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British Red Cross
Our ref:
MAM/CMP
March 8, 1991
FAX NO. 270-3387
Mr John K Hague
HKD 3495
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Hong Kong Department
10 APR:
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office London SW1A 2AK
Dear John,
National Headquarters
9 Grosvenor Crescent London, SW1X 7EJ Telephone 071-235/5454 Telex 918657
Cables Redcros, London SW1 Fax 071-245 6315
Confirmatory Copy
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British Nationality Selection Scheme and Paid Employees of the Hong Kong Branch of the British Red Cross Society
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Thank you very much for seeing me at very short notice on March, and for your telephone call later in the afternoon. It is most kind of you and your colleagues to consider our enquiry so speedily.
To answer your queries:
For the present purposes, the Society's legal status is as a body incorporated within the United Kingdom by Royal Charter dated 3rd September 1908, and as a charity registered with the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales, registration number 220949.
The organisation and management of the British Red Cross Society (BRCS) is prescribed in the said Royal Charter of Incorporation 1908 and in Rules (which are of the nature of statutory bye-laws, requiring the approval of the Privy Council), the latest version of which is dated 17th June 1976. Both the Royal Charter and the Rules empower the Society's governing body, the Council, to form Branches within territories under British jurisdiction to carry out the Society's activities (Articles 2(3) and 18, Royal Charter 1908; Rules 16 (a) and 17(a), Rules 1976).
BRCS Branches overseas fall into two categories: Local Branches under Rule 16, and Central Council Branches under Rule 17.
The difference between the two types of Branches is that Central Council Branches are allowed
are allowed a greater degree of autonomy under the Society's Rules 1976, although they remain
they remain an integral part of the British Red Cross and are subject to the directions of the Society's Council in London as to general policy (Rule 17(e)).
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A part of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
The British Red Cross Society Incorporated by Royal Charter 1908
Registered Charity No. 220949