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6(1)The [F1Relevant Authority] may by order appoint a person to be a [F2officer] of a registered social landlord which is a registered charity—
(a)in place of a person removed by the [F1Relevant Authority],
(b)where there are [F3no officers], or
(c)where the [F1Relevant Authority] is of the opinion that it is necessary [F4to have an additional officer in order to ensure that the company complies with a requirement imposed by or under an enactment].
The power conferred by paragraph (c) may be exercised notwithstanding that it will cause the maximum number of [F5officers] permissible under the charity’s constitution to be exceeded.
(2)The [F1Relevant Authority] shall only exercise its power under sub-paragraph (1) if—
(a)the charity has, at any time before the power is exercised, received [F6public assistance], and
(b)the [F1Relevant Authority] has consulted the [F7Charity Commission].
(3)A person may be so appointed notwithstanding any restrictions on appointment in the charity’s constitution or rules.
(4)A person appointed under this paragraph shall hold office for such period and on such terms as the [F1Relevant Authority] may specify; and on the expiry of the appointment the [F1Relevant Authority] may renew the appointment for such period as it may specify.
This does not prevent a person appointed under this paragraph from retiring in accordance with the charity’s constitution or rules.
(5)A person appointed under this paragraph as [F8an officer] of a registered charity is entitled—
(a)to attend, speak and vote at any general meeting of the charity and to receive all notices of and other communications relating to any such meeting which a member is entitled to receive,
(b)to move a resolution at any general meeting of the charity, and
(c)to require a general meeting of the charity to be convened within 21 days of a request to that effect made in writing to the directors or trustees.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Pt. I substituted (1.11.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 140, Sch. 16 para. 82(1)(2) (with ss. 139(2), 141(1), 143(2)); S.I. 1998/2244, art.5.
F2Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(1) substituted (18.10.2011) by Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), ss. 85(3)(a), 90(2); S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 2(s)
F3Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(1)(b) substituted (18.10.2011) by Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), ss. 85(3)(b), 90(2); S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 2(s)
F4Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(1)(c) substituted (15.8.2018) by Regulation of Registered Social Landlords (Wales) Act 2018 (anaw 4), ss. 6(3), 19(2); S.I. 2018/777, art. 3(b)
F5Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(1) substituted (18.10.2011) by Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), ss. 85(3)(d), 90(2); S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 2(s)
F6Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(2)(a) substituted (18.10.2011) by Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), s. 90(2), Sch. para. 14; S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 2(v)
F7Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(2) substituted (27.2.2007) by Charities Act 2006 (c. 50), s. 79(2), Sch. 8 para. 192(2); S.I. 2007/309, art. 2, Sch.
F8Words in Sch. 1 para. 6(5) substituted (18.10.2011) by Housing (Wales) Measure 2011 (nawm 5), ss. 85(3)(e), 90(2); S.I. 2011/2475, arts. 1(2), 2(s)
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