# Universities (Scotland) Act 1966, Section 2: Constitution of University Courts.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) Subject to the provisions of section 17 of this Act and Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the 2016 Act , the University Courts of the older Universities shall consist of the persons specified in Parts I, II, III and IV respectively of Schedule 1 to this Act.
(2) Except as provided in section 5(2) of the Act of 1889, subsections (3) and (4) of this section and paragraphs (g) and (h) of Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act, the term of office of all assessors on a University Court to which this section applies shall be four years.
(3) The term of office of assessors elected by the Senatus Academicus or by the General Council to such a University Court, or of members co-opted by such a University Court, shall be four years or such lesser period as may at the time of election or, as the case may be, co-option be determined by the University Court, and different periods may be prescribed for different persons.
(4) In the event of a casual vacancy among the assessors elected by the Senatus Academicus or by the General Council to such a University Court, the person elected to fill such vacancy shall demit office at the date when the person whom he succeeded would have retired.
(5) All assessors on such a University Court shall be eligible for further nomination or, as the case may be, re-election; and all members co-opted by such a University Court shall be eligible for further co-option.
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1966/13/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universities-scotland-act-1966/section-2
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