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Charter and Statutes The persons who immediately before the Appointed Day were members of the bodies known respectively as the Delegacy of Univer- sity of London King's College and the Council of King's College London shall from the Appointed Day until immediately before the first meeting of the Council together constitute the Council as if they had been appointed in the terms of the Charter and these Statutes The persons who immediately before the Appointed Day were mem- bers of the bodies known respectively as the Professorial Board of University of London King's College and the Theological Professorial Board of King's College London shall from the Appointed Day until immediately before the first meeting of the Academic Board together constitute the Academic Board as if they had been appointed in the terms of the Charter and these Statutes The society known immediately before the Appointed Day as the students' union society of King's College London 'the existing stu- dents' union' shall on the Appointed Day continue with the same name as the students' union society of the College and those persons who were officers of the existing students' union immediately before the Appointed Day shall continue thereafter as officers of the students' union society of the College for the unexpired periods commencing with the Appointed Day of the terms for which they were originally elected Provided that- nothing in this paragraph shall prevent the variation or replacement of the constitution of the students' union society of the College under these Statutes or the reduction or termination of the term of office of any person who continues as an officer under this paragraph by any such variation or replacement as aforesaid persons who continue as officers under this paragraph shall be governed in respect of their functions by the constitution of the students' union society of the College and any variations thereto or replacement thereof All the existing Regulations made by the Council of King's College and the Delegacy of University of London King's College shall remain in force except in so far as they conflict with the Charter and these Statutes until they are amended superseded or withdrawn by Regula- tions made by the Council References in existing Regulations to the Delegacy of University of London King's College and the Council of King's College London shall be construed as references to the Council As soon as possible after the Appointed Day elections shall be held and nominations made to enable members to be appointed to the Council and the Academic Board in accordance with these Statutes Notwith- standing the periods of office specified in these Statutes the Council and the Academic Board may respectively prescribe initial terms of office of members less than the terms of office specified for each category of members so that satisfactory scheme of rotation may be established In this Statute- 'Appointed Day' means the date of this Our Charter