# The St Austell College (Government) Regulations 1993, Paragraph 3: Vacancies and subsequent composition of the Corporation


(1) When the office of a member of the Corporation is or falls vacant the Corporation shall appoint a new member, or refrain from appointing a new member, with a view to ensuring that by 1st April 1994 the membership of the Corporation conforms to the following limits with the total number of members and the numbers of members in each variable category determined in accordance with clause 4 below—
(a) not more than 13 members who are, or have been, engaged or employed in business, industry or any profession or in any other field of employment relevant to the activities of the institution (to be known as “independent members”);
(b) 1 member nominated by the Training and Enterprise Council for the area in which the institution is situated;
(c) not more than 5 members (to be known as “co-opted members”), co-opted by the members of the Corporation who are not co-opted members, of which not more than 2 may be employed by a local authority, other than as teachers (including head teachers or principals) or as members of a fire brigade maintained under the Fire Services Act 1947, or be elected members of a local authority;
(d) not more than 2 members who are members of the staff of the institution elected and nominated by the staff at the institution (to be known as “staff members”);
(e) not more than 1 member who is a student at the institution elected and nominated by the students at the institution (to be known as the “student member”);
(f) not more than 2 members nominated by a body or bodies within the local community nominated by the other members of the Corporation; and
(g) the Principal of the institution unless he chooses not to be a member.
(2) For the purposes of this Instrument, a person who is not for the time being enrolled as a student at the institution shall be treated as such a student during any period when he has been granted leave of absence from the institution for the purposes of study or travel or for carrying out the duties of any office held by him in any students' union at the institution.
(3) It shall be for the appointing authority, defined in clause 5, to determine any question as to whether any person is qualified in accordance with the preceding provisions of this clause for appointment as a member of the Corporation of any description or category.
(4) Members falling within paragraph (1)(a) or (b) are to be known as “business members”.
(5) The Corporation shall appoint a person to serve as Clerk to the Corporation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/271/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/st-austell-college-government-regulations-1993/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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