Article 7 Substitution of article 8 of the principal Order

For article 8 of the principal Order substitute the following—

“Quorum

8.

(1)

Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the quorum of the General Council shall be 25.

(2)

Where, as a consequence of a vacancy not needing to be filled, the full membership of the General Council is less than 35, the quorum of the General Council shall, subject to paragraph (3), be 70% of the full membership of the General Council.

(3)

If a calculation of 70% of the full membership of the General Council produces a number which is—

(a)

not a whole number, the number produced shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number, and that whole number shall, subject to sub-paragraph (b), be the quorum of the General Council; or

(b)

less than 10, the quorum of the General Council shall be 10.”