Section 17: Mode of exercising power to make statutes

(1) The power of the Institute to make statutes shall be exercised in accordance with the provisions of this section and not otherwise.
(2) A proposed statute shall not become law unless it has been approved —
(a) at a meeting of the Institute’s Academic Board, by the votes of at least two- thirds of the members present and voting; and
(b) at a meeting of the Council, by the votes of at least two-thirds of the members present and voting.
(3) A proposed statute may originate either in the Institute’s Academic Board or in the Council, and may be approved as required by subsection (2), by either one of those bodies before the other.
(4) A Statute which —
(a) makes provision for or alters the composition or constitution of the Council, Academic Board or any other authority of the Institute, or
(b) provides for the establishment of a new department or school, or for the amendment or revocation of any statute whereby a department or school is established,
shall not come into operation unless it has been approved by the Council.