SCHEDULE 3ELECTIONS, ETC

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1

Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, rules may be made by the appropriate rule-making body mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) as respects—

a

the conduct of elections to a specified body, and

b

the circumstances and manner in which casual vacancies thereon are to be filled, whether the vacancy occurs as a result of the death or resignation of a person or in consequence of any provision of these Regulations.

2

The appropriate rule-making body shall be—

a

in relation to a branch board, that board;

b

in relation to the election of male delegates to a central conference by a particular branch board and to casual vacancies among those delegates, that board;

c

in relation to the election of female delegates to a central conference and casual vacancies among those delegates, the joint central committee;

d

in relation to the conferences arrangements committee, the joint central conference;

e

in relation to the election of members of a central committee by a central conference and casual vacancies among those members, that central conference.