The City of Sunderland College (Government) Regulations 1995

Persons Ineligible to be Members

7.—(1) A person who is under the age of 18 years shall be ineligible for appointment as a member except as the student member.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), no person who has attained the age of 70 years shall be eligible for appointment as a member of the Corporation.

(3) A person over the age of 70 shall not by virtue of paragraph (2) be disqualified for appointment as a member of the Corporation where—

(a) the appointing authority in relation to the appointment is the Secretary of State; or

(b) the appointing authority in relation to the appointment determine to make the appointment by a vote representing an absolute majority of all the members of that authority (whether or not taking part in the vote).

(4) A person who is a member of staff of the institution shall be ineligible for appointment as a member except as a staff member or co-opted member or in his capacity as Principal.

(5) A student at the institution shall be ineligible to be appointed as a member except as the student member, but a person who is already a member shall not be required to resign if during his term of office he enrols on a part-time course at the institution.

(6) No person who is employed by a local authority other than as a teacher (including a head teacher or principal) or as a member of a fire brigade maintained under the Fire Services Act 1947, or is an elected member of a local authority shall be eligible for appointment as a member except as a co-opted member.

(7) Subject to paragraphs (8) and (9), a person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member if that person has been adjudged bankrupt or has made a composition or arrangement with his creditors; and a member, on becoming so disqualified, shall give written notice of that fact to the Clerk to the Corporation.

(8) Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having been adjudged bankrupt, that disqualification shall cease—

(a) unless the bankruptcy order made against that person is previously annulled, on his discharge from bankruptcy; and

(b) if the bankruptcy order is so annulled, on the date of the annulment.

(9) Where a person is disqualified by reason of his having made a composition or arrangement with his creditors and he pays his debts in full, the disqualification shall cease on the date on which the payment is completed and in any other case it shall cease on the expiration of three years from the date on which the terms of the deed of composition or arrangement are fulfilled.

(10) A person shall be disqualified for holding, or for continuing to hold, office as a member if, within five years before his appointment would otherwise have taken effect, or since his appointment, he has been convicted in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man of any offence and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) for a period of not less than three months without the option of a fine. Where, by virtue of this paragraph, a person becomes disqualified for holding office as a member that person shall give written notice of that fact to the Clerk to the Corporation.