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Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998
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#### 93 Election or appointment of directors
93 Election or appointment of directors
> > (1) Subject to this Act, the directors of a society are elected or appointed, hold and vacate office, and retire or are removed from office, as prescribed by the society’s rules.
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> > (2) A director holds office for a term (not longer than 3 years) as is prescribed by the society’s rules.
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> > (3) Despite subsection (2), in relation to a director elected at an annual general meeting of a society, the society’s rules may specify a term of office ending at the start of the third annual general meeting of the society happening after the election.
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> > (4) A director is eligible for re-election or reappointment at the end of the director’s term.
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> > (5) The directors must be elected—
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> > > (a) at the annual general meeting of the society, or
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> > > (b) by postal voting under the society’s rules, or
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> > > (c) in such other way as is prescribed by the society’s rules.
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> > (6) If the directors are elected by postal voting, the society must cause the results of the election to be announced at the society’s next annual general meeting.