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UKIP Regional Committee Rules (from ukip.org)
UK Independence Party - Regional Committee Rules
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Regional Committee Rules
Saturday, 09 February 2008
1. AUTHORITY
1.1 Each Regional Committee is a body of the Party established by the NEC under paragraph 7.5 of the Party Constitution
1.2 Each Regional Committee is responsible either to the NEC or to such sub-committee of the NEC as may be designated by the NEC for this purpose, and will report to the NEC or such sub-committee as required.
1.3 Each regional committee is responsible for its own financial affairs and is an Accounting Unit for the purposes of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000. It is thereby responsible for compliance with relevant financial reporting and other requirements of the act.
1.4 The NEC or designated sub-committee of the NEC shall:
(a) at its discretion from time to time review the powers, purposes, make-up and usefulness of any Regional Committee and vary or amend such power, purposes and make-up or disband any Regional Committee in entirety according to circumstances.
(b) resolve difficulties arising on any regional committee which cannot be resolved internally, whether referred to the NEC or not.
(c) modify these rules as and when deemed necessary.
1.5 Upon disbandment of any Regional Committee, the financial reserves and other assets shall be transferred to the national party via the national Party Treasurer.
2.PURPOSE
2.1 Each Regional Committee shall, within the region in which it is established, assist the NEC or designated sub-committee of the NEC :
(a) in the co-ordination and organisation of European Parliamentary election campaigns, including fundraising.
(b) in campaigns related to the establishment of regional governments.
(c) in such other activities as may from time to time be identified by the NEC or designated sub-committee of the NEC.
(d) in acting as a forum for the discussion of regional concerns, as a conduit between the membership and the NEC and regional MEP(s), assisting the regional organiser in all functions such as establishing branches and constituency organisations, and assisting branches and constituency organisations in local and parliamentary elections.
2.2 Paragraph 2.1(d) applies particularly outside euro-election campaigning periods.
2.3 Each Regional Committee shall regularly inform and otherwise update the constituency associations or branches within its region of its activities and undertakings.
3. MEMBERSHIP
3.1 A Regional Committee shall normally be comprised of one representative and one alternate from each county within the region, selected by electoral colleges consisting of one representative of each branch within the county.
3.2 Where the regional geography or the distribution of members within counties would render composition according to 3.1 unsuitable, the NEC may permit the appointment of representatives and alternates from regional subdivisions other than counties or it may permit more than one representative and alternate per county. The NEC may, at its discretion and at any time, revoke its permission for any such arrangement.
3.3 The representative and alternate for each county or other regional subdivision are both members of the regional committee. However, if the representative is present at a meeting, the alternate would not generally be expected to attend. The alternate may only vote in the absence of the representative.
3.4 Only Party members in good standing in the region in question are entitled to be members of a Regional Committee. ‘In good standing’ means a fully paid-up member who is not suspended from holding office or from membership.
3.5 Party members will not normally be eligible to serve as members of a Regional Committee in a region in which they do not normally reside.
3.6 Any UK Independence Party MEP in good standing elected in the region shall be a voting member of the Regional Committee ex-officio.
3.7 The Regional Organiser shall be a non-voting member of the Regional Committee.
3.8 When regional lists of candidates have been selected ahead of a Euro-election, all members of the regional list shall become members of the committee, but they will not be entitled to vote unless they are already elected members of the committee according to paragraph 3.1 or 3.2
3.9 The Party Leader and members of the NEC are entitled to attend Regional Committee meetings but may not vote unless already elected to the committee.
4. TERM OF OFFICE
4.1 The term of regional committees shall be 5 years, with each committee normally elected two years before each euro-election, according to the procedures set out in paragraphs 3.1 or 3.2, if not already elected by those procedures. Where a regional committee is not in place by that time or where it has not been elected by those procedures, the committee shall be elected by those procedures as soon as possible thereafter.
5. OPERATION OF REGIONAL COMMITTEES
5.1 The election or appointment of all officers of a Regional Committee shall take place as a scheduled item on the Regional Committee meeting agenda which must be published beforehand.
5.2 Each Regional Committee shall select a Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer from amongst the voting members of the committee.
5.3 By variation of paragraph 5.2, the Secretary and Treasurer may be co-opted from outside the elected committee but such appointments do not carry voting rights.
5.4 All offices shall be held singly.
5.5 Each Regional Committee may co-opt additional non-voting members to fulfil specific functions.
5.6 The Chairman of the meeting shall not vote, except that in the case of a tied vote, the Chairman shall have a casting vote.
5.7 The quorum for all meetings shall be one third of the Regional Committee’s voting members, including the Chairman of the meeting.
5.8 Each Regional Committee may set up sub-committees or working groups to deal with particular matters relating to the work of the committee. These sub-committees or working groups shall report to the Regional Committee.
5.9 The Chairman of the Regional Committee at each meeting shall usually set dates of future scheduled meetings. In all other cases at least twenty one days notice must be given to Regional Committee members of the date of the next scheduled meeting.
5.10 Minutes of the previous meeting and agenda for the next scheduled meeting shall normally be circulated to Regional Committee members at least seven days before the meeting. Written reports shall normally also be circulated with the agenda.
5.11 Regional Committee members shall submit items for inclusion on the agenda to the Secretary at least ten days before the next scheduled meeting. These items shall be included subject to the approval of the Regional Committee Chairman.
5.12 The agenda shall be approved and emergency items admitted by majority vote at the start of each scheduled meeting.
Final version approved by the National Executive Committee, 4 February 2008.
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