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Name and Constitution
The title of the Board shall be the International Football
Association
Board. The Football Association (England), The Scottish Football
Association, The Football Association of Wales, The Irish Football
Association and the Federation International de Football Association
(FIFA), hereafter called associations, shall constitute the Board
and each shall be entitled to be represented by four delegates.
Objects
The objects of the Board shall be to discuss and decide proposed
alterations to the Laws of the Game and such other matters affecting
association football as required to be referred to the Board after
consideration by the Annual General Meetings or other appropriate
meetings of the associations forming the Board or confederations or
member associations.
Meetings of the Board
The Board shall meet bi-annually. The Annual General Meeting shall
take place in the month of February or March as agreed.
The Annual Business Meeting shall take place in the month of
September
or October, as agreed. The date and venue of both the Annual
General Meeting and the Annual Business Meeting shall be decided
at the previous Annual General Meeting of the Board.
In each current year, both the Annual General Meeting and the Annual
Business Meeting shall be hosted by the same member association.
A representative of the host association shall preside. The
responsibility
for hosting both meetings shall be passed in rotation to each
association.
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting is authorized to discuss and decide on
proposed alterations to the Laws of the Game and other relevant
matters affecting association football that fall within the remit of
the
Board.
Annual Business Meeting
The Annual Business Meeting shall take place in the month of
September
or October, as agreed. The meeting shall have the authority
to consider general business submitted to the Board. It may provide
decisions on such items but the Annual Business Meeting shall not
have the authority to alter the Laws of the Game.
Procedures
Annual General Meeting
Each association shall forward in writing, not later than 1
December,
to the secretary of the association hosting the meeting, suggestions
or proposed alterations to the Laws of the Game, requests for
experimentation
to the Laws of the Game and other items for discussion,
which shall be printed and distributed not later than 14 December.
Any amendments to such proposed alterations must be submitted
in writing to the secretary of the host association not later than
14 January, and such proposals and amendments shall be printed and
distributed to member associations for consideration not later than
1 February.
Annual Business Meeting
Each association shall forward in writing to the secretary of the
host
association, at least four weeks before the date of the meeting, any
proposals, requests for experimentation regarding the Laws of the
Game and other items for discussion.
The agenda and relevant papers shall be distributed to all member
associations of the Board two weeks before the meeting.
Any confederation or other member association may forward in writing
to the General Secretary of FIFA, proposals, requests or items for
discussion in good time to ensure that they may be considered by
FIFA
and, if acceptable, forwarded to the secretary of the host
association
at least four weeks before the meeting.
Minutes
The minutes of the meeting shall be recorded by the secretary of the
host association and shall be reported in the offi cial Minute Book,
which shall be forwarded to the association next in rotation before
the fi rst day of February ensuing.
Quorum and Voting Powers
The business of a meeting shall not be proceeded unless four
associations,
one of which shall be FIFA, are represented. FIFA shall have four
votes on behalf of all affi liated member associations in
membership.
The other member associations shall each have one vote. For a
proposal
to succeed, it must receive the support of at least three-quarters
of those present and entitled to vote.
Alterations to the Laws of the Game
No alterations shall be made to the Laws of the Game except in the
Annual General Meeting of the Board and then only if agreed by at
least three-quarters of those present and entitled to vote.
Special Meetings
The association hosting the Board meetings for the current year*
shall,
on receiving a written requisition signed by FIFA or by any two of
the
other member associations, accompanied by a copy of the proposals
to be submitted, call a special meeting of the Board. Such special
meetings shall be held within twenty-eight days of the requisition
and the associations forming the Board shall receive twenty-one
days’
notice together with a copy of the proposals.
Decisions of the Board
The decisions of the Annual Business Meeting of the Board shall be
effective from the date of the meeting, unless agreed otherwise.
The decisions of the Annual General Meeting of the Board regarding
changes to the Laws of the Game shall be binding on confederations
and member associations as from 1 July following each Annual General
Meeting of the Board but confederations or member associations
whose current season has not ended by 1 July may delay the
introduction
of the adopted alterations to the Laws of the Game for their
competitions until the beginning of their next season. No alteration
to
the Laws of the Game shall be made by any confederation or member
association unless they have been passed by the Board
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