Section 7: Meetings of Council
consolidated text (as at 2005). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
7. Meetings of Council
(1) A general meeting of the Council shall be held once a year at such
time and place as the Board may decide but not later than 30 September.
(2) The Council Secretary shall give not less than 21 days’ written notice
of the general meeting to the members of the Council.
(3) The business of the general meeting shall be to—
(a) consider and adopt the annual report of the Board and the auditor’s report;
(b) elect 3 member organisations to represent it on the Board; and
(c) consider such other question as may be placed on the agenda.
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(4) The Council Secretary shall convene a special meeting of the Council at
the request of the Chairperson or on receipt of the written request of 4 members of the Council or for the purposes of section 6 (3).
(5) A member of the Council who has failed to comply with section 5 (3)
shall not be entitled to vote on any matter or to be nominated as candidate
for membership of the Board.
(6) The quorum of a meeting of the Council shall be half the number of
members of the Council entitled to vote plus one.
(7) Every meeting of the Council shall be presided over by the Chairperson and, in his or her absence, the members of the Council present shall appoint from among themselves a person to chair the meeting.
(8) There shall be a Council Secretary who shall keep minutes of the proceedings of the Council and have custody of all documents relating to the
Council.
(9) Every decision shall be taken by a majority of the votes of the members of the Council entitled to vote and, in case of an equality of votes, the
Chairperson shall exercise a casting vote.
(10) A Board member who is not a member of the Council may attend
any general meeting of the Council and take part in the proceedings but shall
have no right to vote on any matter.
(11) The minutes of proceedings of each meeting of the Council shall be
signed by the Chairperson of the meeting and the Council Secretary, and an
extract signed by the Chairperson and the Council Secretary shall be prima
facie evidence of any matter contained therein.
(12) Subject to this section, the Council shall regulate its proceedings in
such manner as it thinks fit.
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