14 15 EXTRA ORDINARY CONFERENCE 14.1 An Extra Ordinary Conference of the Congress may be convened by the General Council, if deemed necessary or when requested by not less than 50% of the member unions. 14.2 All the rules of representation and proceedings shall be the same as those of the General Conference, provided that the Extraordinary Conference shall not elect new office bearers, other than to fill in posts which have become vacant since the last General or Extraordinary Conference, who shall hold office for the remainder of the five year term. 14.3 The convening of an Extraordinary Conference shall not affect the convening of the General Conference five years after the last General Conference. 14.4 The Extraordinary Conference shall confine itself to the business it has been convened for. BI -ANNUAL CONSULTATIVE CONFRENCE 15.1 A Conference of all Presidents and General Secretaries of all member trade unions shall be held bi annually at the time and place selected for that purpose by the General Council. 15.2 Any officer bearer of an affiliate union who is eligible but unable to attend may be replaced by his deputy or assistant, who shall have the right to vote in the capacity. 15.3 The bi-annual Consultative Conference shall review progress, events, developments, policies and the activities of the Congress and advice or recommend new programmes and activities for the labour movement. 15.4 All officers of the Congress shall be eligible to attend the Consultative Conference. 15.5 The President of the Congress shall be the President of the Consultative Conference, and shall present to the Conference the report of the activities of the General Council. 15.6 15.7 The Secretary General of the Congress shall be Secretary of the Consultative Conference. The Treasurer of the Congress shall present the financial report of the Congress to the Consultative Conference. 15.8 The Trustees of the Congress shall present the proprietary report of the Congress to the Consultative Conference. 15.9 Decisions of the Consultative Conference shall be by simple majority of the delegates attending, provided that two thirds of the expected total delegates to the Consultative Conference shall constitute a quorum. Page 11 of 25