Point in time view as at 14/04/2016. This version of this provision is not valid for this point in time.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Higher Education Governance (Scotland) Act 2016, Section 6.
Valid from 30/06/2017
(1)An election for the position of senior lay member of the governing body of a higher education institution must be arranged by the governing body if more than one applicant—
(a)is entitled under section 5(2) to stand as a candidate in the election, and
(b)confirms an intention to stand as a candidate in the election.
(2)If the number of candidates in the election subsequently falls to below two—
(a)the election is to be postponed until the election can be held with more than one candidate standing (and the vacancy must be advertised under section 4(1) again),
(b)the remaining candidate (if there is one) continues to be entitled to stand as a candidate in the election.
(3)The governing body of the institution is to offer every candidate in the election reimbursement of reasonable expenses that are incurred by the candidate in campaigning in the election (up to the limit per candidate that is fixed by the governing body).
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