Paragraph 5 I1

The 2018 annual conference is to be held in accordance with the provisions of regulation 9 of the 1969 Regulations subject to the modification specified in sub-paragraph (2) and subsequent annual conferences are to be held in accordance with these Regulations.

The modification referred to in paragraph (1) is, where the joint central committee has been replaced by the national board, the reference in regulation 9 of the 1969 Regulations to the joint central committee is to be read as a reference to the national board.