King's College London Act 1997


The King's College London Act 1997 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom on the governance structure of King's College, London.

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The Act makes various amendments to the structure of the College, and its governance.
Among its provisions, section 15 requires that just over one-third of the Council, the governing body of King's, is elected by staff and students. There has not, however, been an "appointed day" under section 3 for this to take effect, over two decades after its passage through Parliament.

List of sections

1.Short title
2.Interpretation
3.Appointed day
4.Dissolution of Schools
5.Transfer of property, etc
6.Constitution of Continuing Trustees of Schools
7.Restriction on use of certain property
8.Transfer of liabilities, etc
9.Savings for agreements, deeds, actions, etc
10.Construction of bequests, etc
11.Transfer of powers to appoint or nominate
12.Name of College school of medicine and dentistry
13.Dissolution of Delegacy
14.Repeals and amendments
15.Amendments to College Statutes
16.Transitional amendments to College Statutes