Revised Draft Rules

Proposed Articles of Leicester Secular Society
John Catt

September 2024
1. NAME
1.1 The name of the Charity shall be Leicester Secular Society
2. LIMITED LIABILITY
2.1 The liability of the Members is limited to the amount, if any,
unpaid on the Shares held by them.
3. OBJECTS
3.1 The Objects of the Charity are to carry on for the benefit of the
community the education of the public in the subject of Secular-
ism.
3.2 To promote an inclusive and plural society free from religious priv-
ilege, prejudice and discrimination.
3.3 To further or benefit the residents of Leicester and Leicestershire,
without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race, caste or of political,
religious or other opinions by associating together the said resi-
dents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations
in a common effort to advance education without the promotion
of any transcendental or supernatural concepts.
3.4 To secure and conserve Leicester Secular Hall at 75 Humber-
stone Gate, Leicester LE1 1WB and to maintain or manage or
co-operate with any statutory authority in the maintenance con-
servation and management of the building for activities promoted
by the charity in furtherance of the above objects.
3.5 The Objects of the Charity may be amended in accordance with
these Rules. The amendment takes effect when accepted for reg-
istration by the Authority.
24. POWERS
4.1 The Charity shall have the power to do all things necessary or
expedient for the fulfilment of its Objects.
4.2 Without limitation of Rule the Charity shall have power:-
4.2.1 subject to Rule (Conflicts of Interest) to employ people, agents
and advisers;
4.2.2 to borrow money (without limitation on the amount) from
any person and to give security for loans or other obligations
(but only in accordance with the restrictions imposed by the
Charities Act);
4.2.3 to lend, deposit or advance money and give credit or guaran-
tees (and with or without security when lending to Members)
in accordance with the Act and the Charities Act;
4.2.4 to act as agent or trustee;
4.2.5 to co-operate with other bodies;
4.2.6 to support by donation or otherwise, administer and/or set
up charities or social enterprises;
4.2.7 to accept gifts and to raise funds;
4.2.8 to issue shares, bonds and other financial instruments and to
repay such instruments;
4.2.9 to acquire or hire property of any kind;
4.2.10 to let or dispose of property of any kind (but only in accor-
dance with the restrictions imposed by the Charities Act);
4.2.11 to take mortgages, charges, liens and other security obliga-
tions;
4.2.12 to set aside funds for special purposes or as reserves against
future expenditure;
4.2.13 to invest its funds in any manner with the powers of a natural
person in addition to the powers given by the Act;
4.2.14 to obtain advice from a financial expert on investments and
to have regard to the suitability of investments and the need
for diversification where appropriate;
4.2.15 to delegate the management of investments to a financial ex-
pert, but only on terms that:
4.2.15.1 the investment policy is set down in writing for the finan-
cial expert by the Trustees;
4.2.15.2 timely reports of all transactions are provided to the Trustees;
34.2.15.3 the performance of the investments is reviewed regularly
with the Trustees;
4.2.15.4 the trustees are entitled to cancel the delegation arrange-
ment at any time;
4.2.15.5 the investment policy and the delegation arrangement are
reviewed at least once a year;
4.2.15.6 all payments due to the financial expert are on a scale
or at a level which is agreed in advance and are notified
promptly to the Trustees on receipt; and
4.2.15.7 the financial expert must not do anything outside the
powers of the Charity.
4.3 to arrange for investments or other property of the Charity to be
held in the name of a nominee company acting under the direction
of the Trustees or controlled by a financial expert acting under
their instructions, and to pay any reasonable fee required;
4.4 to deposit documents and physical assets with any company reg-
istered or having a place of business in England or Wales as cus-
todian and to pay any reasonable fee required;
4.5 to insure the property of the Charity against any foreseeable risk
and take out other insurance policies to protect the Charity when
required;
4.6 to enter into contracts to provide services to or on behalf of other
bodies;
4.7 1to establish or acquire subsidiary companies and other business
organisations; and
4.8 to transfer or accept the transfer of engagements from or to amal-
gamate with any other charitable society registered under the Act
or accept the transfer of the undertaking to or from any charity
or convert the Charity into a charitable company.
4.9 The Charity may only accept deposits in accordance with the
strict limitations of the Act and shall not carry on the business of
banking or any other regulated activity except in accordance with
the Act and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
5. SHARES
5.1 The purpose of issuing Shares in the Charity is solely to advance
the charitable purposes of the Charity set out in Rule 3 (Objects)
under terms which are beneficial to the Charity.
45.2 The Trustees will issue Shares with a nominal value of £1 but
may, at their discretion, issue at another nominal value.
5.3 Only one share shall be issued to any one Member.
6. MEMBERSHIP
6.1 The Charity must maintain a register of Members.
6.2 Membership of the Charity is open to any individual aged at least
sixteen or person interested in promoting the Objects who is ap-
proved by the Trustees.
6.3 The form and the procedure for applying for Membership is to be
prescribed by the Trustees.
6.4 If the Charity issues only one Share to each Member it may also
request an annual subscription from Members. The annual sub-
scription shall be such reasonable amount sufficient to cover the
administration costs of Membership and may include a charitable
donation to the Charity as may be specified by the Trustees from
time to time. If such a subscription is not paid the Trustees may
agree that the Membership of that Member ceases and the one
Share of that Member is cancelled without reimbursement to the
Member.
6.5 The Trustees may establish different classes of Members and set
out their respective rights and obligations.
7. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
7.1 Membership is terminated automatically when a Member ceases
to hold any Shares in the Charity.
8. MEMBERS’ MEETINGS
8.1 General meetings are called on at least 14 clear days’ written no-
tice indicating the business to be discussed and the date, time and
place of the meeting.
8.2 The Secretary shall also call a meeting of the Members at the
written request of ten per cent or more of the membership.
8.3 An AGM shall be held within seven months of the close of each
financial year of the Charity to deal with the following:
8.3.1 the receipt of the accounts and balance sheet and of the re-
ports of the Trustees and, if relevant, the auditor;
58.3.2 the appointment of an auditor (if required) or checking ac-
countant;
8.3.3 the election of any Trustee to the Board;
8.3.4 any other issues which the Trustees think appropriate.
Quorum at General Meetings
8.4 There must be a quorum present before a meeting starts to do
business and throughout the meeting.
8.5 There is a quorum at a general meeting if the number of Members
(or their authorised representative) present in person or by elec-
tronic means is at least 15 or 10 percent of the members entitled
to vote on the business if greater.
8.6 If a quorum is not present at the time set for the general meeting,
the meeting shall be reconvened one week later at the same time
and place, unless agreed otherwise by the Trustees. If fewer than
the number of Members required for a general meeting under Rule
8.5. are present within half an hour of the time the adjourned
meeting is scheduled to have started, those Members present shall
carry out the business of the meeting.
One Member One Vote
8.7 Every Member present in person, by electronic means or by au-
thorised representative shall have one vote on each issue regardless
of the number of Shares held by a Member.
8.8 The Chair of the Charity shall preside at a general meeting and
shall not be entitled to a second or casting vote. If the Chair
is not present within 10 minutes of the start of the meeting the
Members present shall elect a Chair of the general meeting.
Decisions at General Meetings
8.9 Questions arising at a meeting of the Members shall be resolved
by a simple majority of votes, unless a higher majority is required
by these Rules or by any law or enactment.
Decision by Ballot
8.10 At any meeting of the Members a resolution put to the vote of the
Members shall be decided by a show of hands unless the Trustees
resolve, or unless at least 10 percent of the Members present at
the meeting request, that the matter should be put to a secret
ballot. The Trustees may make any reasonable rules to regulate
the running of a secret ballot.
Decision by postal vote
68.11 The Trustees may permit decisions to be taken at general meetings
by a combination of postal voting and voting in person or by
electronic means provided that each Member has only one vote.
accidental omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the non-
receipt of notice of a meeting by, any person entitled to receive
notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting.
Meetings held by electronic means
8.12 A general meeting may be held either in person or by suitable
electronic means agreed by the Trustees in which all participants
may communicate with all the other participants.
9. ATTENDANCE AND SPEAKING BY TRUSTEES AND NON-
MEMBERS
9.1 Trustees may attend and speak at general meetings. The Chair
of the meeting may permit other persons who are not:
9.1.1 Members; or
9.1.2 otherwise entitled to exercise the rights of Members in relation
to general meetings,
to attend and speak at a general meeting.
POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES
10. The Trustees as charity trustees have control of the Charity and its
property and funds.
11. The Trustees may exercise in their capacity as Trustees responsible for
the management of the Charity’s business all the powers of the Charity
set out in these Rules which are not reserved for the general meeting
including the following powers in the administration of the Charity:
11.1 to spend the funds of the Charity in such a manner as they shall
consider most beneficial for the achievement of the Objects;
11.2 to invest in the name of the Charity such part of the Charity’s
funds as they see fit;
11.3 to enter into contracts on behalf of the Charity;
11.4 to make rules which govern the taking of decisions by Trustees;
11.5 to establish procedures to assist the resolution of disputes or dif-
ferences within the Charity;
Trustees may delegate to committees
711.6 to delegate any of their functions to committees consisting of two
or more individuals appointed by them. At least one member of
every committee must be a Trustee and all proceedings of commit-
tees must be reported promptly to the Trustees subject to financial
limits set by the Board; and
11.7 to make rules of procedure for all or any committees.
12. NUMBER OF TRUSTEES
12.1 There shall be (exclusive of co-opted Directors appointed in accor-
dance with article ? as additional directors) at least three and not
more than nine Trustees all of whom must support the Objects.
Only Members who are at least 18 years old shall be eligible to be
appointed as Trustees.
12.2 A person may not act as a Trustee unless he/she has signed a
written declaration of willingness to act as a charity trustee of the
Charity.
13. APPOINTMENT AND RETIREMENT OF TRUSTEES
Methods of appointing Trustees
13.1 The first Trustees will be the subscribing members of the Charity.
Subsequent Trustees are elected by the Members or co-opted by
the Trustees.
13.2 Any person who is willing to act as a Trustee, and is permitted
by law to do so, may be elected or appointed to be a Trustee: –
13.2.1 by ordinary resolution of the Members; or
13.2.2 by a decision of the Trustees, but such person shall only hold
office until the general meeting following her/his appointment.
Two additional Trustees may be co-opted plus sufficient to fill
any vacancies where no Trustee has been elected.
Rotation of Trustees
13.3 One third (or the number nearest one third) of the Trustees must
retire at each AGM, those longest in office retiring first and the
choice between any of equal service being made by drawing lots.
A retiring Trustee shall be eligible for re-election.
Automatic Termination of Trustee’s Appointment
13.4 A Trustee’s term of office automatically terminates if he or she:
813.4.1 retires or is removed from office pursuant to Rules 19.3 or
19.4;
13.4.2 is prohibited by law from being a director of a company;
13.4.3 is prohibited by the Relevant Authority from undertaking a
controlled function (as defined in the Financial Services and
Markets Act 2000);
13.4.4 ceases to be a Member of the Charity;
13.4.5 is absent from three consecutive meetings of the Trustees
without submitting apologies for absence and is asked by a
majority of the other Trustees to resign;
13.4.6 is removed by a resolution passed by two-thirds of the Trustees,
excluding the Trustee subject to the proposed removal.
Alternate Trustees and technical defect
13.5 Trustees shall not be entitled to appoint alternate Trustees.
13.6 A technical defect in the appointment of a Trustee of which the
Trustees are unaware at the time does not invalidate decisions
taken at a meeting.
14. NUMBER AND DECISION MAKING AT TRUSTEES’ MEET-
INGS
14.1 The Trustees must hold at least three meetings or such other min-
imum as the Trustees may decide and report to the Members each
year.
14.2 Any issue may be determined by a simple majority of the votes
cast at a meeting, but a written or electronic resolution signed by
a majority of the Trustees is as valid as a resolution passed at a
meeting.
14.3 A written or electronic resolution may be contained in more than
one document and will be treated as passed on the date of the last
signature required to reach a majority.
14.4 Every Trustee has one vote on each issue but, in case of an equality
of votes the resolution will be deemed to have failed.
14.5 A procedural defect of which the Trustees are unaware at the time
does not invalidate decisions taken at a meeting.
15. CALLING A TRUSTEES’ MEETING
915.1 Any Trustee may call a Trustees’ meeting by giving 7 days’ notice
of the meeting to the Trustees or by authorising the Secretary
(if any) to give such notice. Trustees may unanimously agree to
shorter notice.
15.2 Notice of any Trustees’ meeting must indicate:
15.2.1 its proposed date and time;
15.2.2 where it is to take place;
15.2.3 if it is anticipated that Trustees participating in the meeting
will not be in the same place, how it is proposed that they
should communicate with each other during the meeting, in-
cluding by suitable electronic means;
15.2.4 the proposed business of the meeting.
15.3 Notice of a Trustees’ meeting must be given to each Trustee and
must be in writing or sent electronically.
16. PARTICIPATION IN TRUSTEES’ MEETINGS
16.1 Subject to the Rules, Trustees participate in a Trustees’ meeting,
or part of a Trustees’ meeting, when:
16.1.1 the meeting has been called and takes place in accordance
with the Rules; and
16.1.2 they can each communicate to the others any information or
opinions they have on any particular item of the business of
the meeting.
16.2 In determining whether Trustees are participating in a Trustees’
meeting, it is irrelevant where any Trustee is or how they commu-
nicate with each other.
16.3 If all the Trustees participating in a meeting are not in the same
place, they may decide that the meeting is to be treated as taking
place wherever any of them is located.
17. QUORUM FOR TRUSTEES’ MEETINGS
17.1 At a Trustees’ meeting, unless a quorum is participating, no pro-
posal is to be voted on, except a proposal to call another meeting.
17.2 The quorum for a Trustees’ meetings is four of whom three have
been elected.
17.3 If the total number of Trustees for the time being is less than the
quorum required, the Trustees must not take any decision other
10than a decision to co-opt an additional Trustee under rule 13.2.2
or to call a general meeting so as to enable the Members to appoint
further Trustees.
18. CHAIRING OF TRUSTEES’ MEETINGS
18.1 The Trustees may appoint any Trustee to preside at meetings.
18.2 The person so appointed for the time being is known as the Chair.
18.3 The Trustees may terminate the Chair’s appointment at any time.
18.4 If the Chair is not participating in a Trustees’ meeting within ten
minutes of the time at which it was to start, the participating
Trustees must appoint one of themselves to preside at it.
19. TRUSTEES’ DISCRETION TO MAKE FURTHER RULES
19.1 The Trustees may make and revoke from time to time, in accor-
dance with these Rules and the Act, regulations which are binding
on the Charity relating to proceedings of general meetings of the
Charity and on their own decision making processes.
20. PERMITTED BENEFITS TO TRUSTEES AND MEMBERS
20.1 The property and funds of the Charity must be used only for
promoting the Objects and do not belong to the Members but:
20.1.1 Members who are not Trustees or Connected Persons may
be employed by or enter into contracts with the Charity and
receive reasonable and proper payment or expenses for goods
or services supplied. Subject to compliance with Rule 27.1:
20.1.2 Members, Trustees and Connected Persons may be paid in-
terest at a reasonable rate on money lent to the Charity and
be paid interest on Shares, subject to Rule 29;
20.1.3 Members, Trustees and Connected Persons may be paid a
reasonable rent or hiring fee for property or equipment let or
hired to the Charity; and
20.1.4 Members, Trustees and Connected Persons may receive char-
itable benefits on the same terms as any other Beneficiaries.
20.2 A Trustee must not receive any payment of money or other ma-
terial benefit (whether directly or indirectly) from the Charity
except:
20.2.1 as mentioned in Rule 26.1 or 26.3;
1120.2.2 reimbursement of reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (includ-
ing hotel and travel costs) actually incurred in running the
Charity;
20.2.3 the benefit of indemnity insurance as permitted by the Char-
ities Act;
20.2.4 an indemnity in respect of any liabilities properly incurred
in running the Charity (including the costs of a successful
defence to criminal proceedings); and
20.2.5 where authorised by the Court or the Act.
20.3 Any Trustee or Connected Person may enter into a written con-
tract with the Charity, as permitted by the Charities Act, to sup-
ply goods and/or services in return for a payment or other material
benefit but only if:
20.3.1 the goods and/or services are actually required by the Charity,
and the Trustees decide that it is in the best interests of the
Charity to enter into such a contract;
20.3.2 the nature and level of the remuneration is no more than is
reasonable in relation to the value of the goods and/or services
and is set in accordance with the procedure in Rule 21.1; and
20.3.3 no more than half of the Trustees are parties to a contract in
respect of goods and/or services in any financial year.
21. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
21.1 Subject to Rules 21.2, 21.3and 21.4, any Trustee who becomes a
Conflicted Trustee in relation to any matter must:
21.1.1 declare the nature and extent of her or his interest before
discussion begins on the matter;
21.1.2 withdraw from the meeting for that item after providing any
information requested by the Trustees;
21.1.3 not be counted in the quorum for that part of the meeting;
and
21.1.4 be absent during the vote and have no vote on the matter.
21.2 When any Trustee is a Conflicted Trustee, the Trustees who are
not Conflicted Trustees, if they form a quorum without count-
ing the Conflicted Trustee and are satisfied that it is in the best
interests of the Charity to do so, may, by resolution passed in
the absence of the Conflicted Trustee, authorise the Conflicted
Trustee, notwithstanding any conflict of interest or duty which
has arisen or may arise for the Conflicted Trustee, to:
1221.2.1 disclose to a third party information confidential to the Char-
ity; or
21.2.2 take any other action not otherwise authorised which does not
involve the receipt by the Conflicted Trustee or a Connected
Person of any payment or material benefit from the Charity;
or
21.2.3 refrain from taking any step required to remove the conflict.
21.3 A Trustee shall always declare at the start of a Trustees’ meeting
any actual or potential conflict of interest arising from the agenda
of the meeting.
22. APPLICATION OF PROFITS
22.1 The profits of the Charity shall be applied solely towards the pro-
motion of the Objects and do not belong to the Members.
23. Indemnity
23.1 Subject to Rule 20.2(Permitted Benefits) a Trustee and a retired
Trustee of the Charity may be indemnified out of the Charity’s
assets against: –
23.2 any liability incurred by that Trustee in connection with any neg-
ligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to
the Charity;
23.3 any liability incurred by that Trustee in connection with the ac-
tivities of the Charity; or
23.4 any other liability incurred by that Trustee as an officer of the
Charity in defending themselves successfully against any criminal
or civil proceedings for breach of duty.
23.5 This Rule does not authorise any indemnity which would be pro-
hibited or rendered void by any provision of law.
Insurance
23.6 The Trustees may purchase and maintain indemnity insurance, at
the expense of the Charity, for the benefit of any Trustee or retired
Trustee in respect of any relevant loss to the extent permitted by
the Charities Act.
24. AMENDMENT OF RULES
1324.1 Any of these Rules may be rescinded or amended, or a new Rule
made, by a vote of a three-quarters majority of those Members of
the Charity voting at a general meeting or by written resolution.
24.2 No amendment of these Rules is valid until it is registered by the
Authority in accordance with the Act.
24.3 No amendment may be made which causes the Charity to cease
to be a Charity in law.
25. RECORDS, AUDIT AND SECRETARY
Records
25.1 The Trustees must comply with the requirements of the Acts as
to keeping financial records, the appointment of auditors, audit of
accounts and the preparation and transmission to the Authority
of:-
25.1.1 annual returns;
25.1.2 annual reports; and
25.1.3 annual statements of account.
25.2 The Trustees must keep proper records of:-
25.2.1 all proceedings at Members’ meetings;
25.2.2 all proceedings at meetings of the Trustees;
25.2.3 all reports of committees; and
25.2.4 all professional advice obtained.
25.3 Accounting records relating to the Charity must be made available
for inspection by any Trustee at any time during normal office
hours and may be made available for inspection by Members who
are not Trustees if the Trustees so decide.
25.4 A copy of the Charity’s latest available balance sheet and state-
ment of account must be supplied on request to any Trustee or
Member. A copy must also be supplied, within two months, to any
other person who makes a written request and pays the Charity’s
reasonable costs.
25.5 A copy of the Charity’s latest available balance sheet will be dis-
played at all times in a prominent position at the Registered Office
of the Charity
Audit
1425.6 The Members shall vote annually at the AGM (or at a general
meeting before the AGM in the first period following incorpora-
tion) whether to have an audit carried out by a registered auditor
or to have checked unaudited accounts.
25.7 If the Charity has an audit by a qualified auditor the auditor shall
be appointed by the Trustees where there is a vacancy.
Secretary
25.8 The Trustees may appoint a secretary for such term, upon such
remuneration and upon such conditions as they think fit and any
secretary appointed may be removed by them.
26. DISSOLUTION
26.1 If the Charity is dissolved, after provision for the satisfaction of all
its debts and liabilities, the value of the remaining property of the
Charity shall be transferred to such other charitable institution
or institutions having objects similar to or compatible with the
Objects as shall be decided by the Trustees and recommended
and approved by the Members at a general meeting.
27. NOTICES
27.1 Notices under the Rules may be sent by hand, by post or by
suitable electronic means including website notification where the
Member has agreed to this.
27.2 The only address at which a Member is entitled to receive notices
sent by post or email is an address in the UK shown in the register
of Members.
27.3 Notices sent to the Charity by post or by hand must be sent to
its Registered Office.
27.4 Any notice in writing given in accordance with these Rules is to
be treated for all purposes as having been received:
27.4.1 24 hours after being sent by electronic means or delivered by
hand to the relevant address;
27.4.2 three clear days after being sent by first class post to that
address;
27.4.3 four clear days after being sent by second class or overseas
post to that address;
27.4.4 on being handed to the Member personally; or
1527.4.5 if earlier, as soon as the Member acknowledges actual receipt.
27.5 A technical defect in the giving of notice or receipt of email notice
of which the Trustees are unaware at the time does not invalidate
decisions taken at a meeting.
A member shall notify the Charity immediately of any change in
address including email address.
28. REGISTERED OFFICE, SEAL AND SIGNING
Registered Office
28.1 The Registered Office of the Charity shall be Leicester Secular
Hall, 75 Humberstone Gate, Leicester, Leicestershire LE1 1WB
or such other address as may be determined by the Trustees and
notified to the Authority.
Seal and signing
28.2 The Charity may have a seal which shall only be used by the
authority of Trustees and shall be kept at the registered office of
the Society.
28.3 Sealed documents shall be witnessed by the signature of two Trustees
or a Trustee and the secretary.
28.4 The Charity may also execute documents without a seal with the
authority of the Trustees in the same manner as with a seal or
otherwise as permitted by law.
29. INTERPRETATION
29.1 The meaning of certain words used in the Rules:
“Words“ then Definition
“the Act” = Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act
2014;
“Authority“ = the Financial Conduct Authority (or its succes-
sor or replacement body acting as the registering authority for
societies under the Acts);
”Board” = all the persons for the time being appointed as Trustees
of the Charity;
“the Charity“ = means the Society governed by the Rules;
“clear day“ = means a complete day excluding the day on which
the meeting is to take place and the day on which (as appropri-
ate) notice is given, the request received or the sum deposited or
tendered;
16“electronic means“ = has the meaning given in Section 148 of
the Act;
“indemnity insurance“ = has the meaning set out in Schedule
11 of the Charities Act 2011;
“month“ = means a calendar month;
“Objects“ = the Objects of the Charity as defined in Rule 3;
“relevant loss“ = means any loss or liability which has been or
may be incurred by a Trustee in connection with that Trustee’s
duties or powers in relation to the Charity including a success-
ful defence of the Trustee or retired Trustee in criminal or civil
proceedings for breach of duty;
”Relevant Authority” = the relevant regulator of financial ser-
vices;
”Secularism” = The principle of seeking to conduct human af-
fairs based on naturalistic considerations, uninvolved with reli-
gion, and advocates for the separation of religion from civil affairs
and the state;
“Shares“ = means shares in the share capital of the Charity;
“services“ = has the meaning in Section 187 of the Charities Act
but does not include services under a contract of employment;
“written” or ”in writing“ = refers to a legible document on
paper including a fax message or in electronic form;
“year“ = means a calendar year.
29.2 References to an Act of Parliament are to that Act as amended or
re-enacted from time to time and to any subordinate legislation
made under it.
29.3 The singular shall include the plural where the context requires.
29.4 The masculine and feminine genders shall include the neuter gen-
der.
We wish to form a Society under the above Rules
Signed by the Subscribing Members
Full Name in Block Capitals (no initials)
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Signed by the Secretary
17Full Name in Block Capitals (no initials)
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Dated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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