The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Charters Amendment) Act 2003

Amendment of Paragraph 2 of the Charter of 1885.

15.— The Charter of 1885 shall be read and construed as if the following words were deleted therefrom where the same appear at Paragraph 2 thereof that is to say the words:

“AND that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Council, or a majority of such Members thereof as shall assemble (the whole number then and there present not being less than one-third part of the whole Council), to exercise the powers and privileges and perform the duties and functions of the said body politic and corporate, as the governing or executive Council of the said College, and in all respects to act for or on behalf of the said College, as lawfully representing the same, and to make and publish and also to alter, change, or annul, from time to time, such Bye-Laws, Rules, Ordinances, and Constitutions as to them may seem requisite for the regulation, good government, and advantage of the said body and the administration of the funds and property thereof, or concerning qualifications of the candidates, for Letters Testimonial, the enrolment, registry, matriculation, administration, and examination of Fellows, Licentiates, Pupils, Students, and Apprentices, the Fees to be payable by them and every of them to the said College or to any Fellow or to any Licentiate thereof, the terms and conditions of admission of taking them or any of them, and to provide and enact Bye-Laws and Rules for the regulation of the meetings and assemblies under these Presents to be holden, and the adjournment thereof as occasion may require.”

and as if in substitution for the words so last deleted the words:

“AND that it shall and may be lawful to and for the Council, or a majority of such Members thereof as shall assemble (the whole number then and there present not being less than one-third part of the whole Council), to exercise the powers and privileges and perform the duties and functions of the said body politic and corporate, as the governing or executive Council of the said College, and in all respects to act for or on behalf of the said College, as lawfully representing the same, and to make and publish and also to alter, change, or annul, from time to time, such Bye-Laws, Rules, Ordinances, and Constitutions as to them may seem requisite for the regulation, good government, and advantage of the said body including Fellows and Members of the said College and the administration of the funds and property thereof, or concerning qualifications of the candidates, for Fellows, Members and for Letters Testimonial, the enrolment, registry, matriculation, administration, and examination of Fellows, Members, Licentiates, Pupils, Students, and Apprentices, the Fees to be payable by them and every of them to the said College, the terms and conditions of admission of taking them or any of them, and to provide and enact Bye-Laws and Rules for the regulation of the meetings and assemblies under these Presents to be holden, and the adjournment thereof as occasion may require.”

were inserted.