shall have effect so as to vary or terminate the period of office of any person who is a governor at the time when said variation or revocation takes effect.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2371/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/queen-margaret-college-edinburgh-scotland-order-of-council-1994/article-8
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