Heritors’ meetings etc.
Section 7 - Heritors’ meetings convened by the Commission
18.Section 7 sets out when the Commission must call a meeting of heritors, and when it may do so. The Commission must call a heritors’ meeting when necessary to appoint a Commissioner; before each general business meeting of the Commission (held twice a year); and (where requested to do so by three or more heritors) to consider a resolution to: change the number of Commissioners for each section of the benefited land; alter the boundaries of each section; to include or exclude a ditch from the Pow; or terminate the appointment of a Commissioner. The Commission may call a heritors’ meeting for any other purpose at any other time. Before the Commission convenes a heritors’ meeting it must give not less than 10 days’ notice to heritors and provide them with the details of the meeting, including the agenda. The quorum for such a meeting is three heritors.
Section 8 – Heritor’s representative
19.Section 8 provides that a heritor may, by giving notice to the Clerk, appoint a person to represent the heritor for the purposes of the Act. For example, a heritor who does not live in the Pow area can appoint a local representative to attend meetings and vote for a resolution on the heritor’s behalf.
Section 9 – Alterations by heritors
20.Section 9 provides that where the Act requires a resolution to comply with this section it must be voted for by heritors representing at least 75% of the sum of the chargeable values of all heritors’ land.
