Pharmacy (Northern Ireland) Order 1976

Article 3(2).

SCHEDULE 1 N.I. THE PHARMACEUTICAL SOCIETY OF NORTHERN IRELAND

PART I N.I. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SOCIETY

1.  The Society is a body corporate. N.I.

2.  Every person registered as a pharmaceutical chemist shall, so long as he continues to be so registered, be a member of the Society. N.I.

3.—(1) Every person registered as a druggist shall, so long as he continues to be so registered, be an associate of the Society. N.I.

(2) Every associate of the Society shall have the privilege of attending and voting at all meetings of the Society, and otherwise taking part in the Society's proceedings, in the same manner as a member of the Society.

4.  Every person registered as a student shall, so long as he continues to be so registered, be a student of the Society. N.I.

5.  The Council may elect suitable members or associates of the Society as fellows of the Society and may elect suitable persons as honorary members of the Society. N.I.

PART II N.I. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AS TO THE SOCIETY

The seal N.I.

6.  The fixing of the seal of the Society shall be authenticated in such manner as may be prescribed, and any document purporting to be sealed with that seal so authenticated shall be receivable in evidence of the particulars stated in that document. N.I.

Officers N.I.

7.—(1) The Council may employ a secretary of the Society (who shall be a registered pharmaceutical chemist), a treasurer and such other subordinate officers as may be found necessary for the performance of the Society's functions. N.I.

(2) All fees and other sums which are payable to the Society under this Order shall be paid to the treasurer and shall be applied to the purposes of the Society in such manner as may be determined by the Council under Article 4(3).

Superannuation, etc. N.I.

8.—(1) The Society may in its discretion, with the consent of the Department, grant to any officer whose whole time has been devoted to the service of the Society and who has become incapable of discharging the duties of his office with efficiency by reason of permanent infirmity of mind or body or old age, upon his resigning or otherwise ceasing to hold his office, an annual allowance not exceeding in any case two-thirds of his salary and emoluments at that time. N.I.

(2) An officer shall not be qualified to receive an allowance under this paragraph on the ground of age unless he has attained the age of sixty years and has served as an officer of the Society for twenty years at least.

(3) An allowance under this paragraph shall be payable to, or in trust for the officer concerned and shall not be assignable or chargeable with debts or other liabilities.

(4) Where an officer whose whole time has been devoted to the service of the Society dies, after he has served five years or upwards, while still employed in that service, the Society may in its discretion, with the consent of the Department, grant to his legal personal representatives a gratuity equal to the annual salary and emoluments of his office.

(5) Where an officer, having become entitled to an annual allowance under this paragraph, dies after he has retired from the service of the Society, and the sums paid or payable to him at the time of his death on account of that allowance are less than the amount of the annual salary and emoluments of his office, the Society may in its discretion, with the consent of the Department, grant to his legal personal representatives a gratuity equal to the deficiency.