9   New rules for future conduct of affairs

The executive committee for the time being of the said corporation shall within four years after the passing of this Act convene by not less than three weeks’ notice by advertisement in at least three consecutive numbers of two or more of the Sydney daily newspapers, a meeting of such members of the said corporation as are or shall be entitled to vote at any annual general conference as defined from time to time by the rules of the said corporation to be held within five weeks of the date of the said notice, or if no annual general conference is to be held within the said five weeks, then to such members who were entitled to vote at the annual general conference then last past, and shall submit for the approval of such meeting the rules proposed for the future conduct of the affairs of the said corporation and the furtherance of the objects for which the said association was originally formed as hereinbefore mentioned, and in such rules provisions shall be made respecting the following matters, that is to say:

(a)  the number, change, retirement, election, and an appointment of members of the executive committee of the said corporation, and of the president, secretary, treasurer, and other officers of the said corporation, and the rights, powers, duties, and obligations of the members of such committee, the secretary, treasurer, and other officers of the said corporation,

(b)  the appointment of such other permanent or temporary committee as shall from time to time be required for the futherance of the objects for which the said association was originally formed as hereinbefore mentioned,

(c)  the meetings of the members of the said corporation,

(d)  the election, admission, retirement, and removal of members of the corporation,

(e)  the rights, liabilities, and qualifications of members of the corporation,

(f)  the mode of altering or repealing the rules of the said corporation, and of making others, and

(g)  the efficient management of the affairs and business of the said corporation generally, and the promotion of the objects for which the said association was formed as hereinbefore mentioned.

At such meeting as convened as aforesaid, or at some adjournment thereof, the proposed rules shall be approved of by a majority of the votes of the members qualified as aforesaid of the said corporation present at such meeting and voting according to the provisions of the said present rules, and thereupon within five weeks and after the expiration of two days from the said meeting another meeting shall be convened for the purpose of confirming and finally passing such proposed rules, which shall not be passed except by a majority of votes as aforesaid and upon such proposed rules being so finally passed the same shall be deemed to be and shall be the rules for the time being of the said corporation, save and except in so far as any of them are or shall or may be altered, varied, or repealed in accordance with this Act or are, or shall or may be inconsistent, or incompatible with or repugnant to any of the provisions of this Act.