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AI Summary of 94. Resolutions relating to appointment or removal of auditors

Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 August 2014 - onwards
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94. Resolutions relating to appointment or removal of auditors

(1) This section applies to a resolution at a general meeting of a registered society -

(a) appointing another person as auditor in place of the existing auditor, or

(b) providing expressly that the existing auditor is not to be re-appointed.

"The existing auditor" has the same meaning as in section 93.

(2) The resolution is effective only if notice of the intention to move it is given to the society at least 28 days before the meeting.

(3) Where notice under subsection (2) is given -

(a) the society must send a copy of the notice to the existing auditor as soon as possible,

(b) if the society is required by its rules to give notice of the meeting to its members, it must (if it is practicable to do so) give them notice of the resolution at the same time and in the same way as it gives notice of the meeting, and

(c) if the society does not give notice under paragraph (b), it must give its members notice of the resolution at least 14 days before the meeting by -

(i) advertisement in a newspaper having an appropriate circulation, or

(ii) in any other way allowed by the society's rules.