Article 11 Period of office of Governors

Any Governor ex officio specified in article 7(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.

Any Governor appointed to the Governing Body under article 7(1)(a) or (c) or co-opted to it under article 8 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).

A person shall not be further appointed or co-opted to the Governing Body for a further term of office, if that term, when aggregated with any previous terms of office, would result in that person serving a total of more than 12 years as a Governor.

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 by appointment under article 7(1)(a) or (c) or co-option under article 8, but not any term of office as a Governor appointed under article 7(1)(b) ex officio.

The Governing Body shall make rules for the duration of the terms of office of Governors appointed under article 7(1)(a) or (c) or co-opted under article 8, and such rules may be revoked, replaced or varied, by the Governing Body:

no such Governor shall be appointed or co-opted for a term of office of more than 4 years; and

no revocation, replacement or variation of rules for the duration of the term of office of Governors shall vary or terminate the period of office of any person who is a Governor at the time when the said revocation, replacement or variation takes effect.