(1) For the purpose of enacting a statute, a draft of the statute shall be circulated to the members of the Council at least fourteen days before the meeting at which it is to be considered.

(2) After consideration at the meeting, the draft may be provisionally approved either with or without amendment.

(3) Written notice on the amendments shall be circulated to members at least three days before the meeting.

(4) The statute as provisionally approved shall be circulated to the members of the Council; and where in the opinion of the Council the statute affects academic matters, the statute shall be circulated to the members of the Academic Board, at least seven days before the meeting at which the statute is to be confirmed.

(5) A provisional statute may be confirmed without amendment at a meeting of the Council held not less than one month or more than six months after the meeting at which it was provisionally approved.