IV         OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE

11         POWERS OF THE COMMITTEE

The affairs of the Constituent Body shall be administered by the Committee which shall exercise all the powers of the Constituent Body expressed in Rule 4 and without limiting the generality thereof.

11.1      The Committee shall have power to appoint such Sub-Committees as are considered necessary to deal with the affairs of the Constituent Body.

      11.1.1         The Committee shall determine the composition, powers and terms of reference of each Sub-Committee.

      11.1.2         The Chairman of any Sub-Committee shall have a second or casting vote, and the quorum necessary for the transaction of business by a Sub-Committee shall be one-third of its appointed members or as the Committee may determine.

      11.1.3         A Sub-Committee may exercise the power of cooption subject to the provisions of Rule 11.2.

11.2      The Committee shall have power to co-opt additional members to serve on it provided that the number of such co-opted members shall not exceed twenty-five per cent of the number of members elected to hold office on the Committee (the Officers and the Representative(s) for the purposes of this computation being deemed to be elected members) and to approve the co-option of additional members to serve on any Sub-Committee, in both cases either for general or special service and with or without voting rights.

11.3      The Committee shall not exercise its powers in any way or for any purpose inconsistent with the objects of the Constituent Body.

11.4      The procedure for the conduct of meetings of the Committee shall be prescribed by the Committee and details thereof shall be kept by the Honorary Secretary and be available for inspection by Members at all reasonable times.

11.5      References in these Rules to any acts or activities or opinion (including, without limitation, decisions, directions, requests, exercises of discretion and the giving of consent) of the Committee shall mean such acts or activities or opinions as shall have been sanctioned or effected or (as the case may be) expressed by (a) a resolution of the Committee or (b) a resolution of the relevant Sub-Committee where the power to act or authority being exercised has been delegated by the Committee to a Sub-Committee or (c) the relevant Officer where that power or authority has been delegated by the Committee to an Officer.

12         OFFICERS

12.1      The Officers at the Constituent Body shall be a President, a President Elect, an Honorary Secretary, an Honorary Treasurer, the Immediate Past President and such Officers as the Constituent Body may in General Meeting from time to time determine.

12.2      The Officers of the Constituent Body shall be elected at each Annual General Meeting in accordance with Rule 8.3.

12.3      Each Officer on election at an Annual General Meeting shall hold office from the end of that Meeting until the end of the next Annual General Meeting but shall be eligible for re-election from year to year.

12.4      If any such offices shall fall vacant between one Annual General Meeting and the next such vacancy shall be filled by the Committee for the period of the vacancy.

13         COMMITTEE

13.1      The Committee shall consist of:

      13.1.1         The Officers.

      13.1.2         Twelve members (or such other number not exceeding twenty as may be determined from time to time by the Constituent Body in General Meeting) duly elected in accordance with Rule 8.4. A Member of the Committee shall hold office from the end of the Annual General Meeting and shall be eligible for re-election from year to year.

      13.1.3         The Representative(s) who shall hold office from the end of the Annual General Meeting next following his election until the end of the following Annual General Meeting.

13.2      The Committee shall each year elect its own Chairman for the ensuing year to hold office from the date of the Annual General Meeting until the date of the following year’s Meeting. He may hold any other office of the Constituent Body at the same time and shall be eligible for re-election from year to year.

13.3      The quorum at any meeting of the Committee shall be seven (or such other number as may be determined from time to time by the Constituent Body in General Meeting) and the Member elected to take the Chair shall be entitled to exercise a second or casting vote.

13.4      If a vacancy shall occur for an elected Member of the Committee between one Annual General Meeting and the next such vacancy shall be filled by the Committee.

13.5      If a Member of the Committee shall commit an offence under Rule 5.9 or shall be adjudged bankrupt or if a court order is made appointing a receiver to administer such Member’s property such Member shall thereupon cease to be a Member of the Committee.

13.6      Committee Members shall receive no remuneration for serving on the Committee other than the payment of authorized expenses for carrying out their duties.

14         PATRONS

The Committee may appoint Patrons of the Constituent Body. Such Patrons shall not be members of the Constituent Body and shall not have the right of voting at General Meetings but will have such rights as the Committee may decide and will pay an annual subscription as fixed by the Committee.