69Power of Registrar to modify rules to facilitate transfer of engagements

#### 69 Power of Registrar to modify rules to facilitate transfer of engagements 69 Power of Registrar to modify rules to facilitate transfer of engagements > > (1) If the Registrar has directed a transfer of engagements under Part 5 (Mergers and transfers of engagements), the Registrar may, by notation on the registered copy of the rules of the transferor society (if it is to continue to exist) or the transferee society, alter the rules of the society to the extent necessary to ensure that the rules are appropriate. > > > (2) The Registrar must alter the rules by notation on the registered copy. > > > (3) The Registrar must immediately give written notice to a society of— > > > > > (a) an alteration of its rules made under this section, and > > > > > (b) the day on which the alteration starts. > > > (4) A society must give written notice of the alteration to its members not later than the day on which notice is given of the next general meeting of the society. > > > (5) The notice may, with the prior written approval of the Registrar, be given by advertisement published— > > > > > (a) in a newspaper (whether published in print or on a publicly accessible website) having a circulation generally in the area in which the society operates, or > > > > > (b) on a publicly accessible website, or by other electronic means, appropriate in the Registrar’s opinion to cause the notice to come to the attention of persons in the area in which the society operates. > > **s 69:** Am 2017 No 63, Sch 2.2 \[3\]; 2024 No 25, Sch 1.4.