Regulation 3 Notice of right to vote by proxy

(1)

In every notice calling a meeting of a society at which a resolution is to be moved there must be a statement that—

(a)

a member entitled to attend and vote may appoint a proxy to attend and vote at the meeting instead of that member; and

(b)

the member may direct the proxy how to vote at the meeting.

(2)

The proxy need not be a member of the society and must not, in the case of a collecting society, be a collector or superintendent of that society.

(3)

In this regulation—

“collecting society” has the meaning it has in section 1(1A) (industrial assurance business) of the Industrial Assurance Act 1923^f1;
“collector” has the meaning it has in section 45(1) (interpretation) of that Act^f2.

Annotations

f1: 1923 c.48; repealed by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, ss416(1)(a), 432(3), Sch 22 but saved in part by S.I. 2001/3647. Section 1(1A) was inserted by the Companies Act 1967, ss 97,99, Sch 6, Pt II, substituted by the Friendly Societies Act 1992, s 100, Sch 19, Pt 1 paras 1, 2(1), amended and saved by S.I. 2001/3647.
f2: 1923 c.48; section 45(1) was amended by the Friendly Societies Act 1992, s100, Sch 19, Pt 1, paras 1, 12 and by S.I. 2001/3647, art 3(1), Sch 1, Pt 1, para 1, 17.