1. The Council may exclude a participant from participation in the System where -
(a) in the opinion of the Council, the participant has used or is using or is proposing to use the System in a way which has caused or is causing or will cause material harm or damage to the System, other participants or information processed, held or transmitted on, under or through the System;
(b) the participant has ceased to be a person referred to in [sub-paragraphs (b) to (h) in paragraph 2. in Consolidated Requirements Part 2 > General Operational Matters > Central Accounting > Insurance Services > Provision of services];
(c) the Council has made a default direction in respect of the participant under [Consolidated Requirements Part 2 > General Operational Matters > Central Accounting > Central Accounting System > Default declarations];
(d) an insolvency event has occurred in relation to the participant or any principal or beneficiary on whose behalf it acts;
(e) the participant has failed to comply with a condition or requirement prescribed under [Insurance Services > Conditions and requirements] or any other provision of this byelaw or any provision of any regulation, code of practice or manual made or published by the Society issued under [Consolidated Requirements Part 2 > General Operational Matters > Central Accounting Miscellaneous and General > Regulations, codes of practice and manuals];
(f) the participant has failed to pay a charge payable [Consolidated Requirements Part 2 > General Operational Matters > Central Accounting > Miscellaneous and General > Power of the Council to prescribe charges] within the period for the time being prescribed; or
(g) having regard to the circumstances then pertaining the Council thinks fit that a participant is excluded from participation in the System.
2. Before exercising the powers conferred on the Council by this paragraph in respect of a participant referred to in [sub-paragraphs (c) to (h) of paragraph 2. in Consolidated Requirements Part 2 > General Operational Matters > Central Accounting > Insurance Services > Provision of services], the Council shall:
(a) inform the participant concerned in writing of its intention and of the grounds for the intended exclusion; and
(b) allow the participant to make representations as to the intended exclusion within such a period and in such form as the Council may allow.
3. If in the opinion of the Council the power conferred by [1. above] is required to be exercised immediately, the Council may exercise such powers without having first taken the steps referred to in sub-paragraph (2).
4. In any case falling within [3. above] the Council shall:
(a) as soon as possible inform the participant concerned of the reasons for the exclusion; and
(b) allow the participant to make representations within such period as the Council may require.
5. The Council shall as soon as practicable after the exclusion of a participant from participation in the System notify in writing all the other participants thereof.
6. An appeal shall lie to the Appeal Tribunal in accordance with the Appeal Tribunal Byelaw (No. 32 of 1996) against the exclusion from participation in the System under [sub-paragraph (a), (c) or (e) of 1. above] of a System participant referred to in [sub-paragraphs (c) to (h) in paragraph 4. of Consolidated Requirements Part 2 > General Operational Matters > Central Accounting > Insurance Services > Provision of services].