Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na (Associations) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na (Associations) (Amendment) Regulations 2021.
(2) The Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na (Associations) Regulations 1978 to 2020 and these Regulations may be cited together as the Garda SÃ­ochÃ¡na (Associations) Regulations 1978 to 2021.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations –
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paragraphs: (1) A relevant meeting or a relevant conference need not be held at a physical venue but may be conducted wholly or partly by the use of electronic communications technology so long as all attendees have a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting or conference in accordance with this Regulation.
(2) (a) Provision may be made in standing orders or otherwise for participation in a relevant meeting or relevant conference by the use of electronic communications technology, including for a mechanism for casting votes by an attendee, whether before or during the meeting or conference,
(b) The mechanism referred to in paragraph (a) shall not require the attendee to be physically present at the relevant meeting or relevant conference or require the attendee to appoint a proxy who is to be physically present at the meeting or conference.
(3) Any temporary failure or disruption of electronic communications technology shall not invalidate a relevant meeting or relevant conference merely by virtue of that temporary failure or disruption.
(4) In this Regulation –
(a) in relation to a relevant meeting, a member of the branch or any other person attending the meeting, and
(b) in relation to a relevant conference, a delegate to the conference or any other person attending the conference;
(a) the Annual Delegate Conference;
(b) a Special Delegate Conference;
(a) the Annual General Meeting;
(b) a special general meeting.
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paragraphs: Notwithstanding Article 3(5) of the Second Schedule to the Regulations of 1978, the Annual General Meeting of the members of each branch of the Association in the year 2021 shall be held –
(a) as soon as practicable after the making of these Regulations, and
(b) in advance of the 2021 Annual Delegate Conference.
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paragraphs: Notwithstanding Article 4(5) of the Second Schedule to the Regulations of 1978, the requirement in that Article shall be deemed not to apply in respect of the Annual Delegate Conference in the year 2020.
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paragraphs: Notwithstanding Article 4(5) of the Second Schedule to the Regulations of 1978, the Annual Delegate Conference in the year 2021 (in these Regulations referred to as the “2021 Annual Delegate Conference”) may be held as soon as is practicable in the year 2021 after the making of these Regulations.
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paragraphs: Notwithstanding Article 4(7) of the Second Schedule to the Regulations of 1978 –
(a) the term of office of the Standing Orders Committee elected by the Annual Delegate Conference held in the year 2019 shall be deemed to have commenced on the date of the election concerned and to expire at the close of the 2021 Annual Delegate Conference, and
(b) the Standing Orders Committee referred to in paragraph (a) may perform the functions of a Standing Orders Committee in respect of the 2021 Annual Delegate Conference and any Special Delegate Conference held before that Conference.
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paragraphs: Notwithstanding Article 8 of the Second Schedule to the Regulations of 1978 –
(a) the term of office of the Trustee who was elected by the Annual Delegate Conference held in 2017 shall be deemed to have commenced on the date of the election concerned and to expire at the close of the 2021 Annual Delegate Conference, and