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with amendments up to 4 December 2020
6. (1) There shall be an Executive Committee which shall be known as the Bar Council. The Bar Council shall consist of the Chairman, who shall ex officio be chairman of the Bar Council, the Vice-Chairman or Vice-Chairmen, the Honorary Secretary elected under Regulation 5 hereof, the Deputy Honorary Secretary elected under Regulation 5A hereof, and eleven other Members (hereinafter referred to as "the Elected Members") six of whom shall be of not less than five years’ standing at the Bar and five of whom may be of less than five years’ standing at the Bar. Not more than two of the Elected Members shall be an employed barrister. The proportion herein set forth shall as far as practicable be maintained in filling up vacancies in the Elected Members.
(2) Subject to Sub-regulation (3) hereof, no person shall be eligible to be a member of the Bar Council for more than 6 consecutive years (whether holding the same office or different offices during the 6 years in question, and whether elected, appointed or co-opted).
(3) For the avoidance of doubt, a person eligible under Regulation 4 to be elected as Chairman shall remain eligible to be so elected, to hold office and to be re-elected in accordance with the aforesaid Regulation even though he may have held office on the Bar Council as Vice-Chairman, Honorary Secretary, Deputy Honorary Secretary, Elected or Co-opted Members for 6 consecutive years immediately prior to his election as Chairman notwithstanding the provisions of Sub-regulation (2) hereof.
7. (1) At each Annual General Meeting, the following Elected Members shall retire:(a) those who are to vacate office by reason of Regulation 6(2);
(b) those who have been appointed under Regulation 14F; and
(c) those who have given not less than four clear weeks’ notice in writing to the Chairman of their intention to retire from office as from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.
(1A) If the total number of Elected Members retiring at an Annual General Meeting under Sub-Regulation (1) is, or exceeds, the number being one-half of all the Elected Members (or if their number is not a multiple of two, then the number nearest to but not exceeding one-half) ("the number of required retirements"), no other Elected Members shall retire at that Annual General Meeting. If the total number is less than the number of required retirements, then such other number of Elected Members shall retire so as to bring the number of retiring Elected Members to the number of required retirements. Those who shall retire in addition to those under Sub-Regulation (1) shall be those who have been longest in office since their last election. As between Members of equal length of service the Members to retire shall, in the absence of agreement, be selected from them by lot.
(2) Elected Members retiring from office shall be eligible for re-election subject to Regulation 6(2).
(3) An election shall be held at each Annual General Meeting for the office of Elected Members to fill the vacancies left by members who are retiring under Sub-Regulations (1) and (1A) hereof. Each Member so elected shall hold office from the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting at which he is elected until the vacation of his office under Regulation 14 or 14B or 14D or 14E or his retirement in accordance with Sub-Regulation (1) or (1A) hereof.
