9Constitution and election of council

#### 9 Constitution and election of council 9 Constitution and election of council > > (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection four of this section the council shall consist of twenty-four councillors who shall be elected by the New South Wales Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia as in this section provided. > > > (2) At the first annual conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia in New South Wales to be held after the commencement of the [Newington College Council (Amendment) Act 1949](/view/pdf/asmade/act-1949-ncc), twenty-four councillors shall be elected as follows: > > > > > (a) Nine councillors, being ordained ministers of the Methodist Church of Australasia in New South Wales, shall be elected by the said first annual conference three of whom shall hold office for three years, three for two years and three for one year, > > > > > (b) fifteen councillors, not being ordained ministers of the said Church, shall be elected, five of whom shall hold office for three years, five for two years and five for one year; and in the case of each group of five councillors so elected two shall be representatives of the old boys of Newington College, that is to say, they shall be persons who have been educated at Newington College and have been nominated by the council for the time being of the union of old boys of the school known as the “Old Newingtonians Union”. > > > (3) At each succeeding annual conference of the said Church eight councillors shall be elected and they shall hold office for a period of three years and three of such councillors so elected shall be ministers of the said Church and the remaining five of such councillors so elected shall not be ordained ministers of the said Church but in the case of such five councillors two of them shall be representatives of the old boys Newington College as defined in paragraph (b) of subsection two of this section. > > > (4) If the President for the time being of the New South Wales Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia shall not be a councillor at the time of the conference at which he shall take office as President and if he is not at that conference elected as councillor pursuant to this Act then during the period for which he holds office as President he shall be an ex officio councillor and during that period the council shall consist of twenty-five councillors. > > > (5) If at any annual election of councillors the representatives of the old boys of Newington College as defined in paragraph (b) of subsection two of this section shall not be duly nominated by the council of the Old Newingtonians Union or if by a resolution referred to in subsection six of this section the said conference decides that any nominee of the Old Newingtonians Union is for personal reasons unsuitable for election then any vacancy or vacancies shall be filled by the said conference, but the persons elected shall not be ordained ministers of the said Church. > > > (6) The said conference shall not be bound to elect any particular nominee of the Old Newingtonians Union if by resolution the said conference shall decide that such nominee is for personal reasons unsuitable for election. > > > (7) The councillors of the said college holding office at the commencement of the [Newington College Council (Amendment) Act 1949](/view/pdf/asmade/act-1949-ncc) shall subject to this Act continue to hold office until councillors shall be elected pursuant to this Act. > > > (8) As from the commencement of the first meeting of the Synod of The Uniting Church in Australia in New South Wales: > > > > > (a) the powers and rights conferred upon the New South Wales Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia by subsections (1), (3), (5) and (6) shall be vested in the said Synod, > > > > > (b) references in those subsections to “the said Church” shall be construed as references to The Uniting Church in Australia, > > > > > (c) references in subsection (4) to the President of the New South Wales Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia shall be construed as references to the Moderator for the time being of the Synod of The Uniting Church in Australia in New South Wales, and > > > > > (d) references in subsection (4) to the New South Wales Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia shall be construed as references to the Synod of The Uniting Church in Australia in New South Wales. > > **s 9:** Subst Newington College Council (Amendment) Act 1949, sec 2 (d). Am 1977 No 47, Sch 3, cl 2 (d).