Cap. 638 Art. 19Appointment, powers and duties of the President.

(1) The President shall be appointed for a term of three

(3) years by the President of Malta, acting in accordance with the advice of the Prime Minister, after consulting with the Leader of the Opposition, which person shall be chosen on account of his involvement, in-depth knowledge, and experience in education and the industry as defined in article 2.

(2) The President shall be the most senior official of the College and shall be responsible for leading the College to comply with this Act and with national educational strategic policy as the official guardian of all established good governance policies and procedures at the College.

(3) The President shall promulgate the statutes, regulations and bye-laws of the governing bodies of the College and may revert once to any governing institution such statutes, regulations, and bye-laws which in his opinion are not in compliance with the laws of Malta.

(4) The President may in the event that there is no Principal or Principal-Designate to fulfil the duties of Principal as outlined in article 22, due to appoint any one of the Deputy force majeur, Principals to carry out such duties until such time when the Principal can resume his duties or a new Principal is appointed in terms of the provisions of this Act: Provided that the President shall, within five (5) working days of appointment of the Principal, convene an emergency Board of Governors meeting in order to ratify the temporary appointment.