Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge
SPECIAL ORDINANCES UNDER STATUTE C
pp. 71–72
UNIVERSITY OFFICES AND EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNIVERSITY

SPECIAL ORDINANCE C (i):
University Officers: sabbatical leave, dispensation, duty to examine
(Special Ordinance under Statute C I 1)

1. Every office specified in Schedule C (i) 1 shall be a University office and the holder shall be entitled to be dispensed from discharging the duties of her or his office during one term for every six terms of service as hereinafter defined; provided always that

  1. (a)the officer shall obtain the consent of the General Board, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld;
  2. (b)in estimating the amount of leave of absence due under this section at any time account shall not be taken of any service done by the officer more than six years before;
  3. (c)an officer shall not necessarily receive any stipend in respect of any period of absence under this section, but the General Board may fix the amount (if any) of the stipend payable in respect of such period.

For the purposes of this section the General Board shall have power to determine whether a term or part of a term is to be reckoned as a term of service in any case where the holder of an office specified in the Schedule has been excused compliance with any or all of the conditions of the office under Statute C and the Ordinances or has been dispensed from discharging all or part of the duties of the office under Section 2 below; and for the same purposes a term of service shall be defined as any term during which or during part of which a University officer has held such an office, except

  1. (i)any term for which or for part of which the General Board has excused the officer from compliance with any or all of the conditions of her or his office under Statute C and the Ordinances but has not allowed the term to be reckoned as a term of service;
  2. (ii)any term for which or for part of which the General Board has dispensed the officer from discharging all or part of the duties of her or his office under Section 2 below but has not allowed the term to be reckoned as a term of service;
  3. (iii)any term for which the officer has been dispensed from discharging the duties of her or hisr office under this section.

2. The competent authority may for sufficient cause dispense a University officer from discharging all or part of the duties of her or his office, as follows:

  1. (a)The competent authority may dispense an officer, on account of her or his illness, from discharging the duties of his or her office for a period not exceeding six months, without loss of stipend. The competent authority may extend such dispensation and if it does so shall fix the amount (if any) of the stipend payable to the officer.
  2. (b)The competent authority may dispense an officer, for sufficient cause other than illness, from discharging the duties of her or his office for a period not exceeding five years. In exceptional circumstances the competent authority, with the concurrence of the votes of not less than two-thirds of the whole number of its members, may grant such a dispensation for a period longer than five years, or may extend beyond five years a dispensation already granted, provided always that such a dispensation or extension shall not be valid without the concurrence of the Board, Syndicate, or other body chiefly concerned with the duties of the officer. No stipend shall be payable to the officer during any such dispensation (whether or not the period of dispensation exceeds five years) unless at the time of giving it or at the time or times of extending it the competent authority, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the nature of the sufficient cause and the question whether the officer is receiving or will receive payment from some source other than the University during the period of the dispensation, shall determine that the whole or part of the normal stipend is to be payable.
  3. (c)The competent authority may dispense an officer, for sufficient cause other than illness, from discharging part of the duties of her or his office for a period not exceeding five years in the first instance, and may extend beyond five years a dispensation already granted, provided always that such a dispensation or extension shall not be valid without the concurrence of the Board, Syndicate, or other body chiefly concerned with the duties of the officer. A reduced stipend, as determined by the competent authority, shall be payable during such a dispensation.

3. The competent authority shall have power to determine whether any period, or part thereof, of an officer’s dispensation or partial dispensation from duty under this Special Ordinance shall be omitted in reckoning the limit of tenure fixed at the time of the officer’s appointment or reappointment to her or his office.