Section Six - Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
    1) INSURANCE
        (a) The Association shall effect and maintain insurance pursuant to section (44) of the Act. "The Act" refers to the Associations' Incorporation Act 1984.
        (b) In addition to the insurance required under clause (a), the Association may effect and maintain other insurance.
    2) FUNDS-SOURCE
        (a) The funds of the Association shall be derived from entrance fees and annual subscriptions of members, donations and, subject to any resolution passed by the Association in general meeting, such other sources as the committee determines. "The Committee" refers to the Executive Committee.
        (b) All money received by the Association shall be deposited as soon as practicable and without deduction to the credit of the Association's bank account.
        (c) The Association shall, as soon as practicable after receiving any money, issue an appropriate receipt.
        (d) Badges will be issued to members as a token given in acknowledgement of contributions made.
    3) FUNDS - MANAGEMENT
        (a) Subject to any resolution passed by the Association in general meeting, the funds of the Association shall be used in pursuance of the objects of the Association in such manner as the committee determines.
        (b) All cheques, drafts, bills of exchange, promissory notes and other negotiable instruments shall be signed by any two (2) members of the committee being members authorised to do so by the committee.
    4) ALTERATIONS OF OBJECTS AND RULES
    The statement of objects and these rules may be altered, rescinded or added to only by a special resolution of the Association.
    5) CUSTODY OF BOOKS, ETC.
    Except as otherwise provided by the rules, the public officer shall keep in his or her custody or under his or her control all records, books and other documents relating to the Association.
    6) INSPECTION OF BOOKS, ETC.
    The records, books and other documents of the Association shall be open to inspection, free of charge, by a member of the Association at any reasonable hour.
    7) SERVICE OF NOTICE
        (a) For the purpose of these rules, a notice may be served by or on behalf of the Association upon any member either personally or by sending it by post to the member at the member's address shown in the register of members.
        (b) Where a document is sent to a person by properly addressing, prepaying and posting to the person a letter containing the document, the document shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed for the purposes of these rules to have been served on the person at the time at which the letter would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post.
    8) SURPLUS PROPERTY
        (a) At the first general meeting of the Association, the Association shall pass a special resolution nominating an incorporated Association as the Association in which is to vest its surplus property pursuant to section 53 (2) of the Act in the event of the winding up or the cancellation of the incorporation of the Association.
        (b) The incorporated Association so nominated shall be one which fulfills the requirements specified in section 53 (2) (a) - (c) of the Act.
        (c) Surplus property shall not be paid or distributed among the members of the AONA (inc.) but shall be given or transferred to some other institution or institutions having similar objects to the AONA (Inc.) and which is a registered or exempted charity which has been rules by the Commissioner of Taxation to be covered by Section 78 (1) (a) (ii) of the Income Tax Assessment Act.
    9) GUIDELINES FOR BRANCHES OF THE AONA (INC.)
        (a) The constitution and rules of the AONA (inc) must be adhered to.
        (b) Branches shall remain autonomous within the bounds of the constitution.
        (c) Affiliation fees from branches to e twenty per cent (20%) of that branches membership fees and shall be payable on the 31st March of each year.
        (d) There must be a minimum of twenty (20) financial members supporting the branch. These members must be from the same geographical area as specified by the AONA (Inc.) executive in consultation with a delegate from those members supporting the branch.
        (e) A representative of that branch must be nominated by that branch and present an annual report of that branch's activities at the annual general meeting of the Association.
        (f) The branch will cease to exist when the supporting financial membership falls below ten (10).
        (g) On dissolution of a branch all funds and assets of the branch become the property of the Association.
        (h) Branches are not included in the incorporation or insurance of the Association.
        (i) The branch will made available within thirty (30) days of the written request of the committee of the Association all books, financial records and the minutes of all meetings for the inspection of the committee.
    10) DISSOLUTION
        (a) The Association shall cease to exist in the event of:
            (i) Financial membership falling below twenty (20) financial members.
            (ii) Passage of a special resolution of the Association to that effect, at a special general meeting at which no other matter may be discussed.
        (b) All property and moneys which is owned by the Association shall be disposed of in the manner decided by that special general meeting, taking into account section 6 (8).


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