Clause 7

The affairs of the Society shall be administered by a Council to be constituted in accordance with the rules for the time being in force of the Society.

The Chairman and the Honorary Treasurer of the Council shall be appointed by the President of the Society for a term of three years, and shall be eligible for re-appointment.

The members of the first Council shall include all those persons who immediately before the appointed day were members of the Executive Committee of the Association. The Chairman and the Honorary Treasurer of the first Council shall be appointed by the President of the Society in accordance with the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, and the other office-bearers shall be elected by the Council members in accordance with the rules of the Society.