Victorian Numbered Acts

EDUCATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (TAFE AND UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE REFORM) ACT 2015 (NO. 69 OF 2015) - SECT 5

    (1)     For section 3.1.16(1) of the Principal Act substitute —

    "(1)     An Order in Council or Ministerial Order made under section 3.1.11 must provide for a board of a TAFE institute consisting of not less than 10 and not more than 15 directors of whom—

        (a)         at least half must be appointed by the Minister; and

        (b)     a minimum of one director or any other greater fixed number of directors must be a staff member or members of the institute elected by staff of the institute; and

        (c)     one must be the chief executive officer of the institute; and

        (d)     the remaining directors must be appointed by the board by co-option.

    (1A)     In subsection (1)(b), a reference to a fixed number of directors is a reference to the number of directors to be elected by the staff of the TAFE institute fixed by the Order in Council or Ministerial Order made under section 3.1.11.".

    (2)     In section 3.1.16(2) of the Principal Act, for ", or advising about persons for appointment as directors to a board, the Minister and the directors" substitute "the Minister and the board".

    (3)     For section 3.1.16(3) of the Principal Act substitute —

    "(3)     A person who is a member of Parliament must not be appointed or elected as a director of the board.".