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Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Licensing trusts, community trusts, and other matters - Licensing trusts - Members

317: Election of president of trust

You could also call this:

"Choosing the leader of a licensing trust"

When a licensing trust has its first meeting after members are elected, you have to choose one of the members to be the president of the trust. The meeting to choose the president is led by a special person, who is either chosen by the government when the trust is first set up, or by the trust's secretary in other cases. You make this choice at the start of the trust's work.

If you cannot decide who should be president because two people get the same number of votes, the trust members decide how the candidates should draw lots to make the choice. The person who is chosen as president starts work straight away and keeps being president until someone else is chosen to take their place. The president can also stand for election again to keep being president, see the related section for more details about this. You can find more information about how this works in the rules that govern the trust.

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Part 3Licensing trusts, community trusts, and other matters
Licensing trusts: Members

317Election of president of trust

  1. At the first meeting of a licensing trust after an election of members, the members must elect one of themselves as president of the trust.

  2. For the purposes of electing the president, the meeting must be chaired,—

  3. in the case of the election of the president following the first election of members, by the person nominated for the purpose by the Order in Council establishing the trust; and
    1. in all other cases, by the secretary of the trust.

      1. If the votes for president are tied, the election must be decided by the candidates drawing lots as directed by the members.

      2. The president comes into office on election and holds office until the election of a successor, and may stand for re-election as president.

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