Composition of boards of governors
 4. (1) A board of governors of a college shall be composed of, (a)  an even number of members, as established by the by-laws of the board of governors, of not less than 12 and not more than 20 members to be appointed in accordance with subsection (2); (b)  the president of the college, by virtue of office, as a voting member; and (c)  one student, one academic staff member, one administrative staff member and one support staff member, each of whom shall be elected by the students or by the relevant staff group. O. Reg. 34/03, s. 4 (1); O. Reg. 169/10, s. 2 (1). (2) On and after October 1, 2010, the members of a board of governors appointed under clause (1) (a) shall be appointed as follows: 1.  The following number of members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council: i.  If, under the board’s by-laws, the total number of members to be appointed under clause (1) (a) is 12, four of the members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. ii.  If, under the board’s by-laws, the total number of members appointed under clause (1) (a) is established at 14 or 16, five of the members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. iii.  If, under the board’s by-laws, the total number of members appointed under clause (1) (a) is established at 18, six of the members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. iv.  If, under the board’s by-laws, the total number of members appointed under clause (1) (a) is established at 20, seven of the members shall be appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council. 2.  The remaining members of the board to be appointed under clause (1) (a) shall be appointed by the members of the board holding office at the time of the appointment, subject to paragraph 3. 3.  A member of the board appointed under paragraph 2 shall not participate in a vote of the board relating to a renewal or extension of his or her appointment. O. Reg. 169/10, s. 2 (2). (3) No member appointed under subsection (2) shall be an employee or a student of a college of applied arts and technology. O. Reg. 34/03, s. 4 (3); O. Reg. 354/05, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 169/10, s. 2 (3). (4) A college board of governors is not improperly constituted solely because the students or a staff group referenced in clause (1) (c) choose not to exercise the right to elect a member under clause (1) (c). O. Reg. 34/03, s. 4 (4). (5) No person shall be a member of the college board of governors under clause (1) (c) unless the person is duly elected in accordance with procedures established by the board after consultation with the students and with the staff referenced in clause (1) (c) and set out in a by-law of the board. O. Reg. 34/03, s. 4 (5). (6) A member of a board of governors appointed under subsection (2) or elected under clause (1) (c), other than a member elected by the students, shall hold office for a term not to exceed three years and shall not serve for more than six years consecutively but is eligible for reappointment or re-election, as the case may be, after two years absence from the board for successive terms not to exceed six years in total. O. Reg. 34/03, s. 4 (6). (6.1) Revoked: O. Reg. 469/20, s. 1 (2). (7) A member of the board of governors elected by the students under clause (1) (c) shall hold office for a term not to exceed two years and shall not serve for more than four years consecutively but is eligible for re-election after two years absence from the board for successive terms not to exceed four years in total. O. Reg. 34/03, s. 4 (7). (8) The members of a board of governors shall take office on the 1st day of September in the year of their appointment or election, as the case may be. O. Reg. 34/03, s. 4 (8). (9) A member of a board of governors who was appointed to the board by the College Compensation and Appointments Council or the College Appointments Council before October 1, 2010 shall continue to hold office after that day until the expiry of the term of their appointment. O. Reg. 169/10, s. 2 (4). (10) For the purposes of the first appointments to be made to a board of governors of a college on and after October 1, 2010 in accordance with subsection (2), the following rules apply until such time as all members of the board have been appointed in accordance with that subsection: 1.  As the terms of appointment of members appointed before October 1, 2010 expire, the first appointment to replace a member shall be made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under paragraph 1 of subsection (2) and the second appointment to replace a member shall be made by existing board members under paragraph 2 of subsection (2). 2.  Successive appointments shall be made alternatively under paragraph 1 of subsection (2) and then under paragraph 2 of subsection (2) until the requisite number of members have been appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under paragraph 1 of subsection (2). 3.  The remaining appointments to replace members appointed before October1, 2010 shall be made by existing board members under paragraph 2 of subsection (2) until the requisite number of members have been appointed in accordance with that paragraph. O. Reg. 169/10, s. 2 (4).