Charities (Royal Medical Foundation of Epsom College) Order 1999

6.—(1) The Council shall consist of not more than 24 nor fewer than 12 Members including the President and Treasurer. The remaining Members shall be elected for a three-year term by the Governors at the Annual General Meeting. The Members of the Council shall be the trustees of the Charity.

(2) The first Council shall comprise the individuals listed in the Schedule to this Scheme and each of such individuals shall retire on the date appearing next to their names in the Schedule and may be re-elected if they would otherwise then be eligible for election.

(3) The Council may co-opt such person or persons as it thinks fit to act as Members of the Council between Annual General Meetings (provided that the specified maximum number of Members of Council is not exceeded). Any such co-opted Member of the Council may be elected at the next Annual General Meeting if he or she would otherwise then be eligible for election.

(4) There shall be a Chairman and a Vice Chairman of the Council who shall be elected (and may be re-elected) annually at the Annual General Meeting.

(5) The proceedings of the Council shall not be invalidated by any vacancy among its Members or by any failure to elect or any defect in the election of a Member.

(6) No person shall be elected as a Member of the Council who is aged under 18 or who would if elected be disqualified under the provisions of clause 7 or who has attained the age of 70 years at the date of the relevant meeting, unless that person is already a Member of the Council and the meeting resolves to re-elect that person after being informed in the notice of the meeting that his or her age exceeds 70.

(7) No person shall be entitled to act as a Member of the Council whether on a first or any subsequent entry into office until after signing in the minute book of the Council a declaration of acceptance and willingness to act in the trusts of the Charity.