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The WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RECREATIONAL AND SPORTFISHING COUNCIL (Inc) Trading as Recfishwest
CONSTITUTION
1. TITLE
2. OBJECTS
3. PUBLIC FUND
4. CONDUIT POLICY
5. DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND PROPERTY
6. MEMBERSHIP
7. SUBSCRIPTIONS
8. EXPULSION OF MEMBERS
9. RIGHT OF APPEAL OF EXPELLED MEMBER
10. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
11. RESIGNATIONS
12. BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
13. CHAIRPERSON
14. RESPONSIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
15. DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST
16. SUB-COMMITTEES
17. MEETINGS
18. VOTING
19. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
20. POWERS
21. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
22. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
23. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
24. EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND STAFF
25. RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFICERS
26. FISCAL YEAR
27. AUDITOR
28. BANKING ARRANGEMENTS
29. PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT
30. THE SEAL
31. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION
32. INTERPRETATION OF CONSTITUTION
33. DISSOLUTION OF COUNCIL
1. TITLE
The organisation shall be WESTERN AUSTRALIAN RECREATIONAL AND SPORTFISHING
COUNCIL (hereinafter referred to as the "Council"). The
Council may from time to time as the members decide register and
use other names for the purpose of trading.
2. OBJECTS
2.1 The principal objects of the Council are:
(a) to promote and participate in fisheries
management so as to ensure the sustainability and conservation
of fish species and their habitat;
(b) to promote and advocate responsible recreational and sports
fishing and assist with the education of fishers to increase recognition
for limiting fish catches by persons involved in recreational
and sports fishing;
(c) to communicate with the commercial fishing community and any
other group to improve co-operation and reach consensus in relation
to the sustainability and conservation of fish species and their
habitat;
(d) to represent and advocate the interests of the Western Australian
recreational and sports fishing community at State and Federal
levels of Government and within the fishing industry on any issues
which effect the development and sustainability of recreational
and sports fishing; and
(e) to take such steps and engage in such activities which will
assist recreational and sports fishing with the attainment of
these objects.
(hereinafter referred to as the "Principal Objects")
2.2 The secondary objects of the Council are:
(a) to promote, represent and advocate
fishing for recreation and sport as a source of food in accordance
with the Western Australian legislation and regulations pertaining
to recreational fishing and the requirements of the National Code
of Practice for Recreational Fishing;
(b) to promote the benefits of participation in recreational fishing
through organised competitions and other similar promotions;
(c) to communicate with recreational fishing groups within Western
Australia; and
(d) to provide effective representation for the recreational fishing
community on relevant management and planning groups and committees.
(hereinafter referred to as the "Secondary Objects")
3. PUBLIC FUND
3.1 The Council shall establish a public
fund ("Fund") for the specific purpose of funding the
Principal Objects.
3.2 The Fund shall be known as the "Recfishwest Environmental
Fund" and shall comply with sub-division 30-E of the Income
Tax Assessment Act 1997.
3.3 Members of the general public shall be invited to make donations
of money or property to the Fund.
3.4 Money from interest on donations, income derived from donated
property and money from the realisation of such property are to
be deposited into the Fund.
3.5 The Fund must not receive any other money or property, including
corporate sponsorship money, and donations to it are to be kept
separate from other funds of the Council.
3.6 A separate bank account is to be opened to deposit money donated
to the Fund, including interest accruing thereon.
3.7 Receipts are to be issued in the name of the Fund and proper
accounting records and procedures are to be kept and used for the
Fund.
3.8 The Fund will be operated on a non-profit basis. None of the
money or property accumulated by the Fund will be distributed to
members of the Council apart from proper remuneration for administrative
services.
3.9 In the event of the winding up of the Fund, any surplus assets
are to be transferred to another fund with similar objects and which
is not carried out for the purposes of profit or gain to its individual
members and which incorporated association shall be determined by
resolution of the members.
3.10 The Fund will be administered by a committee of management
of no fewer than three persons. The committee will be appointed
by the Board of Management and a majority of the members of the
committee are required to have the requisite degree of responsibility
to the general community, that is persons who, because of the tenure
of some public office or their position in the community have a
degree of responsibility to the community as a whole as distinct
from obligations solely in regard to the environmental objects of
the Council.
3.11 Any changes to the membership of the committee of management
of the Fund are to be advised to the Commonwealth Department of
the Environment and Heritage ("the Department of Environment")
within a reasonable time following the making of the changes.
3.12 Statistical data about donations to the Fund during the financial
year will be provided to the Department of the Environment within
4 months after the end of the financial year and in the form required
by the Department.
4. CONDUIT POLICY
The Council shall not act as a mere collection agency for monies
intended by a donor to be passed on to other preferred organisations
or persons. Accordingly, any allocation of funds or property by
the Council to any other organisations or persons shall be made
in accordance with either the Principal Objects or Secondary Objects
and will not be influenced by the express preference or interest
of a particular donor to the Council.
5. DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND PROPERTY
5.1 All income and property of the Council,
apart from income and property attributable to the Fund which shall
be applied in accordance with clause 3, shall be applied solely
towards the promotion of the Principal and Secondary Objects of
the Council.
5.2 No portion of the income or property shall be paid, transferred
or distributed directly or indirectly to the Members of the Council
provided that nothing shall prevent the remuneration in good faith
of any Officer, Board Member or employee of the Council or any other
person or firm in return for bona fide goods and services rendered
to the Council.
6. MEMBERSHIP
6.1 The Members of the Council shall be:
(a) general members;
(b) special general members;
(c) public members; and
(d) associate members.
6.2 General members shall be:
(a) Australian Anglers' Association (WA
Div) Inc.;
(b) Australian National Sportfishing Association (WA Branch) Inc;
(c) Australian Underwater Federation (WA Branch) Inc;
(d) Western Australian Game Fishing Association Inc; and
(e) Western Australian Trout and Freshwater Angling Association
Inc.
6.3 General members shall be :
(a) Australian Fishing Tackle Association
(Western Australia); and
(b) Charter Boat Owners and Operators Association of Western Australia.
6.4 Public Members of the Council shall
be persons who are interested in recreational fishing.
6.5 Associate Members shall be companies
organisations or persons carrying on a business or profession of
which the principal business or objective relates to recreational
fishing. Associate Membership may be granted should applicants provide
proof that such business or profession has been actively in existence
for more than one calendar year.
6.6 Nomination for Public Membership and
Associate Membership shall be on the prescribed form accompanied
by such Annual Subscription as decided from time to time by the
Board of Management (See Clause 12.1) and forwarded to the Executive
Director. Nominations shall be considered at the next Meeting of
the Board following receipt. In the case of rejection of a Membership
application any subscription paid shall be refunded.
7. SUBSCRIPTIONS
7.1 The Board of Management may from time
to time prescribe the amounts to be paid by annual subscriptions
for General and Public and Associate members. Any recommendations
for variations to subscriptions shall be put to the Annual General
Meeting and decided upon by a simple majority.
7.2 Unfinancial members shall be ineligible
to stand for office or vote at any meetings of the Council.
7.3 Members shall cease to be a Member of
the Council should the annual subscription be unpaid three calendar
months after the due date.
8. EXPULSION OF MEMBERS
8.1 Where the Board of Management is of
the opinion that a Member of the Council has persistently refused
or neglected to comply with a provision or provisions of this Constitution
or has persistently and wilfully acted in a manner prejudicial to
the interests of the Council the Council may by resolution:
(a) expel the Member from the Council;
and
(b) suspend the Member from Membership for a specified period.
8.2 A resolution of the Board of Management
under Clause 8.1 is of no effect unless the Council at a meeting
held not earlier than fourteen (14) days and not later than twenty
eight (28) days after service on a Member of the Notice confirms
the resolution in accordance with Clause 8.4.
8.3 Where the Board of Management passes
a resolution under Clause 8.1 the Executive Director shall, as soon
as practicable cause a Notice in writing to be served on the member
by certified mail:
(a) setting out the resolution of the
Board of Management and the grounds on which it is based;
(b) stating that the Member may address the Board of Management
at a Meeting to be held not earlier than fourteen (14) days and
not later than twenty eight (28) days after service of the Notice;
(c) stating the date place and time of that Meeting; and
(d) informing the Member that the Member may do either or both
of the following:
(i) attend and speak at the Meeting;
and
(ii) submit to the Board of Management at or prior to the date
of that Meeting written representations relating to the resolution.
8.4 At a Meeting of the Board of Management
it shall:
(a) give to the Member an opportunity
to make oral representations;
(b) give due consideration to any written representations submitted
to the Board of Management by the Member at or prior to the Meeting;
and
(c) by resolution determine whether to confirm or revoke the resolution.
8.5 Where the Board of Management confirms
a resolution under Clause 8.2 the Executive Officer shall within
seven (7) days after that confirmation by Notice in writing inform
the Member of the fact and of the Member's right to appeal under
Clause 6.
8.6 A resolution confirmed by the Board
of Management under Clause 8.2 does not take effect
(a) until the expiration of the period
within which the Member is entitled to appeal against the resolution
where the Member does not exercise the right of appeal within
that period; or
(b) where within that period the Member exercises the right of
appeal unless and until the Council confirms the resolution pursuant
to Clause 8.2.
9. RIGHT OF APPEAL OF EXPELLED MEMBER
9.1 A Member may appeal against a resolution
of the Council which is confirmed under Clause 9 within seven (7)
days after Notice of the resolution is served on the Member by lodging
with the Executive Director a notice in writing to that effect.
9.2 Upon receipt of a notice from a Member
the Executive Director shall notify the Council which shall convene
a Special General Meeting of the Council to be held within thirty
one (31) days after the date on which the Executive Director received
the notice.
9.3 At a Special General Meeting of the
Council convened under Clause 8.4.
(a) no business other than the question
of the appeal shall be transacted;
(b) the Council and the Member shall be given the opportunity
to state their respective cases orally or in writing or both;
and
(c) the members present shall vote by secret ballot on the question
of whether the resolution shall be confirmed or revoked.
9.4 If at the Special General Meeting the
Council passes a special resolution in favour of the confirmation
of the resolution the resolution is confirmed.
10. TERMINATION OF MEMBERSHIP
Membership of the Council shall be terminated
if the member:
(a) is declared bankrupt in the
case of a Company;
(b) fails to pay within three (3) calendar months after subscription
falls due;
(c) no longer qualifies under Clause 6; and
(d) is expelled under Clause 8.
11. RESIGNATIONS
Any General Public or Associate Member may
resign from Membership of the Council by notification in writing
to the Executive Director. The letter of resignation shall be tabled
at the next Meeting of the Executive Committee after receipt.
12. BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
12.1 The Board of Management shall comprise;
(a) five (5) representatives of General
Members and
(b) one (1) representative of special general members nominate
by his/her association; and
(c) six (6) Public Members who are not members of fishing clubs
or associations or employees of the Department of Fisheries Western
Australia; and
(d) one (1) Public Board Member who may also be a member of a
fishing club or association.
12.2 The representatives of General Members
shall be nominated by their respective organisations and declared
at the Annual General Meeting.
12.3 Vacancies for Public or Special General Board Member positions
should be advised to Members at least 28 days prior to the Annual
General Meeting. Nominations for vacant positions must be received
14 days prior to the Annual General Meeting.
12.4 At each Annual General meeting the Board positions of the Public
or Special General Board Members whose terms are concluded shall
be declared vacant and one person shall be elected to each vacant
position for a two-year term.
(a) Any unsuccessful candidate for the
Special General Member Board position shall be appointed as a
member of a relevant Committee; and
(b) The two nominated Public Board Members who were unsuccessful
but who received the next highest number of votes shall be notified
that they are placed on an eligibility list to fill any vacancies
which may become available during the coming year.
12.5 Nominees for both General and Public
Board Membership who have a conviction under the Fish Resources
Management Act 1994 and Regulations within the last 5 years
shall not be eligible for appointment to the Board.
12.6 In the event that a General or Public Board Member resigns
with more than 90 days remaining in their term, an alternate General
member may be put forward by the relevant Association or an alternate
public member from the Public member eligibility list as described
in 12.4 for ratification by the Board of Management. The term for
a person so endorsed shall be the term of the person whom they replace.
12.7 In the event that a General or Public Board Member resigns
with less than 90 days remaining in their term the position shall
remain vacant until the Annual General Meeting.
13. CHAIRPERSON
13.1 The Chairperson of the Board of Management shall be elected
by the Board at the first Board Meeting after the Annual General
Meeting. The term of the appointment shall be for one year unless
terminated by resignation or a resolution of the Council.
13.2 The position the newly appointed Chairperson previously held
will be deemed vacant and filled according to the provisions in
12.4 or 13.7.
13.3 The Chairperson shall not vote on resolutions decisions or
motions put to any Meeting of the Council including Special General
Meetings General Meetings and Annual General Meetings.
13.4 The Chairperson shall act as Chairperson at Meetings of the
Board of Management Special General Meetings General Meetings and
Annual General Meetings.
13.5 Should the Chairperson be unable to attend any Meeting of the
Council the Deputy Chairperson shall take the Chair in his absence.
The Deputy Chairperson shall then not be eligible to vote.
13.6 The Chairperson shall advise the Executive Director prior to
any Meeting of the Council if he will be unable to attend such Meeting.
The Chairperson shall be subject to the requirements of Clause 14
in the same manner as Board of Management Members.
13.7 Should the Chairman elected be a General Board Member then
the relevant Association shall nominate a replacement General Board
Member.
14. RESPONSIBILITY OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
14.1 An apology from a Board Member who is unable to attend a Meeting
of the Council shall be given to the Executive Director prior to
that Meeting.
14.2 Any Board Member absent without proper and acceptable reason
from three consecutive Meetings of the Council shall be removed
and replaced in accordance with the appropriate process described
in Clause 12.
15. DISCLOSURE OF INTEREST
15.1 Any member of the Board of Management who has an interest in
any contract or financial arrangement or statement of agreement
made or proposed to be made with the Board of Management shall disclose
this interest forthwith to the Board of Management after it has
come to his notice that the contract statement of agreement or financial
arrangement is being or has been considered.
15.2 If a member of the Board of Management becomes interested in
a contract statement or agreement or financial arrangement after
it is made or entered into by the Board of Management he shall disclose
this interest forthwith to the Board after he has become so interested.
15.3 Any member of the Board of Management eligible to vote at a
meeting of the Board of Management shall not vote in respect of
any motion at any meeting concerning a contract statement of agreement
or financial arrangement in which he has an interest.
15.4 Any Member of the Board of Management must disclose any shareholding
in any company which is a member of the Western Australian Recreational
Sportfishing Council.
16. SUB-COMMITTEES
The Board of Management may from time to time appoint sub-committees
to examine and report on any matter. The Chairperson shall be an
ex-officio non-voting member of any sub-committee.
17. MEETINGS
17.1 The Board of Management shall meet from time to time as determined
but at least once every two months.
17.2 A Notice of Meeting including an Agenda for a Meeting of the
Board shall be issued to all Board Members and Officers in writing
seven (7) days prior to the date of the meeting.
17.3 The Executive Director shall make an accurate record of the
proceedings of all Meetings which, after confirmation at a subsequent
meeting, shall be prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the meeting
stated in such record.
17.4 A quorum at a Board of Management meeting shall be the lowest
integer which is equal to or greater than 50 per cent of members
of the Board.
18. VOTING
18.1 At all Board of Management Meetings each Member of the Board
shall have one vote on all matters except as otherwise provided
in this Constitution and motions and resolutions shall be decided
by a simple majority.
18.2 At all Special General Meetings Extraordinary General Meetings
and Annual General Meetings each Member or their proxy shall have
one vote on all matters except as otherwise provided in this Constitution
and motions and resolutions shall be decided by a simple majority.
18.3 Associate Members being financial may speak to a motion or
resolution but shall not vote.
18.4 At all meetings in the event of an equality voting the Chairperson
shall not have a casting vote.
19. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
19.1 The Executive Committee shall comprise the Chairperson, Deputy
Chairperson and three other members at least two of whom shall be
Chairpersons of Board Committees. At least one of the members of
the Executive Committee shall be a General Board member and at least
one member of the Executive Committee shall be a Public Board member.
Members of the Executive Committee are to be appointed by the Board
of Management at the first Board Meeting after the Annual General
Meeting.
19.2 All decisions of the Executive Committee shall be reported
to the next Board of Management Meeting following such decisions.
20. POWERS
20.1 The Board of Management shall have the power to take any action
within the boundaries of State or Commonwealth law which are considered
conducive to the attainment of any of the Objects of the Council.
20.2 The Board of Management shall have the power to hire lease
rent or by any other means acquire any assets either real or proprietary
investments or chattels conducive to the attainment of any of the
Objects of the Council.
21. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
21.1 The Annual General meeting of the Council shall be not later
than 31st of October of each year.
21.2 Notice of an Annual General Meeting shall be sent to each Member
of the Council not less than fourteen (14) days prior to the date
of the Meeting. Such Notice shall include the Agenda for the Annual
General Meeting. Proof of posting shall be accepted as delivery
of such Notice.
21.3 The Annual General Meeting shall transact the following business:
(a) receive and if approved adopt the
Annual Report of the Council and adopt a Statement of the Accounts
of the Council together with the Council's Financial Statement
and Auditor's Report;
(b) appoint an Auditor; and
(c) deal with any special business which may have been placed
on the Agenda for the Meeting by the Delegates or by the Members.
21.4 Any special business which Members
may wish to include on the Agenda for an Annual General Meeting
shall be given in writing to the Executive Secretary at least twenty-one
(21) days prior to that Meeting.
21.5 Any Members entitled to vote but unable to attend an Annual
General Meeting may exercise a proxy vote provided the Member completes
the appropriate proxy voting form and delivers it to the Executive
Director 24 hours prior to the meeting.
21.6 A Quorum at an Annual General Meeting shall be 10 Members entitled
to vote.
22. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
22.1 A Special General Meeting shall be convened by the Executive
Director not more than twenty-one days after receipt of a request
in writing signed by not less than four Board Members and which
specifies the object of the Meeting.
22.2 A Special General Meeting may be convened by resolution of
a meeting of the Board of Management.
22.3 The Executive Officer shall following 22.1 or 22.2 above issue
to Members a Notice of Special General Meeting not less than fourteen
days before the date of such Meeting and that Notice shall specify
the business to be conducted at such Meeting. Proof of posting shall
be accepted as delivery of such Notice.
22.4 A Quorum for a Special General Meeting shall be 10 Members
entitled to vote.
23. EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING
23.1 The Board of Management may convene other Extraordinary General
Meetings as it may require. Meetings so convened shall not have
the power to do any of the acts matters or things which are required
to be done by an Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting.
23.2 A Quorum for an Extraordinary General Meeting shall be 10 Members
entitled to vote.
24. EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND STAFF
24.1 The Board of Management shall have the power to employ an Executive
Director and other staff as required and to suspend or dismiss the
same and pay them for services rendered.
24.2 The Board of Management shall direct the Executive Director
and any other staff in the requirements of their duties but individual
Board Members may not issue instructions to staff unless as directed
by the Board.
24.3 The Executive Director shall keep and maintain an up-to-date
register of the Members of the Council and their postal or residential
addresses and upon request will make the register available for
the inspection of any Member who may copy any part of the register
but may not remove it from the Council's premises.
24.4 The Executive Director shall keep in up-to-date condition the
Constitution of the Council and upon request shall make the Constitution
available for the inspection of any Member who may copy any part
of the Constitution but may not remove it from the Council's premises.
24.5 The Executive Director shall maintain a record of the names
and postal or residential addresses of any persons who hold office
of the Council including all Board Members and persons authorised
to use the Common Seal and of any persons appointed to act as trustees
on behalf of the Council.
24.6 The Executive Director shall prepare and present at each Board
Meeting of the Council a financial report for the period from the
previous Meeting showing creditors debtors and monies received and
shall keep proper books of account of such income and expenditure.
24.7 The Executive Director shall in August each year draw up a
Budget to demonstrate the anticipated income and expenditure of
the Council for the ensuing year.
24.8 The Executive Director shall present a complete and audited
financial report to the Annual General Meeting.
24.9 The Executive Director shall ensure that an accurate record
be made of the proceedings of all meetings which after confirmation
at a subsequent meeting shall be prima facie evidence of the truth
of the matter stated in such record.
24.10 The Executive Director shall be responsible for the day to
day running of the Council as directed by the Executive Committee.
24.11 The Executive Director shall have custody of all records books
documents and securities of the Council.
24.12 A member may at any reasonable time inspect without charge
the books documents records and securities of the Council.
25. RESPONSIBILITY OF OFFICERS
The Executive Director or secretary or staff Members or Associate
Members of the Council who upon authority of the Council accept
or incur any pecuniary liability on behalf of the Board of Management
shall be indemnified by the Council against any loss in respect
thereof.
26. FISCAL YEAR
The Fiscal Year of the Council shall be 1 July to 30 June each year.
27. AUDITOR
27.1 An Auditor shall be appointed at each Annual General Meeting
of the Council and shall audit the books of account and financial
statements prepared by the Executive Director and issue an Auditor's
report for the following Annual General Meeting.
27.2 Any deficiencies or irregularities to which the Auditor makes
reference shall be addressed at the next Meeting of the Board of
Management following the presentation of the Auditor's Report.
27.3 Should the appointed Auditor be unable to undertake the duties
for which appointed the Board of Management shall appoint another
Auditor.
28. BANKING ARRANGEMENTS
The Board of Management shall direct the place and manner in which
the funds of the Council shall be kept by the Executive Director
and the expenditure of such funds shall be subject to this Constitution
as follows:
(a) a current account shall be opened
at a bank chosen by the Board of Management. The account shall
have five signatories and any two of these may sign cheques; and
(b) the five signatories shall be the Executive Director one other
staff member as determined by the Board at the first meeting following
the Annual general Meeting the Chairperson and two other Board
Members.
(c) the Executive Director and other authorised staff member shall
only jointl co-sign cheques for which they are not a direct beneficiary
and which are less than a level determined by the Board by formal
resolution.
29. PREMISES AND EQUIPMENT
The Board of Management shall be empowered to hire lease rent or
purchase or otherwise obtain office space and equipment that is
required to execute the day to day business of the Council.
30. THE SEAL
30.1 The Seal of the Council shall not be affixed to any instrument
by the Seal Holder except by the authority of a resolution of the
Board of Management. The Seal shall be so affixed in the presence
of the Seal Holder and the Executive Director who both shall countersign
every instrument to which the Seal of the Council is so affixed.
30.2 The Seal of the Council shall be kept in the custody of the
Executive Director who shall keep a record of all documents to which
the Seal is affixed. The Seal Holder of the Council shall be the
Chairperson.
31. AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION
31.1 The Board of Management shall have authority to initiate amendment
to the Constitution of the Council in part or whole but no such
alteration shall take effect unless the amendment or amendments
are passed in their entirety without discussion at a Special General
Meeting convened for that purpose or at an Annual General Meeting.
Constitutional amendment motions shall be passed by at least three-fourths
majority of votes cast by members present or their proxies.
31.2 Any motion to amend the Constitution as carried shall be recorded
in the Minutes of the Meeting at which it was passed and the amendment
shall also be recorded in two (2) official copies of the Constitution
in accordance with the requirements of the Associations Incorporation
Act of 1987 or any subsequent Act of Parliament which supersedes
that Act.
31.3 The amendment or amendments shall be lodged with the Commissioner
for Corporate Affairs within one month of being passed accompanied
by a certificate by a Member of the Board certifying that the resolution
was duly passed as a special resolution and that the Constitution
of the Council as so altered conforms to the requirements of the
Associations Incorporation Act 1987 and Amendments.
31.4 The amendment or amendments shall be lodged with the Australian
Taxation Office and the Department of the Environment within a reasonable
time following the making of the changes within one month of being
passed.
32. INTERPRETATION OF CONSTITUTION
The Board of Management shall be the sole authority for the interpretation
of this Constitution and the decision of the Council upon any question
of interpretation or upon any matter affecting the Council not provided
for by this Constitution shall be final and binding upon its Members.
33. DISSOLUTION OF COUNCIL
33.1 At a Special General Meeting specifically called for the purpose
of voluntarily dissolving the Council the Council shall be voluntarily
dissolved by a resolution passed by a three-fourths majority of
the Members present eligible to vote in accordance with Clauses
7 and 18 provided there is a Quorum. Such a meeting shall be convened
by resolution of the Council which shall instruct the Executive
Director to issue a Notice of Special General Meeting sixty (60)
days prior to the date set down for the Meeting and such Notice
of Special General Meeting shall be posted to the last recorded
address held of each Board Member the President or equivalent of
each General Member and Associate Member and to every Public Member.
Proof of posting shall be accepted as delivery of such Notice.
33.2 If upon the winding up or dissolution of the Western Australian
Sportfishing Council Incorporated there remains after satisfaction
of all its debts and liabilities any property whatsoever, the same
must not be paid to or distributed among the members, or former
members. The surplus property must be given or transferred to another
association incorporated under the Act which has similar objects
and which is not carried out for the purposes of profit or gain
to its individual members and which association shall be determined
by resolution of the members.
33.3 Upon dissolution of the Council, the Fund shall be wound up
and any income or property then remaining in the Fund shall be distributed
in accordance with clause 3.9.
The Recfishwest Constitution was amended in October 2005 in motions passed by Recfishwest members at the 2005 Annual General Meeting.
This page last updated December 2005.
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