# The General Osteopathic Council (Constitution and Procedure) Rules Order of Council 1998, Paragraph 6: Appointment of members of committees


(1) This Rule applies to the appointment by the Council under paragraph 16(1) of the Schedule to the Act of the members of the statutory committees.
(2) Prior to the establishment of the statutory committees, the Registrar shall, after consultation with the Chairman and members of the Council, prepare and send to every member of the Council a list of members who he recommends should be appointed to be members of the committees.
(3) Prior to the appointment of any successor to the initial members of any of the statutory committees, the Chairman of the committee in question shall, after consultation with the Chairman and members of the Council, propose the name of any person who he recommends should be appointed to be a member of the committee and the Registrar shall send details to every member of the Council.
(4) Any member of the Council may send or hand to the Registrar, at any time before the appointment of the member or members of the committee is made, written particulars of any further nomination he wishes to make, signed by the proposer and a seconder.
(5) At the meeting of the Council when any such recommendation or nomination is to be considered, the member or members or (as the case may be) the new member or members of the committee—
(a) shall (if there has been no additional nomination) be the person or persons recommended by the Registrar or Chairman of the committee, as the case may be; and
(b) where any additional nomination to a committee has been made, shall (subject to the constitution of the committee complying with the provisions of the Act and these Rules) be determined by a ballot of members present at the meeting from among all members duly nominated; provided that, in the event of a tie in any voting, the Chairman shall have an additional casting vote.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1019/schedule/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/general-osteopathic-council-constitution-and-procedure-rules-order-of-council-1998/schedule/paragraph-6
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