Statute for the European Documentation and Research Centre (Amendment)

L.N. 57 of 2012

EDUCATION ACT

Statute for the European Documentation and Research Centre (Amendment)

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74(5) and 75(6)

of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the University of Malta has

promulgated the following statute made by the Council of the University of Malta

in virtue of the powers conferred upon it by articles 72, 75(1), 77(d) and 136(3) of

the said Act

Citation

This statute may be cited as the Statute for the European Documentation

and Research Centre (Amendment) and shall amend the Statute for the European

Documentation and Research Centre, published as Legal Notice 103 of 2010,

hereinafter referred to as “the principal statute”.

Applicability

Articles 4 and 5 shall be applicable from 16 December 2011 onwards.

Articles 6 and 7 shall be applicable from 8 April 2011 onwards.

Amendment to the title of the principal statute

For the title of the principal statute there shall be substituted the following

“Statute for the Institute for European Studies”.

Amendment to the principal statute

Wherever in the principal statute the word “Centre” occurs it shall be

substituted by the word “Institute for European Studies”.

Amendment to article 4 of the principal statute

For article 4 of the principal statute there shall be substituted the

following

“4. All members of the Board, other than those appointed ex officio; the

two representatives of the academic staff and the two representatives of the

students shall be appointed for a period of one year, renewable for up to four

years. A retiring member will be eligible for re-appointment.”

Amendment to paragraph (a) of article 6 of the principal statute

For paragraph (a) of article 6 of the principal statute there shall be

substituted the following

“6. (a) the Director of the Institute shall be appointed according to

the procedure for the appointment of Directors of Institutes and Centres as

approved by the Council of the University, for a duration of one year, with the

possibility of renewal annually subject to established performance criteria,

the needs of the Institute and the needs of the University, for a total period not

exceeding four (4) years; and”

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