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1228 comprising such persons as the Council thinks fit, whether or not they are members.

(2) The Council may at any time discharge, alter, or reconstitute any committee.

(3) The Council may from time to time appoint 1 or more committees to represent the Society within a regional area and may deem any such committee to be a Regional Constituent Organisation for the purpose of appointing Councillors under section 23 or for any other purpose under this Act relating to Regional Constituent Organisations.

Cf. 1965, No. 38, s. 14 (6)

29. Delegations to committees—(1) The Council may, from time to time, refer to any committee of the Council any matter for consideration or inquiry or management or regulation.

(2) The Council may, from time to time, by written notice, delegate to any such committee any function, power, or duty of the Council, except this power of delegation.

(3) Any committee may exercise or perform any function, power, or duty of the Council delegated to it under this section in the same manner as if the committee were the Council.

(4) Every delegation under this section is revocable by the Council at will, and no such delegation prevents the exercise or performance of the function, power, or duty by the Council.

(5) Every committee purporting to act under any delegation under this section is, until the contrary is proved, presumed to be acting in accordance with the terms of the delegation.

30. Vacation of office of Councillors—(1) Any Councillor may at any time resign his or her office by giving notice to that effect to the Society.

(2) A Councillor is to be treated as having vacated his or her office if the Councillor dies.

(3) Any Councillor may be removed from office by written notice, on the grounds of a mental or physical condition affecting the performance of duty, or for neglect of duty or misconduct, proved to the satisfaction of the Council.

(4) If a person ceases to be a Councillor in accordance with any of subsections (1) to (3) then,— (a) Subject to any rules, the vacancy so created may be filled by appointment or election to the vacant office in the sole discretion of the Council; and