Aims and Objectives of the Club
Hollowshore Cruising Club aims to support, encourage and promote the sport of yachting for all ages and budgets, for those interested in sailing vessels and power vessels, and for those interested in short term or long term cruising. To achieve this we will
- provide a well-appointed clubhouse for social and educational events.
- arrange a series of local, national and international cruises
- arrange a series of social events
- encourage a wide demographic in membership
- promote and encourage safe boating
- maintain links with other sailing clubs and organisations including the RYA and MSBA to ensure that relevant local and national information is passed to members
- ensure that the club remains financially sound
- support the knowledge of members in the science of navigation and in the art of handling and sailing yachts and other vessels
- share our love of the sea with like-minded members
HCC Policy on Data Protection
This policy was agreed by Hollowshore Cruising Club to meet The General Data Protection Regulation which came into force in May 2018, and embraces advice and recommendations from the Royal Yachting Association and the Medway and Swale Boating Association.
- The data that the club maintains on members is the data on the membership application form together with any other information required to manage the membership
- The membership application form contains an opt-in that allows members data to be shared with other club members
- The members’ contact and boat details are published on the club website which is password accessible to other club members
- Members’ data will not be shared with other individuals or organisations
- When members’ data is transmitted between members other than on the website it will be in password protected files
- Members may opt-out of sharing their data by informing the club secretary who will remove the data from the club website
- Members’ data will be deleted when a member leaves the club
HCC CONSTITUTION AND RULES 2020
| SECTION 1 – NAME AND OBJECTS | ||
| 1. | The name of the Club shall be ‘The Hollowshore Cruising Club’ (hereinafter referred to in these rules as the Club). | |
| 2. | The objects for which the Club is formed are to promote and facilitate community participation in the sport of yachting, and boating generally, and to provide social and other facilities for Members as may be from time to time determined. | |
| SECTION 2 – OFFICERS | ||
| Officers of the Club | 3. | The Officers of the Club shall be voting Members of the Club and shall consist of a Commodore, a Vice-Commodore, a Rear-Commodore, an Honorary Secretary, an Honorary Treasurer, an Honorary Membership Secretary, and an Honorary Social Secretary. Officers shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting in each year and shall hold office for one year, retiring at the termination of the Annual General Meeting in each year. All Officers of the Club shall be eligible for re-election. The duties of the Honorary Secretary and the Honorary Membership Secretary may be combined with his/her agreement. |
| 4. | Duties of Honorary Secretaries etc. | |
| 4.1 | The Honorary Secretary shall:- | |
| Duties of Honorary Secretary | (a) | Conduct the correspondence of the Club; |
| (b) | Keep custody of all Club documents; | |
| (c) | Keep full minutes of all General meetings of the Club, and the Committee which shall be confirmed and signed by the appropriate Chairman upon the agreement of the Club or the Committee at the next following meeting of the Club or the Committee. | |
| (d) | Maintain contact with the Club’s Legal Advisor to ensure that the Club’s affairs are managed in accordance with current law. | |
| (e) | Maintain any such certificates or registrations, and complete any such non-financial returns, as may be required by law. | |
| Duties of Honorary Membership Secretary | 4.2 | The Honorary Membership Secretary shall:- |
| (a) | Keep a register of Club Members’ names and addresses; | |
| (b) | Shall be responsible for the sending out of Membership forms to prospective new Members and Membership renewal forms to existing Members for payment of dues by the 1st January each year. | |
| Duties of Honorary Social Secretary | 4.3 | The Honorary Social Secretary shall ensure that a social programme is drawn up each year, with the agreement of the Committee, and ensure that each event is sufficiently resourced. |
| Duties of Honorary Treasurer | 5. | The Honorary Treasurer shall:- |
| (a) | Cause such books of account to be kept as are necessary to give a true and fair view of the state of finances of the Club; | |
| (b) (c) | Cause all returns as may be required by law in relation to such accounts to be rendered at the due time; Administer such insurance policy or policies as may be needed fully to protect the interests of the Club, its Officers and its Members; | |
| (d) | Prepare an Annual Balance Sheet as at 31st October in each year and cause such Balance Sheet (and accounts as necessary) to be reviewed at least once annually and shall thereafter cause the same to be exhibited in the Club premises at least fourteen days before the date of the Annual General Meeting and present the Annual Balance Sheet to the Club at the Annual General Meeting. | |
| 6. | The Reviewer shall:- | |
| (a) | Be appointed at the Annual General Meeting in each year and shall be an appropriately experienced/qualified Member of the Club other than the Treasurer or General Committee Members; | |
| Duties of Honorary Reviewer | (b) | The Reviewer shall review the accounts and Annual Balance Sheet of the Club when called upon to do so and shall give such certificate of assurance as to the accuracy of the said accounts as shall be required by law or by the Committee; |
| (c) | If either unwilling or unable to act, inform the Committee who shall appoint a substitute to hold office until the termination of the next Annual General Meeting. | |
| SECTION 3 – MEMBERSHIP | ||
| Categories and votes of Membership | 7. | There shall be the following categories of Membership with power to vote at all meetings of the Club as indicated hereunder. The rights and privileges of each category of Members are as defined in these rules. A FULL MEMBER – this shall include one or two co-habiting adults, and all children under their guardianship under the age of eighteen on 1st January in the current year. The Full-Member unit shall have one vote, exercisable by either adult. |
| A JUNIOR MEMBER – A person who is under eighteen on 1st January of the current year and who is not included within a Full Membership. | ||
| AN HONORARY MEMBER – who shall have no vote. | ||
| A TEMPORARY MEMBER – who shall have no vote. | ||
| Rights and Privileges of Members | 8. | No Member may use the Club premises, or any of the facilities of the Club, until forty-eight hours have elapsed from the date of posting of notice of admission. The Rights and Privileges of each category of Membership shall be as follows:- |
| A FULL MEMBER shall have the full use of all the Club facilities. | ||
| A JUNIOR MEMBER shall have the full use of all Club facilities subject only to Rule 46. | ||
| AN HONORARY MEMBER shall have the full use of all Club facilities | ||
| A TEMPORARY MEMBER (which expression may include Members of another RYA recognised Club or organisation) shall have the full use of Club facilities but (a) Shall have no right to enter Club races or regattas unless specifically authorised by the Secretary or Committee. (b) Shall have no right to take any part in the management of the Club. (c) Is deemed to have notice of and impliedly undertakes to comply with the Club Rules and any Bye-laws or Regulations as if he or she were a Member of the Club and so far as the said Rules, Bye-laws and Regulations may be deemed to apply to such Temporary Member. (d) Shall be liable to be expelled from the Club premises or to be prohibited from using the Club facilities if, in the opinion of the Secretary, he or she shall not have reasonably complied with the above conditions. Candidates for Membership shall have no privileges whatsoever in relation to the use of the Club or premises. | ||
| Membership Entrance & Subscription Fee | 9. | The rate of Entrance and Subscription fee for each category of Membership shall be proposed by the Committee to the Members at the Annual General Meeting in each year. Any proposed changes shall be approved by a majority of those present and entitled to vote and shall become operative on the first day of January in the year following. The current rate of Entrance and Subscription fee shall be prominently displayed in the Club premises. (a) Membership of the Club shall be open to anyone interested in the sport of yachting and boating generally on application regardless of sex, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, religion or other beliefs. Membership may however be limited according to available facilities on a non-discriminatory basis. (b) Membership subscriptions will be kept at levels that will not pose a significant obstacle to people participating. (c) The Club Committee may refuse Membership or, subject to Rule 15, remove it, only for good cause such as conduct or character likely to bring the Club or sport into disrepute. Appeal against refusal of Membership may be made to the Members. |
| Members shall also make the following annual payments:- All Members shall pay the Entrance fee (if any) and their first annual subscription upon joining the Club and thereafter on the first day of January in each year. Provided that a Member admitted after the first day of July in any year shall pay half the annual subscription applicable for that year and that a Member admitted after the first day of October in any year shall not be required to pay any subscription in respect of the year of admission, but shall pay, on admission, the Entrance fee and the annual subscription in respect of the year following admission. | ||
| Discount for prompt payment of fees and payment by instalments may be made available at the discretion of the General Committee. | ||
| Members’ duty to provide an up to date address | 10. | Every Member shall furnish the Honorary Membership Secretary with an up-to-date postal address, and email address if used, which shall be recorded in the Register of Members and any notice sent to such address shall be deemed to have been duly delivered. |
| Application for Membership | 11. | An application for Membership shall be in the form from time to time prescribed by the Committee, and shall include the name, address and occupation of the candidate. |
| Admission of Members | 12. | Upon receipt of an application for Membership, the Honorary Membership Secretary shall enter such application in a Register of Candidates and there shall be an interval of at least two days before the Committee considers the application for Membership. The admission of all classes of Members is vested in the Committee and shall be a simple majority vote of those of the Committee. The Committee may refuse applications only for good cause such as conduct or character likely to bring the Club into disrepute. The Honorary Membership Secretary shall inform each candidate in writing of the candidate’s admission or non-admission. He shall furnish an elected candidate with a copy of the Rules of the Club and make request for such payments as are necessary. Appeal against refusal to admit may be made to the Members in General Meeting. |
| Payment of Fees upon Admission | 13. | Upon admission, a candidate shall pay, within one calendar month, such Entrance and other fees as shall be requested. In default of such payment, the admission shall be void unless sufficient cause for delay be shown. |
| One year’s temporary absence of Member | 14. | A Member who, for any reason, anticipates inability to use the Club or its facilities for the whole of any one year shall be excused payment of the annual subscription and other annual fees provided that notice in writing is given to the Honorary Membership Secretary before the last day of November in the previous year. A Member wishing to be re-instated during the year in question shall pay such portion of the annual subscription as the Committee shall require. |
| Retirement of a Member | 15. | A Member desirous of retiring from Membership shall give notice in writing to the Honorary Membership Secretary before the last day of November and shall not then be liable to pay the subscription for the following year. Upon re-application by a past Member the Committee may, at its discretion, excuse payment of any Entrance Fee. A Member who retires in accordance with this Rule shall not be entitled to have any part of the annual Membership fee or any other fees refunded. |
| Arrears of Subscription | 16. | The Committee may cancel, without notice being given, the Membership of any Member whose annual subscription and other annual fees are more than three months in arrears provided that the Committee may, at its discretion, re-instate such Member upon payment of arrears. No Member whose annual payment is in arrears may enter any Club event or regatta or vote at any meeting. |
| Conduct of Members | ||
| Under-taking by Members to comply with rules | 17. | Every Member, upon election and thereafter, is deemed to have notice of, and impliedly undertakes to comply with, the Club Rules and any current Byelaws and Regulations of the Club. |
| Disciplinary action against Members | 18. | Any breach of Rule 17 or any conduct which, in the opinion of the Committee, is either unworthy of a Member or otherwise injurious to the interests of the Club, shall render a Member liable to disciplinary action by the Committee, which may include suspension for a specified period of time or expulsion. |
| Before taking such disciplinary action against a Member, the Committee shall call upon such Member for a written explanation of the Member’s conduct and shall give the Member full opportunity of making explanation to the Committee, or of resigning. | ||
| A Resolution to apply any sanction shall be carried by a simple majority vote by those Members of the Committee present and voting on the Resolution. Appeal against suspension/expulsion may be made to the Members in General Meeting. Upon suspension/expulsion the Member/former Member shall not be entitled to have any part of the annual Membership fee refunded and must return any Club or external body’s trophy or trophies held forthwith. | ||
| Guests in the Club | 19. | Members shall enter the names of all guests in the Visitor’s Book. The same guest may not be introduced more than six times in any calendar year. |
| Damage to Club property | 20. | A Member shall not knowingly remove, injure, destroy or damage any property of the Club and shall make restitution for the same if called upon to do so by the Committee or by the Honorary Secretary upon the instructions of the Committee. |
| Exhibiting of Notices | 21. | A Member shall not cause any communication in whatever form to be exhibited on Club notice boards without permission of the Honorary Secretary or another Officer. |
| Settlement of Accounts | 22. | A Member shall settle any indebtedness for refreshment or otherwise before leaving the Club premises. |
| Suggestions | 23. | All suggestions shall be signed by the Member and either handed to the Honorary Secretary, or entered in the Suggestion Book if one is in use. |
| Complaints | 24. | Complaints of any nature relating to the management of the Club premises shall be addressed in writing to the Honorary Secretary. |
| Members of other RYA Clubs | 25. | A Member of any Club affiliated to the Royal Yachting Association (a list whereof is published by the said Association) may be authorised to use the premises of the Club by any Member of the Committee. Such authorisation shall specify between which dates the said person may so use the premises. |
| Competitors in Club races | 26. | Any person who is a competitor or crew Member in any race or event sponsored by or on behalf of the Club is entitled to the use of the Club premises within a period of 24 hours before and after the race or event in which they are taking part. |
| Power to expel those admitted under rules 25 & 26 hereof | 27. | The Honorary Secretary or any other person who has received the authority of two Members of the Committee, may expel, temporarily or permanently, any person who has the right to the use of the Club premises only under Rules 25 and 26. |
| Limitation of Club liability | ||
| Limitation of Club liability | 28. | All references to the Club in this Rule shall mean each and every individual Member of the Club from time to time. Members, their guests and visitors are bound by the following Rule which shall also be exhibited in a prominent place within the Club premises:- |
| Members of the Club, their guests or visitors may use the Club premises, and any other facilities of the Club, entirely at their own risk and impliedly accept that:- | ||
| (a) The Club will not accept any liability for any damage to or loss of property belonging to Members, their guests or visitors to the Club. | ||
| (b) The Club will not accept any liability for personal injury arising out of the use of the Club premises, any other facilities of the Club either sustained by Members, their guests or visitors or caused by the said Members, guests or visitors whether or not such damage or injury could have been attributed to or was occasioned by the neglect, default or negligence of any of them, the Officers, Committee, Trustees, or servants of the Club. Members are responsible for any injury, damage or loss to the extent caused by their own actions or omissions, | ||
| SECTION 4 – CLUB COMMITTEE | ||
| Constitution of Committee | 29. | The Club Committee (herein referred to as ‘the Committee’) shall consist of the Officers, ex officio, and not more than six Full Members elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) each year to hold office until the termination of the next following Annual General Meeting. |
| Retirement of Committee | 30. | At the AGM each year all Officers and Committee Members shall retire, but may offer themselves for re-election. |
| Candidates for election to Committee | 31. | Candidates for election to the Committee (including Officers of the Club) shall be those Members of the retiring Committee eligible to offer themselves for re-election and such other voting Members whose nominations (duly proposed and seconded by voting Members of the Club) with their consent shall have been received by the Honorary Secretary at least fourteen days before the date of the AGM each year. |
| Election of Committee by ballot | 32. | If the number of candidates for election is greater than the number of vacancies to be filled then there shall be a ballot. |
| No contest for election | 33. | If the number of candidates for election is equal to or less than the number of vacancies to be filled then all candidates shall be deemed to be elected if two thirds of those present at the AGM, and entitled to vote, vote in favour of such election. |
| In the event of the ballot failing to determine the Members of the Committee because of an equality of votes the candidate or candidates to be elected from those having an equal number of votes shall be determined by lot. | ||
| Casual vacancy | 34. | If, for any reason, an outstanding or casual vacancy shall occur, the Committee may co-opt a Full Member to fill such a vacancy until the next following AGM. |
| Retiring Commodore | 35. | A retiring Commodore may serve as an ex officio Member of the Committee in the year immediately following his retirement. |
| Committee Meetings | 36. | The Committee shall meet at least every two months making such arrangements as the conduct, place of assembly and holding of such meetings as it may wish. The Commodore or in his absence a Chairman elected by those present shall preside. |
| Voting at Committee | 37. | Voting (except in the case of a resolution relating to the suspension/expulsion of a Member) shall be by show of hands. In the case of equality of votes the Commodore or Chairman (as the case may be) shall have a second and casting vote. |
| Quorum | 38. | Five Members personally present, including online, shall form a quorum at a meeting of the Committee. |
| Powers of the Committee | ||
| Management of Club by Committee | 39. | The Committee shall manage the affairs of the Club according to the Rules and shall cause the funds of the Club to be applied solely to the objects of the Club or for a benevolent or charitable purpose nominated by General Meeting. In particular the Committee shall ensure that the property and funds of the Club will not be used for the direct or indirect private benefit of Members other than as reasonably allowed by the rules and that all surplus income or profits are re-invested in the Club. |
| Appointment of sub-committees | 40. | The Committee may appoint such sub-committees as it may deem necessary and may delegate such of its powers as it may think fit upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed expedient and/or required by the law. Such sub-committees shall consist of such Members of the Committee or of the Club as the Committees may think fit. Officers of the Club shall be ex officio Members of all such sub-committees. |
| Disclosure of interest to third parties | 41. | A Member of the Committee, of a sub-committee or any officer of the Club, in transacting business for the Club, shall disclose to third parties that he is so acting. |
| Limitation of Committee’s authority | 42. | The Committee, or any person or sub-committee delegated by the Committee to act as agent for the Club or its Members, shall enter into contract only as far as expressly authorised, or authorised by implication, by the Members. No one shall, without the express authority of the Membership in General Meeting, borrow money or incur debts on behalf of the Club or its Membership. |
| Members’ indemnification of Committee | 43. | In pursuance of the authority vested in the Committee by Members of the Club, Members of the Committee shall be indemnified by the Members of the Club out of the assets of the Club from and against any liabilities, costs, expenses or payments whatsoever which may be properly incurred or made by them or any one of them in the exercise of their duties on behalf of the Club wherever the contract is of a duly authorised nature or could be assumed to be of a duly authorised nature and entered into on behalf of the Club. Should the assets of the Club be insufficient to satisfy such liability, costs, expenses or payments the Committee shall be entitled to a personal indemnity from the individual Members of the Club. The limit of any individual Member’s indemnity in this respect shall be a sum equal to one year’s subscription at the then current rate of that category of Membership unless the Committee has been authorised to exceed such limit by a General Meeting of the Club. |
| Contractual Liability | 44. | The Committee shall endeavour to ensure that the following clause is incorporated in every contract, lease, licence or other agreement entered into by the Committee and/or Trustees of the Club, as appropriate. “The liability of the Committee and/or Trustees for the performance of any contractual or other obligation undertaken by them on behalf of the Club shall be limited to the assets of the Club.” |
| Nomination of Honorary Members by Committee | 45. | The Committee may nominate for election at an AGM such Honorary Members as the Committee may think fit. The total number of such Honorary Members shall not, however, at any time, exceed five percent of the total numbers of all Members. The election of Honorary Members shall be put to the vote at the AGM each year and such Honorary Members shall be duly elected if two thirds of those present, and entitled to vote, vote in favour of election. |
| Purchase and supply of excisable goods | ||
| Purchase & Supply of Excisable Goods | 46. | The purchase for the Club of excisable goods and the supply of the same upon Club premises shall be exclusively and solely under the control of the Committee, or of a special sub-committee appointed by the Committee. |
| 47. | Intoxicating liquor may only be sold for consumption on the Club premises to persons over the age of eighteen who are entitled to the use of the Club premises in pursuance of the Rules, Byelaws and Regulations for the time being in force. No Junior Member under the age of eighteen may purchase or attempt to purchase intoxicating liquor within the Club premises. | |
| Hours of Sale of Excisable Goods | 48. | The Committee shall cause the Club bar to be opened (subject to terms of the Club premises certificate) at convenient times (and such times shall be prominently exhibited in the Club premises) for the sale of excisable goods to persons who are entitled to the use of the premises of the Club in pursuance of these rules (except Members under the Legal age as aforesaid) PROVIDED THAT visitors’ names and the name of their introducer shall have been entered in the Visitor’s Book upon entry to Club premises. |
| Profits from Sale of Excisable Goods | 49. | No person shall take a commission, percentage or other such payment in connection with the purchase of excisable goods for the Club. Any profit deriving from the sale of such goods shall (after deduction of the costs of providing such goods for the benefit of the Club) be applied to the provision of additional amenities or the purchase of property to be held in trust for the benefit of the Club. |
| Accounts relating to excisable goods | 50. | Proper accounts of all purchases and receipts shall be kept and presented at the AGM in each year and such information as the Honorary Treasurer or Reviewer may require shall be furnished to enable any statutory return or statement and the payment of excise or other duty or tax to be made. |
| SECTION 5 – TRUSTEES | ||
| Number of and Terms of Reference | 51. | There shall be at least three Trustees of the Club who shall be appointed from time to time as necessary by the Committee of the Club from among Full or Honorary Members who are willing to be so appointed. A Trustee shall hold office during his lifetime or until he shall resign by notice in writing given to the Committee, or until a resolution removing him from office shall be passed at a meeting of the Committee by a majority vote comprising two-thirds of the Members present and entitled to vote. |
| Property of Club Vested in Trustees | 52. | All the property of the Club, including land and investments, shall be held by the Trustees for the time being, in their own names so far as it is necessary and practicable, on trust for the use and benefit of the Club. In the event of the death, resignation, or removal from office of a Trustee, the Committee shall nominate a new Trustee in his place, and shall as soon as possible thereafter take all lawful and practicable steps to procure the vesting of all club property into the names of the Trustees as constituted after such nomination. For the purpose of giving effect to any such nomination, the Honorary Secretary for the time being is hereby nominated as the person to appoint new Trustees of the Club within the meaning of Section 36 of the Trustee Act 1925 and he shall by Deed duly appoint the person or persons so nominated by the Committee. |
| Powers of Trustees | 53. | The Trustees shall in all respects act, in regard to any property of the Club held by them, in accordance with the directions of the Committee and shall have power to sell, lease, mortgage or pledge any Club property so held for the purpose of raising or borrowing money for the benefit of the Club in compliance with the Committee’s directions (which shall be duly recorded in the Minutes of the proceedings of the Committee) but no purchaser, lessee or mortgage shall be concerned to enquire whether any such direction has been given. |
| Indemnity of Trustees from Club | 54. | In pursuance of the authority vested in the Trustees by the Members of the Club, the Trustees shall be indemnified by the Members of the Club out of and limited to the assets of the Club from and against any liability, costs, expenses and payments whatsoever which may be properly incurred or made by them or any one of them in the exercise of their duties or in relation to any property of the Club vested in them, or in relation to any legal proceedings, or which otherwise relate directly or indirectly to the performance of the functions of a Trustee of the Club. |
| SECTION 6 – MEETINGS OF THE CLUB | ||
| Annual General Meeting | 55. | An Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Club shall be held each year in the month of December on a date to be fixed by the Committee. The Honorary Secretary shall at least fourteen days before the date of such meeting notify each Member notice hereof and of the business to be brought forward thereat. |
| Business at Annual General Meeting | 56. | No business, except the passing of the Accounts and the election of the Officers, Committee and Reviewer(s), and any business that the Committee may order to be inserted in the notice convening the meeting shall be discussed at such meeting unless notice thereof be given in writing by a Member entitled to vote to the Honorary Secretary at least fourteen days before the date of the AGM. |
| Special General Meeting | 57. | The Committee may at any time, upon giving fourteen days notice in writing, call a Special General Meeting of the Club for any special business, the nature of which shall be stated in the summons convening the meeting, and the discussion at such meeting shall be confined to the business stated in the notice sent to Members. |
| Special General Meeting upon request of Members | 58. | The Committee shall call a Special General Meeting (SGM) upon a written request addressed to the Honorary Secretary by at least 12 Members. The SGM must be called within 21 days of a request. The Committee shall give 14 days’ notice in writing of any such SGM. The discussion at such meeting shall be confined to the business stated in the notice sent to Members. |
| Chairman at Meetings | 59. | At every meeting of the Club the Commodore or, in their absence, a Chairman elected by those present shall preside. |
| Quorum at Meetings | 60. | Fifteen Members entitled to vote and personally present shall form a quorum at any meeting of the Club. |
| Entitlement to vote at Meetings | 61. | Only voting Members as defined in section 3 shall vote at any meeting of the Club. Other Members may attend but are not entitled to vote. |
| Voting at Meetings | 62. | Voting shall normally be by show of hands. In the exceptional event of it being impossible to hold a physical AGM, voting will take place either by post or electronically. The usual notice of meeting, circulation of documents and quorum will still apply. |
| Equality of Votes | 63. | In the case of an equality of votes the Chairman shall have a second or casting vote, on any matter other than the election of Members of the Committee. |
| Voting on Rule Change | 64. | On any resolution properly put to a meeting of the Club relating to the creation, repeal or amendment of any Rule, Byelaw or Regulation of the Club such Rule, Byelaw or Regulation shall not be created, repealed or amended except by a majority vote of at least two-thirds of those present and entitled to vote. (Provided that no such change shall jeopardise the Club’s status as a Community Amateur Sports Club within the meaning of the Finance Acts, or in any event alter its objects or winding-up provisions). |
| SECTION 7 – DISSOLUTION OF THE CLUB | ||
| Dissolution of the Club | 65. | If, upon the winding up or dissolution of the Club, there remains after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities any property whatsoever, the same shall not be paid to or distributed amongst the Members of the Club. The Committee shall dispose of the net assets remaining to one or more of the following: (i) to a charity and/or (ii) to another Club with similar sports purposes which is a registered CASC and/or (iii) to the sport’s national governing body for use by it for related community sports. |
| SECTION 8 – MISCELLANEOUS | ||
| Opening of Club Premises | 66. | The Club premises shall be open to Members at such times as the Committee shall direct. The bar will be open at hours set by the Committee for the supply of intoxicating liquor subject to the terms of the Club premises certificate and any restrictions imposed from time to time by the Licensing Authority. |
| Bye-laws | 67. | Club may adopt such Bye-Laws or Regulations as it considers appropriate for the good management of the Club and its facilities. |
| Acknowledgement | 68. | The Members acknowledge that these Rules constitute a legally binding contract to regulate the relationship of the Members with each other and with the Club. |
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