BYE-LAW 9 BYE-LAW 9. THE COUNCIL 9.1 Representatives on Council The Council shall consist of: (a) Two Representatives from each of the Foundation Unions, each of which Representatives shall have one vote; (b) One Representative from each of the Unión Argentina de Rugby, the Canadian Rugby Union, the Federazione Italiana Rugby, the Japan Rugby Football Union, each of which Representatives shall have one vote; and (c) One Representative from each of the following Associations: Asia Rugby, Rugby Africa, Rugby Europe, Oceania Rugby, Sudamericana Rugby (Rugby Americas South) and Rugby Americas North, each of which Representatives shall have one vote; and (d) The Officers referred to in Bye-Law 9.7. (e) From immediately after the Annual Meeting of Council in May 2016 the following changes shall be made to the voting and membership structure: (i) The Association Representatives shall have two votes; (ii) Unions which have qualified for the Rugby World Cup Finals Tournament on two consecutive occasions in the assessment period (8 years) shall have one Representative who shall have one vote; (iii) Unions which have qualified for the Rugby World Cup Finals Tournament on two consecutive occasions in the assessment period (8 years) and who play in a major Championship (being for this purpose the Six Nations or SANZAR Rugby Championships) shall have one Representative who shall have one vote; (iv) Unions which have qualified for RWC on two consecutive occasions in assessment period (8 years) and satisfy the criteria below shall have one additional vote but no additional Representative: a) contribute to the Game by having a Union audited average annual turnover greater than £20million1 over the previous four year period (to reflect its investment in the Game); and 1 The Nominations Committee shall have discretion in examining the accounts of an applicant Union to recommend to Council a suitable comparative currency index when determining compliance with this criteria; Last update: 3 January, 2017 45
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