New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE WELFARE OF MOTHERS AND BABIES' INCORPORATION ACT 1919 - SECT 11

11 By-laws and rules

(1) The body corporate may make by-laws and rules, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that by this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed and, in particular, for or with respect to the following:

(a) the persons entitled to be members of the body corporate or affiliated thereto or to exercise any of the rights and powers of members,

(b) the constitution, election, appointment, tenure of office, powers and duties of the council and officers, servants, and committees of the body corporate, and the conditions on which any of such offices or membership of the council or a committee is vacated and the filling of such vacancies,

(c) formation of and the duties, rights, and powers of branches and of the members thereof,

(d) the meetings of the body corporate and of any committees or branches, and of the council, and the manner of holding and the conduct of business at any meeting, and the quorum required for any meeting,

(e) accounts of the body corporate and committees and branches, and audit of the same.

(2) All such by-laws and rules shall:

(i) be published in the Gazette,

(ii) take effect from the date of publication, or from a later date to be specified in such by-laws and rules, and

(3) Until such by-laws and rules have been made, the rules and regulations of the said society in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, except where inconsistent with this Act and except so far as altered or repealed by any by-law and rules made under this Act, continue binding on the members of the body corporate and its branches.

(4) A by-law or rule made by the Governor and in force immediately before the commencement of Schedule 5 [1] to the Health Legislation Amendment Act 2003 continues in force after that commencement as if the by-law or rule had been made by the body corporate.