Section 10

Auditors

10.1 An appropriate firm of Accountants shall be appointed by the Fellows at the Annual General Meeting as Auditors for the ensuing year. The duties of the Auditors shall be to

(i) report to Council as may be necessary, and no less frequently than annually, upon the Society's Accounts;

(ii) advise upon all matters related to the Accounts;

(iii) audit the Society's books of account; and

(iv) prepare the Annual Accounts, including the financial statements for Standing Committees, Scientific Committees, Temporary Committees, Working Groups, Specialist Groups and Regional Groups, for presentation to the Fellows in the Annual Report at the next Annual General Meeting.

10.2 No Auditors, other than retiring Auditors, shall be eligible for appointment at the Annual General Meeting unless not less than twenty one days' notice of the intention to propose other Auditors shall have been given in writing to the Secretaries by at least five Fellows.