BYE-LAW 10 BYE-LAW 10. THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 10.1 Composition of Executive Committee 10.1.1 Subject to the transitional provisions set out in Bye-Law 16 as approved by the Executive Committee, the Executive Committee shall comprise of the Officers, seven other members elected by the Council from the Representatives and two Independent Members proposed by the Nominations Committee and approved by the Council. No Union or Association (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, the Union of the Chairman) shall have more than one representative on the Executive Committee. The Executive Committee shall be chaired by the Chairman. No employee or contractor of a Union can be elected to the Executive Committee. 10.1.2 The Executive Committee will carry out its functions as an incorporated entity through the Company. The members of the Executive Committee from time to time shall be directors of the Company and World Rugby Development Limited and may also be directors of other companies in the World Rugby group of companies. All members of the Executive Committee shall act in accordance with their fiduciary duties and in accordance with applicable laws and shall, for the avoidance of doubt, recuse themselves from any decision in which they have a conflict of interest. 10.1.3 The Executive Committee may, from time to time, establish Other Committees, working parties, sub-groups and advisory groups as it considers necessary. 10.2 Appointment of the Executive Committee 10.2.1 The Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be elected in accordance with Bye-Law 9.6.2. 10.2.2 The Chief Executive Officer shall be appointed in accordance with Bye- Law 9.6.3. 10.2.3 Seven other Members of the Executive Committee shall be elected by the Council from the Representatives in accordance with the procedure set out in Bye-Law 10.2.4 below. 10.2.4 The voting procedure for the seven Members of the Executive Committee elected from the Representatives shall be as follows: Representatives will be proposed and seconded by another Representative. In the event that more than one Representative is proposed for an available position on the Executive Committee, the Council shall vote by secret ballot in accordance with the votes of the Representatives present and entitled to vote pursuant to Bye-Law 9.1. The Representative(s) with the lowest number of votes shall drop out. The Representative(s) with the highest number of votes shall be appointed. In the event of the Representatives with the lowest number of votes being tied, this procedure will be repeated by the Council, again voting by secret ballot until all positions on the Last update: 3 January, 2017 55
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