Council seeks end to ceiling on attendance fee
The Council of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society has decided to seek the removal from the Byelaws of a ceiling on the fee payable for attendance at meetings of the Council and its committees. It did so at the October
Council meeting at the suggestion of advisers to the Privy Council.
The Council was reminded that earlier in the year it had agreed to seek
Privy Council approval for a proposal
to raise the ceiling from £200
to £300 (PJ, 16 July 2005, p100). No comment on the proposal had
been received from members during the 60-day consultation period and
the deputy clerk of the Privy Council had indicated that advisers would
recommend the Privy Council to approve the proposal if it received little
or no opposition. However, the advisers also took the view that the level
of fees payable to Council members should be a matter for the Society’s
own members and not something over which the Privy Council should exercise
detailed control. The deputy clerk suggested that the Council should
consider a further draft Byelaw amendment to that effect.
The Council therefore agreed not to proceed with the proposal to raise
the limit but instead to seek an amendment to the effect that Council
members “shall be entitled to receive a reasonable fee, which shall
be -determined by the Council from time to time by resolution … for
attending any meeting of the Council …”.
The Secretary and Registrar said that there would still be a requirement
to gazette the changes and for the Council to announce the fee each year.
The Council would consider the fee normally on an annual basis.
The proposed amendment is set out in an Official
Notice this week (p534).
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