Constitution and Rules
The membership of the General Council is governed by ordinance No. 96 of the University of St Andrews and is as follows:-
- "The Chancellor., all graduates of the University (including honorary graduates) and holders of the Licentiateship in Dental Surgery, members and former members of the University Court, Professors and former Professors of the University, Readers and Lecturers who have been in office for more than one year, former Readers and Lecturers who were members of the Council during their tenure of office as such and who continued in the employment of the University until retirement."
The Chancellor of the University is elected by the General Council and is President of the Council.
Under the Universities (Scotland) Act 1966, new Ordinances and Resolutions are communicated in draft form to the General Council, whose opinion thereon is taken into consideration.
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