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Commons Management Act 1989
36Provisions preliminary to holding a general meeting of commoners
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#### 36 Provisions preliminary to holding a general meeting of commoners
36 Provisions preliminary to holding a general meeting of commoners
> > (1) A trust must, at least 14 days before the date fixed for the holding of a general meeting of commoners, send by pre-paid post to each commoner whose name appears on the commoners’ roll kept by the trust:
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> > > (a) a notice specifying:
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> > > > (i) the place, date and time of the meeting, and
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> > > > (ii) the nature of the business to be transacted at the meeting, and
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> > > (b) where the meeting is the annual general meeting:
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> > > > (i) a copy of the annual report prepared under section 37 concerning the activities of the trust during its last preceding financial year, and
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> > > > (ii) a copy of the accounts required to be submitted to the commoners at the meeting in accordance with section 31 (6).
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> > (2) No business may be transacted at a general meeting of commoners except:
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> > > (a) the business specified in the notice sent to the commoners in accordance with subsection (1), and
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> > > (b) if, in the case of an annual general meeting, the business referred to in section 31 (7) is not specified in the notice—that business.
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> > (3) A commoner who wishes to bring any business before a general meeting of commoners may give notice in writing of that business to the trust concerned.
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> > (4) The trust concerned must include in the next notice calling a general meeting of commoners given after receipt of the notice referred to in subsection (3) particulars of the business specified in that notice.