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Company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital
Revised
Articles of Association
of
World Bowls
Incorporated on 24 August 2001
Adopted on 25 March 2006
Council Meetings
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Annual Council Meeting |
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| 12.1 |
World Bowls shall hold an Annual Council Meeting each year. |
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| 12.2 |
The only business that may be carried on at an Annual Council Meeting shall be: |
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| 12.2.1 |
the consideration and approval of the accounts of World Bowls for the period since the last Annual Council Meeting; and |
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| 12.2.2 |
the appointment of the World Bowls’s auditors. |
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Any other business that falls to be considered at a Council Meeting shall be carried on either at a Biennial Council Meeting or a Special Council Meeting. |
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Biennial Council Meeting |
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13.1 |
The Biennial Council Meeting shall be held at or around the time of, and at a location near to, (a) the Commonwealth Games or (b) the World Championships, every even numbered year. |
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13.2 |
The business to be carried on at a Biennial Council Meeting shall be such matters as the Board agrees to include on the agenda. |
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Special Council Meeting |
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14.1 |
A Special Council meeting shall be held: |
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14.1.1 |
if the Board so resolve; or |
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14.1.2 |
if a Special Meeting is requisitioned for the consideration of urgent business by 50% of the National Delegates to the Council (provided that no such requisition shall be valid if made within 6 months after the date of a Biennial Council Meeting). |
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| 14.2 |
Any such requisition shall: |
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| 14.2.1 |
be in writing, addressed to the Chief Executive
Officer and signed by the National Delegate, the President
or the Secretary of the submitting National Authority;
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| 14.2.2 |
state full details of the urgent business proposed for discussion. |
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| 14.2.3 |
(if it deals with matters relating to the Laws
of the Sport, the Articles or the Regulations) reach the Chief
Executive Officer not later than 120 days before the date
of the Biennial Council Meeting or Special Council Meeting
at which it is to be considered;
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| 14.2.4 |
(if it deals with any other special business)
reach the Chief Executive Officer not later than 90 days before
the date of such meeting. |
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Provided that any matter of an urgent or extraordinary nature (not being dealt with under Article 14.2.3 hereof) may, if prior written notice thereof has been given to the Chairman of the Council Meeting, be brought before such Council Meeting and determined by it, but only if a majority of not less than two thirds of those present and entitled to vote consider that the matter does not justify circulation to National Authorities for prior consideration. |
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| 14.3 |
In the absence of its proposer and provided the proposer has not expressed a desire that the proposal should not be put to a Council Meeting, the resolution may (with the consent of the Council Meeting) be moved by any other National Delegate. |
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| 14.4 |
If a proposal has been submitted to and rejected by a Council Meeting, neither that proposal nor any other proposal that (in the opinion of the Board) has similar effect may be put to Council Meeting for a period of 12 months following the date of such rejection. |
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| 14.5 |
No business other than that for which the Special Council Meeting has been called shall be discussed at a Special Council Meeting. |
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Notice of Meetings |
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15.1 |
The Chief Executive Officer shall dispatch notice of each
Council Meeting to all National Delegates, Members, Directors
and the auditors not later than 110 days before such meeting
is due to be held.
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15.2 |
The Chief Executive Officer shall forward an agenda for the
meeting not later than 80 days before such Meeting.
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| 15.3 |
The Board shall determine the date, time and location of any Council Meeting. |
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| 15.4 |
The notice of the Council Meeting shall specify the date, time and location of the Council Meeting and the general nature of the business to be transacted at the Council Meeting. |
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| 15.5 |
The accidental omission to give notice of or the agenda for a meeting to, or the non‑receipt of notice of or the agenda for a meeting by, any person entitled to receive notice or the agenda shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting. |
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Procedure at Council Meetings |
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16.1 |
No business shall be transacted at a Council Meeting unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. |
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16.1.1 |
A quorum for an Annual Council Meeting shall be 2. |
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| 16.1.2 |
A quorum for a Biennial Council Meetings or a Special Council Meeting shall be 25% of National Delegates entitled to be present and representing a majority of voting rights. |
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| 16.1.3 |
If such a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for the Council Meeting, or if during a Council Meeting such a quorum ceases to be present, the Council Meeting shall stand adjourned to such day, time and place as the Board may determine. |
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| 16.2 |
The President shall preside as Chairman at every Council Meeting. If the President is not present, or is unwilling or unable to preside, the Deputy President shall preside. If the Deputy President is not present, or is unwilling or unable to preside the National Delegates shall appoint one of their number to preside as Chairman for that Council Meeting only. |
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| 16.3 |
A Director shall be entitled to attend and speak at any Council Meeting. |
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| 16.4 |
World Bowls may alter: |
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| 16.4.1 |
the Articles, by way of Special Resolution of the Members; |
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| 16.4.1 |
the Regulations, by way of resolution of the Board. |
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