Section 3: Election of President and Vice-President of the Council

(1)
There shall be a President and a Vice-President of the Council, who shall be fellows of the profession, to be elected by the registered members and shall each hold office for a term of two years from the date of election.
(2)
The President shall be the chairman at meetings of the Council, so however that, in the event of the death, incapacity or inability, for any reason of the President, the Vice-President shall act in his stead for the unexpired portion of the term of office, or as the case may require, and references in this Act to the President shall be construed accordingly.
(3) The President and the Vice-President shall respectively be chairman and vice-chairman of the Council and of meetings of the registered members.
(4) If the President or the Vice-President ceases to be a registered member of the profession he shall ipso facto cease to hold any office designated under this section.