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NATIONAL CAPITAL AND BECAUSE THE A.C.T. LEGISLATION IS LESS RESTRICTIVE IN SOME WAYS THAN THAT IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS.

THE FEDERATED ASSOCIATIONS MAY ALLOCATE EACH MEMBER ASSOCIATION A NUMBER OF VOTES WITH THOSE VOTES BEING CAST BY DELEGATES ATTENDING MEETINGS AS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEMBER. DELEGATES MAY BE ENTITLED TO VOTE AS THEY CONSIDER APPROPRIATE, SO THAT THE MEMBER MAY NOT HAVE ALL ITS VOTES EITHER IN FAVOUR OR AGAINST A MOTION.

THE PROBLEM BECOMES APPARENT WHEN CONSIDERING THE PROVISION ABOUT SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS. A THREE-QUARTERS MAJORITY IS NEEDED TO PASS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION. AS THE ACT STANDS IT MUST BE A THREEQUARTERS MAJORITY OF MEMBERS WHO ARE IN FAVOUR. THE AMENDMENT IN THIS BILL WILL MAKE IT A THREE-QUARTERS MAJORITY OF VOTES OF MEMBERS WHICH MUST BE IN FAVOUR FOR A SPECIAL RESOLUTION TO BE PASSED.

THAT CHANGE WILL CLEARLY SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR THE FEDERATED ASSOCIATIONS. IT WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT ANYONE ELSE AS WHERE EACH MEMBER HAS ONLY ONE VOTE THE EFFECT OF THE PROVISION WILL REMAIN AS IT WAS BEFORE THE AMENDMENT.

SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS ARE NEEDED FOR IMPORTANT DECISIONS OF

INCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS SUCH AS CHANGING THE RULES. ONE

FEDERATED ASSOCIATION HAS POINTED OUT TO ME THAT IT CANNOT

CHANGE ITS RULES TO COMPLY WITH THE NEW ASSOCIATIONS

INCORPORATION ACT UNTIL THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS

ARE CHANGED. THE REGISTRAR-GENERAL HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OF

THE

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