The Statutory framework for the membership, responsibilities and functioning of the Board is set out in the Instrument and Articles of Government established under powers in the Further and Higher Education Act 1992, as amended by the Learning and Skills Act 2000. These Standings Orders should be read in conjunction with the Instrument and Articles, which take precedence.
The Clerk shall prepare a schedule of meetings each year by the end of June for the ensuing academic year.
When it appears to the Chair that there has been sufficient Member debate he or she may close the item and proceed to call for a decision.
Where there appears to be a consensus the Chair may announce it without calling a vote.
The principle of “collective cabinet responsibility” is accepted; but a Member who so wishes may ask for his/her dissent to be recorded.
For the purposes of (a) above, the members authorised generally to authenticate the use of the seal are the Chair, Vice Chair, a Committee Chair and the Principal.
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