Constitution amended at Annual General Meeting

On Tuesday 12 November 2019 the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) Limited held its Annual General Meeting. A key agenda item was proposed amendments to the TIO's Constitution. Members present at the meeting unanimously passed the amendments.

The amendments include:

• Removal of the right for the two largest members to nominate for the positions of Directors with Industry Experience
• Clarifying the ability of the Ombudsman to delegate rights, powers and obligations to any staff member of the company, where permitted by the TIO Terms of Reference
• Removed the requirement for advertising for Directors with Consumer Experience, Industry Experience or Independent Directors in a ‘major daily newspaper’ and replaced with a requirement to conduct a search process ‘through a medium or media likely to attract a substantial pool of suitably qualified candidates’
• Directors who have served a first term and performed well may be re-appointed by special resolution of the Board for a second term

Other amendments include the removal of the outdated ‘Terms of Reference’ that are currently annexed to the Constitution and removal of the Transitional Provisions and the Transitional Schedule.

Read the revised Constitution.