Paragraph 83

At any meeting of registered producers the producers entitled to vote thereat may vote either personally or by proxy. The instrument appointing a proxy shall be in writing in such form as the Board may require, under the hand of the registered producer or his agent whose signature the Board have been authorised and requested by the registered producer in writing to accept, or, if the registered producer is a corporation aggregate, either under its seal or under the hand of a member of the board of directors or other governing body of the corporation or of its secretary or other permanent officer. The said instrument and the authority (if any) under which it is signed (or a notarially certified copy thereof) shall be deposited with the Board at such place as may be indicated in the form not later than 6 pm on the third day before the day fixed for the meeting, and in default the instrument shall be treated as invalid. A proxy shall be entitled to participate in the meeting only to the extent necessary to enable him to exercise his right to vote and to demand a formal vote.

A proxy need not be a registered producer, but shall not be a person employed on the staff of the Board.