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Representative to the Management Committee each year by postal ballot. Persons so elected shall serve for three consecutive years, unless they leave the local authority or the local authority ceases to be a Member of the Society.
8.7.3 Nominations shall follow Section B of the Standards and Procedures.
8.7.4 Any vacancy arising shall be filled by the nominating Authority until a new ballot
can be organised, or until the next Annual General Meeting of the Society.
8.8 Removal of Officers and Management Committee Members:
8.8.1 Any Officer or Management Committee member elected under Rules 8.3.1, 8.3.2, 8.4.2 or 8.11.1 may resign from office by sending notice in Writing to the Society Secretary at the Registered Office of the Society. Any Officer or Management Committee Member can be suspended and, after investigation, have their office terminated on any of the grounds of non-compliance with the code of conduct; disbarment from acting as a director; conduct considered to bring the Society into disrepute and/or detrimental to the carrying out of the Society’s business.
8.8.2 The Officer or Management Committee member concerned shall be given 28 Clear Days’ notice in Writing of a resolution to investigate the grounds on which termination of their office is proposed.
8.8.3 The Officer or Management Committee member may make representations to the Management Committee before the resolution stated in 8.8.2 is considered by the Management Committee.
8.8.4 If the grounds for termination are contested by the Officer or Management Committee member, the Management Committee will set up an independent appeal panel of three persons to investigate and report on the grounds for termination to which the member may submit representations including any in Writing as set out in Section A.
8.8.5 The procedures set out in Rules 7.8.2 through to 7.8.5 shall also apply to an Officer or Management Committee member.
8.8.6 On the passing of a resolution proposed under 8.8.2 the Officer or Management Committee member concerned shall be immediately suspended sine die (Without assigning a day) and the Management Committee shall co-opt a person or persons to fill the vacancy so created.
8.8.7 In the case of a regional representative the Region will be informed of any decision to suspend under 8.8.1 and will be asked to nominate a replacement.
8.8.8 If appropriate and with the consent of the Region the nominated replacement could be co-opted by the Management Committee to serve until the end of the term, after the usual checks and induction as set out in Section B of the Standards and Procedures.
8.9 Removal of regional representative by region:
8.9.1 A region requesting to remove their Regional Representative from the Management Committee have the right to do so, subject to the procedure set out below: