Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998
93Election or appointment of directors
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 93
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998.
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.
(2) A director holds office for a term (not longer than 3 years) as is prescribed by the society’s rules.
(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.
(4) A director is eligible for re-election or reappointment at the end of the director’s term.
(5) The directors must be elected—
(a) at the annual general meeting of the society, or
(b) by postal voting under the society’s rules, or
(c) in such other way as is prescribed by the society’s rules.
(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.