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Regulations for Graces and Congregations of the Regent House: Notice

23 September 2002

The Council note that the current regulations for the submission of amendments to Graces are unclear at present. Under Regulation 5 of the regulations for Graces and Congregations of the Regent House (Statutes and Ordinances, p. 113), a Grace shall be deemed to be approved by the Regent House at 4 p.m. on the next Friday but one following the publication of the Grace unless (a) it is withdrawn, or (b) the Council have given notice that a vote is to be taken on the Grace, or (c) a request for a ballot has been received, or (d) a proposal for amendment of the Grace has been received. Regulation 8 provides that a request for a ballot must be received before the time for approval, while Regulation 9 provides that a proposed amendment should be received before the Grace is approved. Where a request for a ballot is received this might suggest that proposals for amendment could be received up to the deadline for the return of ballot papers but this is evidently impracticable. The Council have agreed that Regulation 9 be amended to specify that proposals for amendments in such circumstances be submitted within one week of the Notice of the request for a ballot being published in the Reporter.

The Council are therefore submitting a Grace (Grace 5, p. 30) to amend the first sentence of Regulation 9 so as to read:

Any ten members of the Regent House may submit a written proposal to the Vice-Chancellor for the amendment of a Grace which has been submitted to the Regent House, provided that the proposal is received by the Vice-Chancellor before the hour specified in Regulation 5 for the approval of the Grace or, if a request for a ballot on the Grace has been received, within one week of the date on which a Notice of the request has been published under Regulation 10 below.

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Cambridge University Reporter, 2 October 2002
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