Statute CXLI.

Irish Universities Act, 1908

University College, Cork

We, the Governing Body of University College, Cork, under and by virtue of the powers in that behalf conferred on us by the said Act, Do by this present instrument under the Seal of University College, Cork, make the Statute contained in the Schedule hereof for the general government of the said College.

Given under the Common Seal of University College, Cork, this eighteenth day of July, 1986.

Present when the Common Seal of University College, Cork, was affixed:

(Signed)

TADHG Ó CIARDHA, President.

SHAWN DOONAN, Governor.

M. F. KELLEHER, Secretary.

Statute 141

Schedule

Statutes I. to CXL. of University College, Cork shall be read and construed with the additions, modifications and amendments hereinafter set forth.

CHAPTER I.
President

1. Section 1 of Chapter IV. of Statute I. shall henceforth be entitled "section 1(a)" and there shall be added the following section 1(b):

   "1(b) The President shall be chief academic and administrative officer of the College and shall have general responsibility to the Governing Body for maintaining and promoting the efficiency and good order of the College".

2. Statute I., Chapter IV., section 4, is hereby deleted.
3. Statute I., Chapter IV., section 7, is hereby amended by the insertion of the words "to the Governing Body" after the words "Annual Report", and by the insertion of the words "for consideration at an ordinary meeting" after the words "Governing Body".
4. Statute I., Chapter IV., section 18, is hereby amended by the substitution of the words "his term of office expires" for the words "he attains the age of seventy years".

CHAPTER II.
Pension Scheme

The provisions of Statute LXXIX., Chapter i., section 7(a)i. are hereby deleted and replaced by the following:

"7(a)i. The President shall hold office for a period of ten years or for the period until he shall have attained the age of sixty-five years, whichever period shall first expire".

CHAPTER III.
Office of Vice-President

Statute CX., Chapter I., is hereby further amended by the addition thereto of the following:

"6. The Vice-President shall, when required, attend meetings of the Governing Body".

CHAPTER IV.
Professorship of General Practice

1. There shall be established in the College, in the event of its institution by the National University of Ireland, a Professorship of General Practice.
2. The said Professorship shall be a full-time office within the meaning of the statutes of the College and of the University.
3. The stipend of the Professorship shall be the same as that provided in Statute CXXXII., Chapter I., section 4(a), as amended; said stipend may be enhanced or reduced by resolution of the Governing Body. following determination of the arrangement referred to in section 5 hereof.
4. The duties of the Professor shall be to lecture in General Practice for all degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University and for all diplomas and certificates of the College. He shall also examine in General Practice for the College and, if required by the Senate to do so, for the University.
5. The duties shall, in addition, include the obligation to discharge such professional duties appropriate to the office in accordance with an arrangement determined by the Governing Body.
6. The Professor shall be precluded from engaging in private practice or consultancies in any form or retaining any fees which may be received by him in connection with his work except in so far as may be provided under the arrangement referred to in section 5 hereof.
7. The said Professorship shall be a pensionable office to which the provisions of Statute LXXIX., as amended, and the Pension Scheme annexed thereto, as amended, shall apply.
8. The said Professorship shall, subject to the provisions of this Chapter, be tenable for the same term and upon the same conditions and the holder thereof shall be subject to the same duties and obligations as if the said Professorship had been included in Statutes I., to CXL. of University College, Cork.

CHAPTER V.
Lectureship in Medicine No. 2

The Lectureship in Medicine No. 3, established by Statute XCVI., Chapter XII., shall henceforth be known as the Lectureship in Medicine No. 2.

CHAPTER VI.
Lectureship in Medicine No. 3

1. There shall be established in the College. in the event of its institution by the National University of Ireland, a Lectureship in Medicine No. 3.
2. The said lectureship shall be a part-time non-pensionable office. The stipend of the lectureship shall be IR£3,000 per annum.
3. The duties of the lecturer shall be to lecture in Medicine under the direction of the Professor of Medicine for all degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University and for all diplomas and certificates of the College. He shall also examine in Medicine for the College and, if required by the Senate to do so, for the University. He shall, in addition, discharge such other duties appropriate to the office as shall be assigned to him by the said Professor of Medicine.
4. The said lectureship shall be tenable only by a member of the medical staff of the teaching hospital recognised by the College and the University in which the Professor of Medicine has, as of right, the control of the adequate teaching or professional unit of beds, both male and female, and is the medical practitioner in charge.
5. The said lectureship shall be in substitution for an existing part-time assistantship in the Department of Medicine and the pro- visions of Statute XXXIV., Chapter I., section 4 shall not apply.
6. The said lectureship shall, subject to the foregoing provisions of this Chapter, be tenable for the same term and upon the same conditions and the holder thereof shall be subject to the same duties and obligations as if the said lectureship had been included in Statutes I., to CXL. of University College, Cork.

CHAPTER VII.
Pension Scheme

1. Statute LXIX., Chapter I., section 8, as already amended, is hereby further amended, subject to the provisions of section 2 of this Chapter, by the replacement of the entire section by the following:
   • "8
     • (a) For the purpose of computing the pension of a participant, the Governing Body shall have power to add to the number of actual years (including the fraction of a year) of pensionable service such number of years (including the fraction of a year) as the Governing Body in its absolute discretion may think fit."

       Provided that the foregoing provision shall be exercised by the Governing Body only in the case of a participant who is a President, Officer, Professor, Lecturer or Assistant or holds a post deemed by the Governing Body to be of a professional. technical or specialist nature and in respect of whose appointment the qualifications and/or experience ordinarily required would not permit an appointment of a person less than twenty-five years of age.

     • (b) The total number of years added in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (a) of this section shall not exceed
       • i. the aggregate of the minimum number of years in which the required qualification could be obtained and the minimum number of years essential experience required, such aggregate to be calculated as if the commencement date was the participant's eighteenth birthday; or
       • ii. the minimum age for the competition (if applicable) of which the participant was recruited reduced by twenty-five
       and when aggregated with other pensionable service, shall not exceed forty years.
     • (c) The number of years calculated in accordance with sub-section (b) shall be appropriately reduced where
       • i. pensionable service has been or could have been transferred from any previous employment;
       • ii. a participant has received or retains an entitlement to a pension, preserved pension or other superannuation benefit from any previous employment.
       • iii. a participant has a pension entitlement under the Social Welfare Acts, arising on contributions paid in previous employment.
2. A participant at the date hereof to whom the provisions of Statute LXXIX., Chapter I., section 8 (prior to its amendment by section 1 of this Chapter) may opt to have said provisions continue to apply in his case as an alternative but not in addition to the provisions referred to in section 1 of the Chapter.
3. The foregoing provisions shall be deemed to have come into effect as from 1 January, 1983.

CHAPTER VIII.

1. This Statute shall be construed with and as part of Statutes I., to CXL. of University College, Cork and maybe cited as Statute CXLI. of University College, Cork or Stat. CXLI. of Univ. Coll. Cork.
2. This Statute shall come into operation on the eighth day of July, 1986.

Present when the Common Seal of University College, Cork, was affixed.

(Signed)

TADHG Ó CIARDHA, President.

SHAWN DOONAN, Governor.

M. F. KELLEHER, Secretary.