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

Amendment of Paragraph 9 of the Charter of 1885.

22.— The Charter of 1885 shall be read and construed as if the following words were deleted therefrom where the same appear at Paragraph 9 thereof that is to say the words:

“AND We do hereby, for us, our heirs and successors, grant and ordain that in case such election shall not be held and completed as aforesaid, or if, at any time, any vacancy shall occur by death, resignation, removal, or incapacity of the President or Vice-President, or any Member of the said Council, or any other officer of the said College hereby nominated or hereafter to be elected then and in such case it shall and may be lawful for any two of the Fellows of said College, on being thereunto so required by notice in writing, signed by any six Fellows, to issue a summons six clear days before the day therein named and appointed for the Meeting, and thereby to convene a Meeting of the Fellows of said College at the Hall of said College or other convenient place within the City of Dublin, upon a day and at an hour, between the hours of nine and three, to be mentioned in such summons, and the said Fellows shall then and there elect, as hereinbefore provided, a Fellow or Fellows to fill up and supply the said office or offices, or such of them as shall have so become vacant or required to be filled up, for such part of the ensuing year as shall be then to come and unexpired. And the person or persons so elected shall thereupon enter the office to which he or they shall have been so elected, and shall serve for the remainder of the year and thenceforth until a new appointment and election be made as hereinbefore provided, and shall have all the powers, privileges, and authorities which would have belonged to him or them if originally elected and appointed thereunto. PROVIDED ALWAYS that every summons issued under the authority of this clause, and by virtue of this provision, shall specifically state the object for which the meeting thereby convened is to be held.”

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

“AND We do hereby, for us, our heirs and successors, grant and ordain that in case such election shall not be held and completed as aforesaid, or if, at any time, any vacancy shall occur by death, resignation, removal, or incapacity of the President or Vice-President, or any Member of the said Council, then and in such case it shall and may be lawful for any two of the Fellows of the College, on being thereunto so required by notice in writing, signed by any six Fellows, to issue a summons six clear days before the day therein named and appointed for the Meeting, and thereby to convene a Meeting of the Fellows and Members of said College at the Hall of said College or other convenient place within the City of Dublin, upon a day and at an hour, between the hours of nine and three, to be mentioned in such summons which summons shall be transmitted in a manner as aforementioned, and the said Fellows and Members shall then and there elect, as hereinbefore provided, a Fellow or Fellows to fill up and supply the said office or offices, or such of them as shall have so become vacant or required to be filled up (except in the case of the vacancy being that of the President or Vice-President in which case the Members of the Council then and there shall elect as hereinbefore provided a Fellow or Fellows to fill up and supply the said office), in any case, for such part of the ensuing term as shall be then to come and unexpired. And the person or persons so elected shall thereupon enter the office to which he, she or they shall have been so elected, and shall serve for the remainder of the term and thenceforth until a new appointment and election be made as hereinbefore provided, and shall have all the powers, privileges, and authorities which would have belonged to him, her or them if originally elected and appointed thereunto. PROVIDED ALWAYS that every summons issued under the authority of this clause, and by virtue of this provision, shall specifically state the object for which the meeting thereby convened is to be held.”

were inserted.