42.     Composition and election of Regional Councils

42.1     Regional Councils will comprise of up to two delegates elected by each respective Local Unit from within the region.

42.2     Every Local Unit Controller is to hold a Local Unit meeting to elect up to two delegates to the respective Regional Council. This meeting must be held between 1 February and 31 March in the same year in which the Unit’s respective Regional Council is scheduled to elect a Director to the Board.

42.3     The election conducted by the Unit Controller:

(a)        is to be held at a Local Unit meeting of which at least seven days notice (stating the purpose of the meeting) has been given to all Unit members; and

(b)        is to be by show of hands unless the meeting resolves to conduct a secret ballot.

42.4     The Unit Controller is to advise the Regional Secretary of the results of the election within seven days.