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- 6 The Founder Members, Individual Members and Student Members and such other persons as are admitted to membership in accordance with the Rules shall be Members of the Association. No person shall be admitted a Member of the Association unless she is a woman who:-
- either is involved or has been involved in the Construction Industry;
- or is enrolled on a course of study relating to construction at a recognised educational institution either on a full or a part time basis; and
in any event is approved by the Committee.
- 7 Every person who wishes to become a Member shall deliver to the Committee an application for membership in such form as the Committee require and shall agree to abide by the Rules of the Association. Approval of any membership application shall be at the discretion of the Committee.
- 8 A Member may at any time withdraw from the Association by giving at least 7 days’ notice to the Committee. Membership shall not be transferable and shall cease on death.
- 9 The Committee may also at their discretion terminate the membership of any Member but the requirements of natural justice shall be respected and a Member shall be entitled to be heard in her own defence by the Committee or a sub-committee of the Committee.
- 10 The Committee may provide for the registration of such persons, companies partnerships and organisations as they may think fit to be Friends of the Association and for the rights duties and liabilities (if any) of such Friends but Friends shall not be Members of the Association and the rights (if any) of Friends shall not include a right to speak or vote at general meetings of the Association.
- 11 The Committee may provide for Members to pay a Corporate Subscription fee where a number of women from the same organisation apply for membership in the same region. The Committee may set the amount due as Corporate Subscription fee annually and impose banding and/or any other limitation on the number of women in each corporate membership. Each Member whose subscription is paid as a Corporate Subscription shall be either an Individual or Student Member as appropriate. If a Member leaves the organisation which has paid her Corporate Subscription, her Corporate Membership is transferable to another woman in the same organisation and region, but not returnable. The Member who has left the organisation must pay a further individual (or student) membership fee (unless that person rejoins as a Member under a different Corporate Subscription arrangement).
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