BAS Rules and Constitution

Rules and Constitution 9 (e) Should, at the commencement of such meeting, there be an insuf- ficient number of candidates nominated, nominations may be taken from the floor of the meeting. 12. Any member of the Management Committee may resign from membership of the Management Committee at any time by giving notice in writing to the Secretary but such resignation shall take effect at the time such notice is received by the Secretary unless a later date is specified in the notice when it shall take effect on that later date or such member may be removed from office at a general meeting of the Association where that member shall be given the opportunity to fully present his or her case. The question of removal shall be determined by the vote of the members present at such a general meeting. Vacancies on Management Committee 13. (1) The Management Committee shall have power at any time to appoint any member of the Association to fill any casual vacancy on the Management Committee until the next annual general meeting. (2) The continuing members of the Management Committee may act not- withstanding any casual vacancy in the Management Committee, but if and so long as their number is reduced below the number fixed by or pursuant to these Rules as the necessary quorum of the Management Committee, the continuing member or members may act for the purpose of increasing the number of mem- bers of the Management Committee to that number or of summoning a general meeting of the Association, but for no other purpose. Functions of the Management Committee 14. (1) Except as otherwise provided by these Rules and subject to resolu- tions of the members of the Association carried at any general meeting the Management Committee— (a) shall have the general control and management of the administra- tion of the affairs, property and funds of the Association; and (b) shall have authority to interpret the meaning of these Rules and any matter relating to the Association on which these Rules are silent. (2) The Management Committee may exercise all the powers of the Association— (a) to borrow or raise or secure the payment of money in such manner