The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Act 2003

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Censors of the College.

29.— (1) Subject to the following subsections, the Council of the College, shall from time to time and in the presence of the President or, in his absence, the Vice-President and two or more Members of the Council, upon request made to the President or, in his absence, to the Vice-President, elect in such form and manner, as the Council may, from time to time, direct and prescribe, any Member of Members of Council for the position of Censor.

(2) A Censor under this section shall be called or known by the name and style of “CENSOR OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND”.

(3) Censors shall be Members of the Council of the College.

(4) The Council shall have the power to appoint a Board of Censors, which shall be three in number.

(5) In addition to the powers vested by Paragraph 14A of the Charter of 1885, as inserted by this Act, the Censors may also be called upon by the Council to determine such matters of discipline of students of the College as the Council may from time to time direct.

(6) Censors may promulgate their own rules of procedure and any such rules shall take account of and respect the Constitutional rights of those concerned.

(7) Censors shall not be eligible to hold the office of Examiner.

(8) Except in the said Paragraph 14A, a reference in the Charters to a Censor does not include a reference to a Censor as provided for by this section.