New South Wales Consolidated Acts

UNITARIAN CHURCH ACT 1927 - SECT 4

4 Committee

There shall be an honorary committee of the congregation which shall consist of a president, vice-president, secretary, one treasurer or such greater number of treasurers as the rules may from time to time prescribe and eight other persons or such greater number as the rules may from time to time prescribe. Each member of the committee shall be deemed an honorary officer of the church. No person shall be a member of the committee unless he or she shall have been a member of the congregation for at least one year or for such longer period as the rules may from time to time prescribe, and no person shall be a president or vice-president unless he or she shall have been a member of the congregation for at least two years. The period of membership may be prior or subsequent to the passing of this Act, or may be partly prior or partly subsequent to the passing of this Act. Such committee shall manage the affairs of the church in such manner as it shall think fit, subject to the provisions of this Act and to the rules and to any resolutions or special resolutions passed by the congregation in any general meeting assembled. A quorum of such committee shall be such number as shall be prescribed by the rules, but shall consist of at least five members. Questions shall be decided by vote of the majority of the committee, each member present having one vote, and the chairman having a second or casting vote. The president, vice-president, secretary, or secretaries, treasurer, or treasurers and other members of the committee shall be elected by the congregation annually at such time and in such manner as the rules shall prescribe, and each officer shall hold office for one year from the date of his election, and shall be eligible for re-election. In case of any vacancy occurring in any office, such vacancy may be filled by the congregation in such manner as shall be prescribed by the rules. The person holding any of the abovementioned offices at the time of the passing of this Act, shall be deemed to have been duly elected to such offices respectively under the provisions of this Act, but shall be deemed to have retired from such office at the expiration of six months from the passing of this Act, and shall be eligible for re-election.