Composition of the Corporation
2.—(1) The Corporation must consist of—
(a)up to seven 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 “business members”);
(b)up to three members co-opted by the members of the Corporation (to be known as “co-opted members”);
(c)at least one and up to three members who are employed as and have been nominated by the staff of the institution (to be known as “staff members”). If there is more than one staff member, at least one staff member must be employed as and elected and nominated by the teaching staff and at least one staff member must be employed as and elected and nominated by the other members of staff of the institution;
(d)at least one and up to three members who are students at the institution and have been elected and nominated by the students at the institution or (as the Corporation may determine) elected and nominated by a recognised association representing the students at the institution (to be known as “student members”);
(e)up to two members who are parents of students under the age of 19 years attending the institution, who have been elected and nominated by such other parents or (as the Corporation may determine) elected and nominated by a recognised association representing such parents (to be known as “parent members”);
(f)at least one and up to three members nominated by local authorities specified by the Corporation (to be known as “local authority members”);
(g)at least one and up to three members nominated by a community body or bodies appearing to the other members to represent the interests of a section of the local community nominated by the other members (to be known as “community members”) (for the purposes of this paragraph “community body” includes any association not conducted for profit);
(h)the Principal of the institution (unless the Principal chooses not to be a member); and
(i)up to two members appointed by the Welsh Ministers in exercise of their powers under section 39 of the Learning and Skills Act 2000(1) (to be known as “Welsh Ministers Appointed Members”).
(2) Any question as to whether a person is qualified in accordance with sub-paragraph (1) for appointment as a member to any category, must be determined by the relevant appointing authority as specified in paragraph 4.
2000 c. 21; section 39 was amended by section 47 of and paragraphs 1-3 of the Schedule to the Learning and Skills (Wales) Measure 2009 (nawm 1).