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Article 20 Academic Council

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(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), the Governing Body shall appoint, and maintain by further appointment, an Academic Council in the manner specified in Part I of Schedule 1.

(2)

The proceedings of the Academic Council shall be regulated in accordance with Part II of Schedule 1.

(3)

The Governing Body shall delegate to the Academic Council the functions of the Governing Body relating to the over-all planning, co-ordination, development and supervision of the academic work of the Institution:

  • Provided that the functions specified in this paragraph shall be discharged by the Academic Council subject to the general control and direction of the Governing Body.

(4)

In discharging the functions specified in paragraph (3), the Academic Council shall have all the powers and duties of the Governing Body in relation to those functions and shall have the power to make any recommendation to the Governing Body on such matters relating to those functions as the Academic Council may think fit.

(5)

The Governing Body shall make arrangements to secure that the Academic Council shall discharge the functions imposed on them by or under paragraph (3).