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The Constitution

1. NAME. The Association shall be known as the Northwich Anglers' Association (herein after called the "Association") and the headquarters of the Association shall be at such place as the Executive Council shall from time to time determine.

2. OBJECTS. The objects of the Association are to promote good fellowship amongst anglers, to encourage competition angling by the promotion of contests, to encourage young anglers by the promotion of juvenile contests, to control and stock waters owned and rented by the Association, to co-operate with the River Authorities and other authorities concerned with the purity of rivers and other waters and to prevent the pollution thereof and generally to engage in such activities as are in the general interest of angling and anglers.

3. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. The affairs of the Association shall be conducted by an Executive Council (hereinafter called the "Council") which shall consist of a President, Chairman, Secretary, Match Secretary, Treasurer (herein after called Officers of the Association) to be elected pursuant to Rule 9 infra, and not more than twelve other persons elected to the Council pursuant to Rule 10 infra.To ensure some continuity, six of the twelve council members shall retire each year, after two years in office, and shall be subject to re-election.

4. MEMBERSHIP Any person wishing to apply to join or rejoin the Association may do so. The Management Committee reserve and retain the right to decline, without giving any reason, any Application to join or rejoin from any person if it is considered to be in the best interests of the Association to do so

5. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The Association shall hold an Annual General Meeting in the January of each year (third Wednesday at 7.30pm). Admittance is by members card, which must be shown when voting.

6.  EXTRA ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING. An extra-ordinary general meeting may be convened at any time and shall be convened within 21 days on the request of 1/5th of the members of the Association for the time being or thirty persons being themselves members and must state the purpose for which such a meeting is required.

7. NOTICE OF MEETINGS. The Secretary of the Association shall give fourteen days notice before any General Meetings and publish a notice to be inserted in the the Local Press, on the Association Website and in Headquarters stating the time and place of such meeting and the business to be conducted.

8. BUSINESS AT ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. At the Annual General Meeting the following business shall be conducted:a) The presentation (and if accepted) the passing of the accounts for the previous year ending the 31st October prior to the Annual General Meeting which accounts shall have first been audited by the Association's auditors.

9. THE ELECTION FOR OFFICERS. In the event of an election ensuing, ballot papers shall be prepared by the Secretary, for use at the Annual General Meeting. In the event of a tie, election to office shall be decided by drawing lots. Each nomination for office shall be proposed and seconded by two persons being themselves members of the Association.

10.  ELECTION OF THE COUNCIL, OTHER THAN THE OFFICERS. In the event of more than six nominations for election to the Council are received then the Secretary shall prepare ballot papers for use at the Annual General Meeting when election shall be by a simple majority and each member may vote for not more than six candidates. The six nominees receiving the most votes shall be declared elected to the Council for the next ensuing two years. Retiring members of the Council shall be eligible for re-election. The Council shall meet on at least twelve occasions in each year and six shall form a quorum.

11. POWERS OF THE COUNCIL. The Council shall have the following powers and duties:a) generally to administer the day to day matters of the Association and to take all proper and reasonable steps to ensure the efficient like conduct of its affairs and in particular. b) to appoint Trustees pursuant to Rule 16 infra; c) to co-opt members to fill casual vacancies on the Council or the Officers;d) to purchase land, buildings and borrow money's upon such security or otherwise as appears reasonable and to execute such deeds or instruments are incidental hereto; e) to apply all profits accruing from the Association's activities or the general benefit of the Association; f) by its Officers to keep accurate records of its transactions including the keeping of minutes of all meetings and of the receipt and expenditure of all monies;g) and generally to promote the interest and objects of the Association. h) to bring and defend proceedings in the Courts in respect of any matters affecting the rights, obligations and liabilities of the Association in circumstances where the Council reasonably believe such proceedings are in the best interests of the Association, such proceedings to be conducted either in the names of the members of the Council for the time being or in the names of such persons who shall have been appointed Trustees pursuant to Article 16 of the constitution for the time being in each case such proceedings to be a Representative Action pursuant to Order 15 Rule 12 Rules Of The Supreme Court the Council or the Trustees as the case may be to be indemnified in respect of the costs of any such proceedings out of the assets of the Association.

12.  FINANCIAL YEAR. The Financial year of the Association shall be 1st day of November to the 31st day of October in the following year.

13.  BANKERS. The bankers of the Association shall be the National Westminster Bank PLC, Northwich or such as other bank as the Council shall from time to time determine. The bank account shall be in the name of the Association and shall be operated on the joint names (signatures) of the Chairman, Secretary and the Treasurer. Any two to sign cheques.

14. FEES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS. Increases in Membership and other fees payable to the Association shall be fixed at the Annual General Meeting and notified to the Membership forthwith. The Council at its sole discretion is empowered to vary any such fees at any time providing that the sums payable do not exceed the amounts last approved by the Members at an Annual General Meeting.

15. DISCIPLINE. The responsibility for disciplinary measures shall lie with the Council. The right to expel a member shall be the absolute discretion of the Council.

16. TRUSTEES. The Council shall appoint not more than four persons being either officers or members of the Association to act as Trustees. The Council shall have the power for any reason to remove a Trustee from office. The Council shall appoint members of the Association to fill any vacancies existing due to death, retirement or removal of the Trustees or any of them. The Trustees shall hold any real or personal estate of the Association (other than cash which shall be held by the Treasurer) in their names on behalf of the Association and shall deal with such real or personal estate by way of sale, mortgage or otherwise as the Association from time to time determine, the Trustees shall have the power upon authorisation in that respect by the Council, to bring and defend any such proceedings as the Council shall have authorised pursuant to its powers in that behalf in sub-clause (h) of Article 11 of the constitution and the Trustees to be indemnified in respect of any costs incurred in any such proceedings in the same manner as in Rule 17

17. DISSOLUTION. If in the reasonable opinion of the Council for any reason whatsoever it appears reasonable that the affairs of the Association be wound up and the Association dissolved, an Extra-ordinary meeting of the Association shall be called to pass and implement the resolution of such meeting. In the event of dissolution of the Association then a statement of the assets and liabilities be prepared. In the event of a surplus of assets all creditors of the Association shall be satisfied and the surplus assets shall be held by the Trustees for the benefit of whosoever is decided by the members and the receipt of the Treasurer of such an organisation shall constitute an effective discharge. In the event of a deficiency of assets then a meeting of the creditors shall be called and an agreement entered into with the creditors for the liquidation of the Associations liabilities on a pro rata basis. The Council shall appoint the then Chairman and not more than two members of the Council to act as a liquidation committee with full power to act on behalf of the Council in the dissolution proceedings including the powers specially conferred on them by Rule 11.