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

Amendment of Paragraph 8 of the Charter of 1885.

21.— The Charter of 1885 shall be read and construed as if the following words were deleted therefrom where the same appear at Paragraph 8 thereof that is to say the words:

“AND We do hereby, for us, our heirs and successors, grant, ordain, and appoint that the President or, in his absence, the Vice-President, or any two Members of the Council shall, upon the first Monday in the month of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five or in ten days thereafter, and upon the first Monday in June in every succeeding year, or within ten days thereafter, convene a Meeting of the Fellows of the said College, at the Hall of the said College, or some other convenient place within the City of Dublin, by special summons as hereinafter provided, and the Fellows shall then and there elect yearly, by a majority of votes given by ballot papers in such method as the Council may, from time to time direct, from amongst those fellows who shall have sent in their names as hereinafter provided, one President and one other Fellow to be Vice-President, and any number of Fellows not exceeding the number of twentyone, including the said President and Vice-President, to be Members of the Council of the said College. No person shall be qualified for election who shall not be a Fellow of the said College, and have complied with the existing regulations, or who shall not have sent in or delivered in writing to the Registrar of the College, ten clear days before the day of election, his name and place of abode, notice of such Meeting specifying the time and place of which such meeting shall be held shall, together with a list of such duly qualified persons as shall have so offered themselves for election, be sent by post six clear days before said day of election to the usual place of abode of each of the Fellows of said College then residing in the United Kingdom where the same may be known at the said College.”

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

“AND We do hereby, for us, our heirs and successors, grant, ordain, and appoint that the President or, in his absence, the Vice-President, or any two Members of the Council shall, upon the first Monday in the month of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five or within ten days thereafter, and upon the first Monday in June in every second year, or within ten days thereafter, convene a Meeting of the Fellows and Members of the said College, at the Hall of the said College, or some other convenient place within the City of Dublin, by special summons which summons shall be addressed respectively to each person so entitled to vote at the time of transmitting and such notice shall be transmitted by whatever means (including electronic communication) as the Council may from time to time direct, and the paid-up Fellows and Members shall elect biennially, by a majority of votes given by ballot papers in such method as the Council may, from time to time direct, from amongst those fellows who shall have sent in their names as hereinafter provided, the Members of Council the number of which shall not exceed twenty-one, (including the said President and Vice-President), to be Members of the Council of the said College. No person shall be qualified for election who shall not be a Fellow of the said College, and have complied with the existing regulations, or who shall not have sent in or delivered in writing to the Registrar of the College, sixty clear days before the day of election, his or her name and place of abode. Notice of such Meeting specifying the time and place at which such meeting shall be held shall, together with a list of such duly qualified persons as shall have so offered themselves for election, be sent as hereinbefore provided twenty-one clear days before said day of election. The President and Vice-President of the College shall be paid-up Fellows of the College and shall be chosen by ballot biennially of the Fellows and Members in a like manner and at the same time as the Members of Council save that in relation to the President and Vice-President persons shall be qualified for election where they have complied with the existing regulations and have either sent in or delivered in writing to the Registrar of the College, sixty clear days before the day of election their names and places of abode or have been nominated as Council Nominees for President or Vice-President by the Council sixty clear days before the day of election. Candidates for President and Vice-President shall be notified to the Fellows and Members by Notice as hereinbefore provided. All of the persons elected aforesaid under this paragraph are elected for and during two whole years and thenceforth until others shall be duly elected in their places respectively.”

were inserted.