7. Amendment of section 8 of the principal enactment

Section 8 of the principal enactment is hereby amended by the insertion, immediately after subsection (3) of that section, of the following subsection :—

“(3a) A member of the Council who fails, without being excused by the Council, to attend three consecutive meetings of the Council shall be deemed to have vacated office, with effect from the date of the last of such meetings.”.