Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998
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114 Proxy votes
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(1) No member of a co-operative housing society may vote by proxy or otherwise by or through another person (such as under a power of attorney).
(2) No member of a Starr-Bowkett society or an association may vote by proxy or otherwise by or through another person (such as under a power of attorney), except by proxy as permitted by the rules of the society or association.
(3) The rules of a Starr-Bowkett society or association may provide for—
(a) whether proxy voting is allowed at a meeting,
(b) the use of a proxy that specifies the way the member giving the proxy wishes the vote to be exercised.
(4) Only a person who is a member of the Starr-Bowkett society or association concerned may be appointed as a proxy for a member.
(5) At a meeting of a Starr-Bowkett society or association, a person may not act as proxy for more than 5 persons.