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These Bye-laws may be cited as the National Trust Bye-Laws, 2015. 2. In these Bye-laws - \u201cmember\u201d means an ordinary, life or honorary member, as defined in bye-law 4; \u201cMember of the Council\u201d and \u201cCouncil Member\u201d mean any officer and any appointed or elected Member of the Council; \u201cNational Heritage Register\u201d and \u201cHeritage Register\u201d mean a register of Cayman\u2019s natural, historic and cultural resources which have been recognized and designated by the Council as being nationally significant and worthy of preservation; \u201cnotice\u201d means any notice required to be given by any bye-law and shall be good and sufficient if published in an issue of a daily newspaper; \u201cproperty\u201d means all kinds of property, real and personal, marine and terrestrial; \u201cresolution by the Council\u201d means any formal decision, proposed and approved by a majority of Council Members at a meeting of the Council; \u201ctrust agent\u201d means any officer, Council Member or other person, whether volunteer or employed, who is appointed by the Council to act for the Trust in the management of Trust affairs or the management of Trust properties; \u201ctrust property\u201d means property owned by the Trust for the purpose of preservation or conservation; and Citation Definitions \u201cyear\u201d means a calendar year, unless otherwise specified. 3. The Council shall adopt a seal and a logo for the Trust. 4. (1) There shall be the following classes of members of the Trust - (a) ordinary members - (i) student members, aged seventeen years or younger; (ii) adult members, aged eighteen years or older; and (iii) senior members, aged sixty years or older; (b) life members; (c) corporate members, namely firms or corporations which make an annual subscription to the Trust in the name of the entity but which does not confer ordinary membership on any single person; (d) honorary members, who shall be chosen from eminent and distinguished persons whom the Council believes can contribute to the work of the Trust or who have rendered outstanding service to the objects of the Trust and whom the Council shall admit to membership of the Trust without payment of any subscription; and (e) benefactors, being persons who have - (i) subscribed an aggregate sum to the funds of the Trust as established by the Council; or (ii) donated property to the Trust of such value as shall be established by the Council, and all benefactors shall, if they so desire, be made life members of the Trust. (2) The Council shall establish the subscription rates for each category of membership, and shall review the rates from time to time. (3) The payment of a subscription shall be deemed to be an application by the subscriber for admission to the appropriate membership class. (4) Applications for membership shall be made in the manner prescribed by the Council and shall be subject to approval by a committee of Council. (5) Annual subscriptions of ordinary members shall fall due on the 1st January of each year. Seal and logo Membership (6) Notwithstanding paragraph (5), a first subscription paid on or after 1st October in any year shall exempt the subscriber from payment of any further subscription in the year immediately following. (7) Subject to paragraph (6), any ordinary member who has not paid his subscription by 31st January in any year shall automatically cease to be a member of the Trust as of that date. 5. (1) Management of the Trust shall be vested in the Council comprising those people elected and appointed under section 5 of the Law, namely - (a) the officers (Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer) who shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting, as provided in paragraph (2); (b) the chairmen of the seven District Committees, who shall be elected annually by each District Committee at least three weeks prior to the Annual General Meeting; (c) three Government appointees (one each from the Ministries responsible for conservation, education and tourism), who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Cabinet; (d) nine elected Council Members who shall be elected annually at the Annual General Meeting; and (e) the Legal Advisor who shall be appointed annually by the Council. (2) The officers and elected Council Members shall be elected by ballot at the Annual General Meeting, and officers and shall serve two-year terms. (3) The Chairman shall be limited to three consecutive terms, but reelection after a period of two years out of office shall be permitted. (4) Elected Council Members shall serve one-year terms, and shall be eligible for re-election up to six consecutive years, and thereafter may stand for re-election after a period of one year out of office. 6. (1) The election at the Annual General Meeting shall be conducted by the Legal Advisor. (2) Not less than six weeks prior to the Annual General Meeting, the Council shall appoint a Nominating Committee of five members in good standing of the Trust, at least two of whom shall not be Members of the Council, but with a Member of the Council as Convenor. Council Election of officers (3) The Nominating Committee shall submit to the Council a list of nominees for the positions of officers and elected Council Members, who shall be persons who have indicated their willingness to stand for election. (4) The nominees shall be members in good standing of the Trust. (5) The Nominating Committee may nominate one or more persons for each office and up to eighteen persons for elected Council Members. (6) A serving officer or elected Member of Council shall be eligible for reelection unless he has failed to attend fifty percent of the regular meetings of Council during the previous year but the Council may, by resolution and for good cause, waive this disqualification. (7) As soon as possible after the list of nominees is submitted to Council, but not less than two weeks before the Annual General Meeting, the Council shall publish the list of nominees. (8) Additional proposals of names for election may be made in writing signed by the proposer and a seconder (each being a member in good standing of the Trust) and by the person so proposed for election, to be delivered to the office of the Trust not later than the close of business two days before the date of the Annual General Meeting. (9) Officers and elected Council Members shall take office at the first Council meeting held after the Annual General Meeting at which they were elected. (10) If any Member of the Council misses three consecutive meetings, the Chairman may propose and the Council, by resolution, may decide that that person be removed from the Council. (11) Vacancies on the Council arising through action by the Council under paragraph (10), death, resignation, or from any other cause or reason, may be filled by the Council on a temporary basis until the next Annual General Meeting. 7. (1) An Annual General Meeting shall be held every year as required by the Law. (2) The Chairman may call an extraordinary General Meeting whenever he deems it desirable to do so. General Meetings (3) Fifteen or more members may sign a petition calling for a General Meeting and setting out the business to be discussed and the Chairman shall, within twenty-one days of receiving such a petition, call a General Meeting. (4) The Secretary shall give at least seven days\u2019 notice to members of the day, time, place and agenda of any General Meeting. (5) At all General Meetings, all individual members, other than corporate members, aged eighteen years or older who are present shall be entitled to vote on any matter and a majority of such members present shall decide all issues, unless a greater majority is required by the Law. (6) Voting shall be by secret ballot and a member may appoint a proxy to vote in his absence; and such proxy must be delivered to the Trust office not later than the close of business two days before the Annual General Meeting. (7) In the event of a tie, the Chairman shall have a casting vote as well as his original vote. (8) The quorum of every General Meeting shall consist of either ten percent of the total number of members or forty, whichever is fewer. (9) The Chairman shall be chairman of all General Meetings, and in his absence, the Vice-Chairman shall act as chairman; and, in the absence of both the Chairman and Vice-Chairman, the members present at the meeting may appoint any Member of the Council to act as chairman. (10) In addition to any other business to be conducted at the Annual General Meeting, the Chairman or his nominee shall present the annual report for the previous year, containing an account of the activities of the Trust during the year, an audited financial report and goals for the ensuing year. 8. (1) The Council shall have the power to appoint such Committees as it may deem necessary, from time to time, with such terms of reference and responsibilities as the Council may determine; and the Council may appoint such persons as it thinks fit to the membership of the Committees. (2) The Council may create an Executive Committee to be responsible for the day-to-day business of the Trust. (3) The Executive Committee shall be chaired by an officer of the Trust, and its membership shall be limited to Council Members and employees. Committees (4) Minutes shall be kept of all Executive meetings and any significant business conducted by the Executive Committee shall be reported to the next meeting of the Council. (5) Each Committee shall have a Council Member as its Chairman. (6) The Council shall meet at such times and places as the Chairman shall determine, but no fewer than six times per year and not less than seven days\u2019 notice including an agenda for the meeting shall be sent in writing to each Council Member by the Secretary. (7) A quorum shall consist of six members. (8) Six or more Council Members may request in writing a meeting of the Council, setting out the business to be discussed at said meeting and the Secretary shall summon a meeting within fourteen days of receipt of such a request. (9) In the absence of the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman shall act as Chairman and, in the absence of both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman, the Council Members present at the meeting may appoint any Member of the Council to act as chairman of the meeting only. (10) Minutes shall be kept for each meeting, including all resolutions proposed and voted upon at each meeting. (11) Each set of minutes shall be reviewed by the Members of the Council at a subsequent meeting, and when approved and signed by the Chairman, shall constitute proof of action taken at the meeting. (12) Any act or decision taken by the Council shall be decided by a majority vote, unless otherwise required by law, and the Chairman shall have a casting vote. 9. (1) There shall be District Committees for each of the electoral districts as defined in the Elections Law (2013 Revision) and one each for Little Cayman and Cayman Brac, provided there are at least 15 registered members in those districts. (2) Each member of the Trust shall be assigned to the District Committee of the member\u2019s choice. (3) The work of the District Committees shall include - District Committees (a) participating in Trust projects within the district; (b) surveying and inventorying significant cultural and natural resources, using the criteria for selection established by the Council, for the development of a District Heritage Resources Inventory, which will be the basis for the National Heritage Register; (c) monitoring the condition of properties on the inventory, and informing the Council of any threats to any heritage sites; (d) identifying and recruiting interviewers and narrators for the Memory Bank oral history project; (e) promoting in each district the ideal of preserving Caymanian Heritage; (f) establishing goals and proposing projects for the Trust within each district; and (g) carrying out any separate projects within the District as have been proposed by the District Committee and approved by the Council. (4) Each District Committee shall elect a chairman each year at its annual general meeting and such election shall occur no less than three weeks prior to the Trust\u2019s Annual General Meeting. (5) The chairman shall sit as a Member of the Council. (6) The chairman\u2019s term on the Council shall begin at the first meeting of the Council following the Trust\u2019s Annual General Meeting, and the chairman is subject to removal from Council in accordance with bye-law 8(12). (7) Each District Committee shall elect a treasurer and such other officers as it sees fit, and shall form an executive committee to manage the affairs of the District Committee. (8) The executive committee shall be chaired by an officer of the District Committee and shall comprise a minimum number of three members. (9) The District Committees shall hold their annual general meetings no less than three weeks prior to the Trust\u2019s Annual General Meeting, and shall otherwise meet at such times and places as decided by the chairman. (10) Notice of District Committee meetings shall be given to members no less than seven days prior to the meeting. (11) Minutes of each District Committee meeting shall be kept, including all actions taken by the Committee, and a copy of the minutes shall be given to the Secretary of the Trust so that a central record of the actions of all the District Committees may be maintained. 10. (1) The Trust shall establish and maintain a National Heritage Register of natural and cultural resources which the Council shall determine are of national significance and worthy of preservation. (2) The Council shall establish criteria for inclusion on the Heritage Register and a procedure for the nomination and approval process. (3) Each District Committee shall inventory the properties of the District which it finds to have historic, cultural or natural value, using the criteria established by the Council, and the District Committee shall forward to the Council recommendations for properties to be included on the Heritage Register. (4) The District Committees shall solicit proposals from individuals as a part of their selection of properties to recommend. (5) An individual may also propose a property for nomination to the Council or one of its Committees, but the recommendation of the appropriate District Committee shall be sought before any decision is made. (6) The appropriate Council Committee shall review the recommendations of the District Committees and, in consultation with the owners of the properties, shall nominate properties for inclusion on the Heritage Register. (7) Properties shall be placed on the register by resolution of the Council. (8) The District Committees and relevant Council Committees shall monitor properties on the Heritage Register, and the Council shall update it annually. (9) Properties may be listed on the Heritage Register by categories establishing the importance of their preservation and these categories shall be established according to criteria adopted by the Council by resolution. (10) The Trust shall offer whatever help in preservation of properties or buildings on the Heritage Register is deemed by the Council to be appropriate and feasible, and seek the cooperation of the owner in preserving the property. National Heritage Register (11) The Trust may also designate properties as National Landmarks, if they are found to possess national significance in Caymanian natural or cultural heritage. 11. (1) The Council shall nominate not less than four persons to be signatories in respect of the Trust\u2019s bank accounts, and all cheques shall require two authorized signatures. (2) The books of the Trust shall be closed on 31st July of each year, and shall be audited. (3) The books of the Trust shall be available for inspection by any Member of the Council. 12. (1) A Financial Review Committee shall be established which shall comprise the Treasurer (who shall act as chairman), a Council Member with expertise in the field of construction and maintenance, a person nominated as the representative of each active District Committee and one other Member of the Council. (2) The Council may co-opt such other persons whose expertise may be useful to the Committee, but they shall not be voting members. (3) A quorum shall be half of the members of the committee and decisions shall be taken by simple majority. (4) The chairman shall have a casting vote only. (5) Meetings and decisions may be held by electronic means so long as there has been a period of at least two weeks (or such shorter period as may be required in extraordinary circumstances) for consideration and a report is provided to the Council. (6) Prior to the acquisition by whatever means by the Trust of any property or interest in any property, the Financial Review Committee shall after review and recommendation of the relevant committee seeking approval, consider the implications of such acquisition, and shall make recommendations to the Council regarding the proposed acquisition. (7) The decision to acquire any property or interest in any property by any means shall require a resolution by the Council. Financial matters Financial Review Committee (8) The Council shall consider the report of the Financial Review Committee and the relevant committee and, in making its decision, the Council shall take into account the overall finances of the Trust, the priorities for allocation of Trust funds, any proposed endowment or other arrangement for the maintenance of the property in question and any other relevant information before making its decision. 13. For each property owned by the Trust, the Council shall establish - (a) hours of operation; (b) entry fees, if any; (c) designation of those areas which are to be open to the public and those areas which are closed; and (d) any other rules necessary to be made for the management of each property. (2) The Council shall, in making such appointments, establish the duties and responsibilities, compensation, if any, and reporting relationships for the employees and trust agents so appointed. (3) All employees and trust agents shall have the power to eject from trust properties any person not in compliance with the rules regarding that property. 15. (1) The Council may amend these Bye-laws by resolution. (2) Any member of the Trust may propose amendments to the Bye-laws provided such proposed amendments are made in writing, seconded by a member of the Trust and forwarded to the Council no less than twenty-one days prior to the General Meeting at which they are to be considered. (3) The Council may make recommendations on any proposed amendment to be considered at a General Meeting. (4) Any amendment to the Bye-Laws shall take effect only after approval of the Cabinet. Trust properties 14. (1) The Council may appoint such employees and trust agents as it deems necessary for the management of the affairs of the Trust and the management of trust properties. Appointment and powers of employees and trust agents Amendment of Bye-laws 16. 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Repeal of the National Trust Bye-laws (1998 Revision)\n\nCAYMAN ISLANDS\n\nTHE NATIONAL TRUST LAW\n(2010 REVISION)\n\nTHE NATIONAL TRUST BYE-LAWS, 2015\n\nIn exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the National Trust Law\n(2010 Revision), the Council of the National Trust, with the approval of the\nCabinet, makes the following Bye-laws -\n1.\nThese Bye-laws may be cited as the National Trust Bye-Laws, 2015.\n2.\nIn these Bye-laws -\n\u201cmember\u201d means an ordinary, life or honorary member, as defined in bye-law 4;\n\u201cMember of the Council\u201d and \u201cCouncil Member\u201d mean any officer and any\nappointed or elected Member of the Council;\n\u201cNational Heritage Register\u201d and \u201cHeritage Register\u201d mean a register of\nCayman\u2019s natural, historic and cultural resources which have been recognized\nand designated by the Council as being nationally significant and worthy of\npreservation;\n\u201cnotice\u201d means any notice required to be given by any bye-law and shall be good\nand sufficient if published in an issue of a daily newspaper;\n\u201cproperty\u201d means all kinds of property, real and personal, marine and terrestrial;\n\u201cresolution by the Council\u201d means any formal decision, proposed and approved\nby a majority of Council Members at a meeting of the Council;\n\u201ctrust agent\u201d means any officer, Council Member or other person, whether\nvolunteer or employed, who is appointed by the Council to act for the Trust in the\nmanagement of Trust affairs or the management of Trust properties;\n\u201ctrust property\u201d means property owned by the Trust for the purpose of\npreservation or conservation; and\n\nCitation\nDefinitions\n\n\u201cyear\u201d means a calendar year, unless otherwise specified.\n3.\nThe Council shall adopt a seal and a logo for the Trust.\n4.\n(1) There shall be the following classes of members of the Trust -\n(a)\nordinary members -\n(i)\nstudent members, aged seventeen years or younger;\n(ii) adult members, aged eighteen years or older; and\n(iii) senior members, aged sixty years or older;\n(b) life members;\n(c)\ncorporate members, namely firms or corporations which make an\nannual subscription to the Trust in the name of the entity but\nwhich does not confer ordinary membership on any single\nperson;\n(d) honorary members, who shall be chosen from eminent and\ndistinguished persons whom the Council believes can contribute\nto the work of the Trust or who have rendered outstanding\nservice to the objects of the Trust and whom the Council shall\nadmit to membership of the Trust without payment of any\nsubscription; and\n(e)\nbenefactors, being persons who have -\n(i)\nsubscribed an aggregate sum to the funds of the Trust as\nestablished by the Council; or\n(ii) donated property to the Trust of such value as shall be\nestablished by the Council, and all benefactors shall, if they\nso desire, be made life members of the Trust.\n(2) The Council shall establish the subscription rates for each category of\nmembership, and shall review the rates from time to time.\n(3) The payment of a subscription shall be deemed to be an application by\nthe subscriber for admission to the appropriate membership class.\n(4) Applications for membership shall be made in the manner prescribed\nby the Council and shall be subject to approval by a committee of Council.\n(5) Annual subscriptions of ordinary members shall fall due on the 1st\nJanuary of each year.\n\nSeal and logo\nMembership\n\n(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (5), a first subscription paid on or after 1st\nOctober in any year shall exempt the subscriber from payment of any further\nsubscription in the year immediately following.\n(7) Subject to paragraph (6), any ordinary member who has not paid his\nsubscription by 31st January in any year shall automatically cease to be a member\nof the Trust as of that date.\n5.\n(1) Management of the Trust shall be vested in the Council comprising\nthose people elected and appointed under section 5 of the Law, namely -\n(a)\nthe officers (Chairman, Vice Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer)\nwho shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting, as provided\nin paragraph (2);\n(b) the chairmen of the seven District Committees, who shall be\nelected annually by each District Committee at least three weeks\nprior to the Annual General Meeting;\n(c)\nthree Government appointees (one each from the Ministries\nresponsible for conservation, education and tourism), who shall\nhold office at the pleasure of the Cabinet;\n(d) nine elected Council Members who shall be elected annually at\nthe Annual General Meeting; and\n(e)\nthe Legal Advisor who shall be appointed annually by the\nCouncil.\n(2) The officers and elected Council Members shall be elected by ballot at\nthe Annual General Meeting, and officers and shall serve two-year terms.\n(3) The Chairman shall be limited to three consecutive terms, but reelection after a period of two years out of office shall be permitted.\n(4) Elected Council Members shall serve one-year terms, and shall be\neligible for re-election up to six consecutive years, and thereafter may stand for\nre-election after a period of one year out of office.\n6.\n(1) The election at the Annual General Meeting shall be conducted by the\nLegal Advisor.\n(2) Not less than six weeks prior to the Annual General Meeting, the\nCouncil shall appoint a Nominating Committee of five members in good standing\nof the Trust, at least two of whom shall not be Members of the Council, but with\na Member of the Council as Convenor.\n\nCouncil\nElection of officers\n\n(3) The Nominating Committee shall submit to the Council a list of\nnominees for the positions of officers and elected Council Members, who shall be\npersons who have indicated their willingness to stand for election.\n(4) The nominees shall be members in good standing of the Trust.\n(5) The Nominating Committee may nominate one or more persons for\neach office and up to eighteen persons for elected Council Members.\n(6) A serving officer or elected Member of Council shall be eligible for reelection unless he has failed to attend fifty percent of the regular meetings of\nCouncil during the previous year but the Council may, by resolution and for good\ncause, waive this disqualification.\n(7) As soon as possible after the list of nominees is submitted to Council,\nbut not less than two weeks before the Annual General Meeting, the Council shall\npublish the list of nominees.\n(8) Additional proposals of names for election may be made in writing\nsigned by the proposer and a seconder (each being a member in good standing of\nthe Trust) and by the person so proposed for election, to be delivered to the office\nof the Trust not later than the close of business two days before the date of the\nAnnual General Meeting.\n(9) Officers and elected Council Members shall take office at the first\nCouncil meeting held after the Annual General Meeting at which they were\nelected.\n(10) If any Member of the Council misses three consecutive meetings, the\nChairman may propose and the Council, by resolution, may decide that that\nperson be removed from the Council.\n(11) Vacancies on the Council arising through action by the Council under\nparagraph (10), death, resignation, or from any other cause or reason, may be\nfilled by the Council on a temporary basis until the next Annual General Meeting.\n7.\n(1) An Annual General Meeting shall be held every year as required by\nthe Law.\n(2) The Chairman may call an extraordinary General Meeting whenever\nhe deems it desirable to do so.\n\nGeneral Meetings\n\n(3) Fifteen or more members may sign a petition calling for a General\nMeeting and setting out the business to be discussed and the Chairman shall,\nwithin twenty-one days of receiving such a petition, call a General Meeting.\n(4) The Secretary shall give at least seven days\u2019 notice to members of the\nday, time, place and agenda of any General Meeting.\n(5) At all General Meetings, all individual members, other than corporate\nmembers, aged eighteen years or older who are present shall be entitled to vote\non any matter and a majority of such members present shall decide all issues,\nunless a greater majority is required by the Law.\n(6) Voting shall be by secret ballot and a member may appoint a proxy to\nvote in his absence; and such proxy must be delivered to the Trust office not later\nthan the close of business two days before the Annual General Meeting.\n(7) In the event of a tie, the Chairman shall have a casting vote as well as\nhis original vote.\n(8) The quorum of every General Meeting shall consist of either ten\npercent of the total number of members or forty, whichever is fewer.\n(9) The Chairman shall be chairman of all General Meetings, and in his\nabsence, the Vice-Chairman shall act as chairman; and, in the absence of both the\nChairman and Vice-Chairman, the members present at the meeting may appoint\nany Member of the Council to act as chairman.\n(10) In addition to any other business to be conducted at the Annual\nGeneral Meeting, the Chairman or his nominee shall present the annual report for\nthe previous year, containing an account of the activities of the Trust during the\nyear, an audited financial report and goals for the ensuing year.\n8.\n(1) The Council shall have the power to appoint such Committees as it\nmay deem necessary, from time to time, with such terms of reference and\nresponsibilities as the Council may determine; and the Council may appoint such\npersons as it thinks fit to the membership of the Committees.\n(2) The Council may create an Executive Committee to be responsible for\nthe day-to-day business of the Trust.\n(3) The Executive Committee shall be chaired by an officer of the Trust,\nand its membership shall be limited to Council Members and employees.\n\nCommittees\n\n(4) Minutes shall be kept of all Executive meetings and any significant\nbusiness conducted by the Executive Committee shall be reported to the next\nmeeting of the Council.\n(5) Each Committee shall have a Council Member as its Chairman.\n(6) The Council shall meet at such times and places as the Chairman shall\ndetermine, but no fewer than six times per year and not less than seven days\u2019\nnotice including an agenda for the meeting shall be sent in writing to each\nCouncil Member by the Secretary.\n(7) A quorum shall consist of six members.\n(8) Six or more Council Members may request in writing a meeting of the\nCouncil, setting out the business to be discussed at said meeting and the Secretary\nshall summon a meeting within fourteen days of receipt of such a request.\n(9) In the absence of the Chairman, the Vice-Chairman shall act as\nChairman and, in the absence of both the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman, the\nCouncil Members present at the meeting may appoint any Member of the Council\nto act as chairman of the meeting only.\n(10) Minutes shall be kept for each meeting, including all resolutions\nproposed and voted upon at each meeting.\n(11) Each set of minutes shall be reviewed by the Members of the Council\nat a subsequent meeting, and when approved and signed by the Chairman, shall\nconstitute proof of action taken at the meeting.\n(12) Any act or decision taken by the Council shall be decided by a\nmajority vote, unless otherwise required by law, and the Chairman shall have a\ncasting vote.\n9.\n(1) There shall be District Committees for each of the electoral districts as\ndefined in the Elections Law (2013 Revision) and one each for Little Cayman and\nCayman Brac, provided there are at least 15 registered members in those districts.\n(2) Each member of the Trust shall be assigned to the District Committee\nof the member\u2019s choice.\n(3) The work of the District Committees shall include -\n\nDistrict Committees\n\n(a)\nparticipating in Trust projects within the district;\n(b) surveying and inventorying significant cultural and natural\nresources, using the criteria for selection established by the\nCouncil, for the development of a District Heritage Resources\nInventory, which will be the basis for the National Heritage\nRegister;\n(c)\nmonitoring the condition of properties on the inventory, and\ninforming the Council of any threats to any heritage sites;\n(d) identifying and recruiting interviewers and narrators for the\nMemory Bank oral history project;\n(e)\npromoting in each district the ideal of preserving Caymanian\nHeritage;\n(f)\nestablishing goals and proposing projects for the Trust within\neach district; and\n(g) carrying out any separate projects within the District as have\nbeen proposed by the District Committee and approved by the\nCouncil.\n(4) Each District Committee shall elect a chairman each year at its annual\ngeneral meeting and such election shall occur no less than three weeks prior to\nthe Trust\u2019s Annual General Meeting.\n(5) The chairman shall sit as a Member of the Council.\n(6) The chairman\u2019s term on the Council shall begin at the first meeting of\nthe Council following the Trust\u2019s Annual General Meeting, and the chairman is\nsubject to removal from Council in accordance with bye-law 8(12).\n(7) Each District Committee shall elect a treasurer and such other officers\nas it sees fit, and shall form an executive committee to manage the affairs of the\nDistrict Committee.\n(8) The executive committee shall be chaired by an officer of the District\nCommittee and shall comprise a minimum number of three members.\n(9) The District Committees shall hold their annual general meetings no\nless than three weeks prior to the Trust\u2019s Annual General Meeting, and shall\notherwise meet at such times and places as decided by the chairman.\n(10) Notice of District Committee meetings shall be given to members no\nless than seven days prior to the meeting.\n(11) Minutes of each District Committee meeting shall be kept, including\nall actions taken by the Committee, and a copy of the minutes shall be given to\n\nthe Secretary of the Trust so that a central record of the actions of all the District\nCommittees may be maintained.\n10. (1) The Trust shall establish and maintain a National Heritage Register of\nnatural and cultural resources which the Council shall determine are of national\nsignificance and worthy of preservation.\n(2) The Council shall establish criteria for inclusion on the Heritage\nRegister and a procedure for the nomination and approval process.\n(3) Each District Committee shall inventory the properties of the District\nwhich it finds to have historic, cultural or natural value, using the criteria\nestablished by the Council, and the District Committee shall forward to the\nCouncil recommendations for properties to be included on the Heritage Register.\n(4) The District Committees shall solicit proposals from individuals as a\npart of their selection of properties to recommend.\n(5) An individual may also propose a property for nomination to the\nCouncil or one of its Committees, but the recommendation of the appropriate\nDistrict Committee shall be sought before any decision is made.\n(6) The appropriate Council Committee shall review the recommendations\nof the District Committees and, in consultation with the owners of the properties,\nshall nominate properties for inclusion on the Heritage Register.\n(7) Properties shall be placed on the register by resolution of the Council.\n(8) The District Committees and relevant Council Committees shall\nmonitor properties on the Heritage Register, and the Council shall update it\nannually.\n(9) Properties may be listed on the Heritage Register by categories\nestablishing the importance of their preservation and these categories shall be\nestablished according to criteria adopted by the Council by resolution.\n(10) The Trust shall offer whatever help in preservation of properties or\nbuildings on the Heritage Register is deemed by the Council to be appropriate\nand feasible, and seek the cooperation of the owner in preserving the property.\n\nNational Heritage Register\n\n(11) The Trust may also designate properties as National Landmarks, if\nthey are found to possess national significance in Caymanian natural or cultural\nheritage.\n11. (1) The Council shall nominate not less than four persons to be signatories\nin respect of the Trust\u2019s bank accounts, and all cheques shall require two\nauthorized signatures.\n(2) The books of the Trust shall be closed on 31st July of each year, and\nshall be audited.\n(3) The books of the Trust shall be available for inspection by any\nMember of the Council.\n12. (1) A Financial Review Committee shall be established which shall\ncomprise the Treasurer (who shall act as chairman), a Council Member with\nexpertise in the field of construction and maintenance, a person nominated as the\nrepresentative of each active District Committee and one other Member of the\nCouncil.\n(2) The Council may co-opt such other persons whose expertise may be\nuseful to the Committee, but they shall not be voting members.\n(3) A quorum shall be half of the members of the committee and decisions\nshall be taken by simple majority.\n(4) The chairman shall have a casting vote only.\n(5) Meetings and decisions may be held by electronic means so long as\nthere has been a period of at least two weeks (or such shorter period as may be\nrequired in extraordinary circumstances) for consideration and a report is\nprovided to the Council.\n(6) Prior to the acquisition by whatever means by the Trust of any\nproperty or interest in any property, the Financial Review Committee shall after\nreview and recommendation of the relevant committee seeking approval, consider\nthe implications of such acquisition, and shall make recommendations to the\nCouncil regarding the proposed acquisition.\n(7) The decision to acquire any property or interest in any property by any\nmeans shall require a resolution by the Council.\n\nFinancial matters\nFinancial Review Committee\n\n(8) The Council shall consider the report of the Financial Review\nCommittee and the relevant committee and, in making its decision, the Council\nshall take into account the overall finances of the Trust, the priorities for\nallocation of Trust funds, any proposed endowment or other arrangement for the\nmaintenance of the property in question and any other relevant information\nbefore making its decision.\n13. For each property owned by the Trust, the Council shall establish -\n(a)\nhours of operation;\n(b) entry fees, if any;\n(c)\ndesignation of those areas which are to be open to the public and\nthose areas which are closed; and\n(d) any other rules necessary to be made for the management of each\nproperty.\n\n(2) The Council shall, in making such appointments, establish the duties\nand responsibilities, compensation, if any, and reporting relationships for the\nemployees and trust agents so appointed.\n(3) All employees and trust agents shall have the power to eject from trust\nproperties any person not in compliance with the rules regarding that property.\n15. (1) The Council may amend these Bye-laws by resolution.\n(2) Any member of the Trust may propose amendments to the Bye-laws\nprovided such proposed amendments are made in writing, seconded by a member\nof the Trust and forwarded to the Council no less than twenty-one days prior to\nthe General Meeting at which they are to be considered.\n(3) The Council may make recommendations on any proposed amendment\nto be considered at a General Meeting.\n(4) Any amendment to the Bye-Laws shall take effect only after approval\nof the Cabinet.\n\nTrust properties\n\n14. (1) The Council may appoint such employees and trust agents as it deems\nnecessary for the management of the affairs of the Trust and the management of\ntrust properties.\nAppointment and powers of employees and trust agents\nAmendment of Bye-laws\n\n16. The National Trust Bye-laws (1998 Revision) are repealed.\n\nMade by the Council of the National Trust the 20th day of November, 2015.\n\nAndrew J. 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