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(d)
A resolution put to the vote of a National General Meeting must be decided on a
show of hands unless a poll is demanded before or immediately after the declaration
of the result of the show of hands:
(1)
by the person chairing the meeting; or
(2)
at least one National General Meeting Representative from each of any two
Branches,
present and entitled to vote.
(e)
A demand for a poll does not prevent the continuance of a National General Meeting
for the transaction of any business other than the question on which the poll has been
demanded.
(f)
Unless a poll is duly demanded, a declaration by the person chairing
a National
General Meeting that a resolution has on a show of hands been carried or carried
unanimously, or carried by a particular majority, or lost, and an entry to that effect in
the book containing the minutes of the proceedings of AIA, is conclusive evidence of
the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded in favour of
or against the resolution.
(g)
If a poll is duly demanded at a National General Meeting, it will be taken in such
manner and either at once or after an interval or adjournment or otherwise as the
person chairing the meeting directs, and the result of the poll will be the resolution of
the meeting at which the poll was demanded.
(h)
A poll demanded at a National General Meeting on the election of a person chairing
the meeting or on a question of adjournment must be taken immediately.
(i)
The demand for a poll may be withdrawn.
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.9
Voting rights of AIA Members
(a)
Subject to these rules, at a National General Meeting every National General
Meeting Representative present and entitled to vote has one vote.
(b)
Except as otherwise expressly provided in these rules, no person other than a
National General Meeting Representative is entitled to vote at a National General
Meeting.
(c)
Any member of AIA, other than a Non Financial Member, may attend and speak at a
National General Meeting but is not entitled to vote at the meeting unless he or she is
the proxy of a National General Meeting Representative.
(d)
A person who is a Non Financial Member or is not a member may:
(1)
with the permission of the meeting, attend a National General Meeting ;
(2)
at the invitation of the meeting, speak at a National General Meeting;
(e)
A proxy is entitled to:
(1)
such number of votes as each National General Meeting Representative for
which the person
is proxy has, in addition to any votes the person may have
as a National General Meeting Representative in his or her own right; and
(2)
on a show of hands, one vote.
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(f)
A National General Meeting Representative is not entitled to vote at a National
General Meeting if:
(1)
he or she is a Non Financial Member for a period exceeding 3 months; and
(2)
in the opinion of the person chairing the National General Meeting, the
National General Meeting Representative intended to be a Non Financial
Member for that period.
(g)
An objection to the qualification of a person to vote at a National General Meeting:
(1)
must be raised before or at the meeting at which the vote objected to is given
or tendered; and
(2)
must be referred to the person chairing the meeting, whose decision is final.
(h)
A vote not disallowed by the person chairing a meeting under 3.9(g) is valid for all
purposes.
3.10 Representation at General Meetings of AIA
(a)
Subject to these rules and the standing orders (if any) adopted
for the conduct of
Business at National General Meetings, each National General Meeting
Representative entitled to vote at a National General Meeting may vote:
(1)
in person or, where a member is a body corporate, by its representative; or
(2)
by proxy.
(b)
A proxy must be a member of AIA, but may not be a Non Financial Member.
(c)
A proxy may be appointed for all National General Meetings, or for any number of
National General Meetings, or for a particular National General Meeting.
(d)
Unless otherwise provided in the instrument, an instrument appointing a proxy for a
National General Meeting will be taken to confer authority:
(1)
to agree to a meeting being convened by shorter notice than is required by the
Corporations Act or by these rules;
(2)
to agree to a resolution being proposed and passed as a special resolution at a
meeting of which less than 21 days' notice has been given;
(3)
to speak to any proposed resolution on which the proxy may vote;
(4)
to demand or join in demanding a poll on any resolution
on which the proxy
may vote;
(5)
even though the instrument may refer to specific resolutions and may direct
the proxy how to vote on those resolutions:
(A)
to vote on any amendment moved to the proposed resolutions and on
any motion that the proposed resolutions not be put or any similar
motion;
(B)
to vote on any procedural motion, including any motion
to elect the
chairperson, to vacate the chair or to adjourn the meeting; and
(C)
to act generally at the meeting; and