Memorandum of Association

45 The Council shall consist of:

45.1 the Officers

45.2 a maximum of ten Ordinary Council Members or such other maximum number (being not less than four) as may be determined by the Society in General Meeting.

45.3 no more than 5 elected Members or Officers of Council shall reside permanently outside of the United Kingdom. The interests of international members of the Society will be represented by the appointment of an Officer for International Affairs

46 The first Officers and other members of Council shall be the subscribers to the Memorandum of Association who shall hold the offices and for the terms set out in the Regulations.

ELECTION OF ORDINARY COUNCIL MEMBERS

47 A person will only be eligible to be elected an Ordinary Council Member if he is an Ordinary or Honorary Member of the Society. Employees are not eligible for election to Council. Past employees are not eligible for election for a period of no less than five years after they left the employ of the Society.

48 The Ordinary Council Members shall be elected by the Ordinary Members by postal ballot.

49 The procedure for the nomination and election of Ordinary Council Members shall be defined in the Regulations.

50 The results of the election of Ordinary Council Members shall be declared at the Annual General Meeting immediately following their election. The election of new Ordinary Council Members as aforesaid shall take effect as from the close of the Annual General Meeting when the retiring Ordinary Council Members shall be deemed to retire.

51 An Ordinary Council Member shall hold office for a term of three years from the date of his election, at the end of which he shall retire, but shall be eligible for re-election for a second three-year term of office by Council. After this they shall not be eligible for re-election until they have been out of office for one year. For the purposes of this Article and Articles 60, 61 and 63 a “year” shall mean the period between the end of one Annual General Meeting and the end of the next Annual General Meeting of the Society.