The Senatus Academicus shall continue to possess and exercise the powers hitherto possessed by it so far as they are not modified or altered by the M1Universities (Scotland) Act 1858, or by this Act, and shall have power—
(1)To regulate and superintend the teaching and discipline of the University [F1and to promote research]:
(2)To appoint two-thirds of the members of any standing committee or committees charged by ordinance of the Commissioners with the immediate superintendence of any libraries or museums, or the contents thereof, belonging to the University and college or colleges thereof existing at the passing of this Act; and to receive in the first instance all reports by such committee or committees, and subject to the review of the University Court, to confirm, modify, or reject the recommendations in such reports.
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F1Words inserted by Universities (Scotland) Act 1966 (c. 13), s. 8 (1)
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