New Zealand Legislation: Acts

11 Council

• (1) There shall be a Council of the Society, consisting of—

  • (a) The President, the Vice-Presidents, the President-elect (if any), and the Treasurer:

  • (b) Such number of other members, elected by District Law Societies from their own members, as is prescribed by the Society's rules.

  (2) Every member elected by a District Law Society shall be elected annually in such manner as is prescribed by that society's rules and shall, unless he sooner vacates office otherwise than by effluxion of time, hold office until his successor is elected.

  (3) Every elected member shall be eligible for re-election.

  (4) If at any time a District Law Society fails to elect a member, the District Council may do so in its stead, and the fact that the District Council at any time so elects shall be sufficient evidence of its authority to do so.

  (5) Any member of the Council who is unable to attend a meeting of the Council may by writing under his hand appoint, from among members of the District Law Society that he represents, a practitioner to act in his stead at that meeting.

  (6) The powers of the Council shall not be affected by any vacancy in its membership, or by any failure to elect, or any irregularity in the election of, any member of the Council.

  Compare: 1955 No 101 s 116; 1961 No 47 s 33; 1962 No 121 s 7; 1963 No 95 s 2; 1967 No 128 s 10(1), (2); 1970 No 74 s 2(1)