New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN NEW SOUTH WALES INCORPORATION ACT 1947 - SECT 6A

6A Chairman

(1) A chairman of the Trust shall be elected by the members of the Trust from among their number:

(a) at the first meeting of the Trust held after each annual meeting of Conference, and

(b) at the next meeting of the Trust held after the office of chairman becomes vacant pursuant to subsection (2).

(2) The office of chairman of the Trust shall be deemed to have become vacant if the person holding that office for the time being:

(a) ceases to be a member of the Trust, or

(b) resigns that office by giving written notice of his resignation to the Trust.

(3) A person elected under subsection (1) shall hold office as chairman of the Trust until:

(a) the election under subsection (1) of his successor in that office, or

(b) that office becomes vacant pursuant to subsection (2),

whichever first occurs.

(4) The chairman for a meeting of the Trust shall be:

(a) except as provided by paragraph (b)-the chairman of the Trust, or

(b) where the chairman of the Trust is absent from the meeting-another member of the Trust elected to act as chairman by the majority of the votes cast by the members of the Trust present and voting at the meeting.