Every applicant for membership must consent in writing to becoming a Member. 

An applicant for membership must complete and sign any application form, supply any information, or attend an interview as may be reasonably required by the Committee regarding an application for membership and will become a Member on acceptance of that application by the Committee. 

The Committee may accept or decline an application for membership at its sole discretion. The Committee must advise the applicant of its decision. 

The signed written consent of every Member to become a Society Member shall be retained in the Society’s membership records. 

Every Member shall provide the Society in writing with that Member’s name and contact details (namely, physical or email address and a telephone number) and promptly advise the Society in writing of any changes to those details. 

• All Members shall promote the interests and purposes of the Society and shall do nothing to bring the Society into disrepute. 

• A Member is only entitled to exercise the rights of membership (including attending and voting at General Meetings, accessing or using the Society’s premises, facilities, equipment and other property, and participating in Society activities) if all subscriptions and any other fees have been paid to the Society by their respective due dates, but no Member or Life Member is liable for an obligation of the Society by reason only of being a Member. 

• Any Member that is a body corporate shall provide the Committee, in writing, with the name and contact details of the person who is the organisation’s authorised representative, and that person shall be deemed to be the organisation’s proxy for the purposes of voting at General Meetings. 

A Member ceases to be a Member— 

• by resignation from that Member’s class of membership by written notice signed by that Member to the Committee, or 

• on termination of a Member’s membership following a dispute resolution process under this Constitution, or 

• on death (or if a body corporate on liquidation or deregistration, or if a partnership on dissolution of the partnership), or 

• by resolution of the Committee where— 

• The Member has failed to pay a subscription, levy or other amount due to the Society within 30 Working Days of the due date for payment. 

• In the opinion of the Committee the Member has brought the Society into disrepute. 

with effect from (as applicable)— 

• the date of receipt of the Member’s notice of resignation by the Committee (or any subsequent date stated in the notice of resignation), or 

• the date of termination of the Member’s membership under this Constitution, or 

• the date of death of the Member (or if a body corporate from the date of its liquidation or deregistration, or if a partnership from the date of its dissolution), or 

• the date specified in a resolution of the Committee and when a Member’s membership has been terminated