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8.3.3 All persons who serve on the Management Committee or put forward for or seeking election to the Management Committee shall be over 18 years old.
8.4 Election of Management Committee Of cers:
8.4.1 The Members of the Management Committee shall elect annually a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson from among their own number. A person elected to the position of Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson may serve for a maximum of ve consecutive years, after which he/she may not stand for re- election as Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson for a further three years.
8.4.2 The Management Committee shall appoint such other of cers as may be required from time to time to speci c sub-committees.
8.5 Regional members of the Management Committee:
8.5.1 For the Purpose of electing Regional Representative members of the Management Committee, England and Wales shall be divided into constituencies.
8.6 Members of the Management Committee elected under Rule 8.3.1 shall serve no more than three consecutive three year terms on a rota system as set out in Section C of the Standards and Procedures.
8.7 Local authority Members:
8.7.1 The Management Committee shall also include three local authority Representatives; either elected serving members or employees of the local authority.
8.7.2 Local Authorities which are Members of the Society shall elect one 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 lled 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 Of cers and Management Committee Members:
8.8.1
8.8.2
Any Of cer or Management Committee member elected under Rules 8.3.1, 8.3.2, 8.4.2 or 8.11.1 may resign from of ce by sending notice in Writing to the Society Secretary at the Registered Of ce of the Society. Any Of cer or Management Committee Member can be suspended and, after investigation, have their of ce 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.
The Of cer 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 of ce is proposed.
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