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ACCOUNTS
76.
No Member shall (as such) have any right of inspecting any accounting records or other
book or document of the Association except as conferred by statute or authorised by the
Board or by ordinary resolution of the Association.
NOTICES
77.
Any notice to be given to or by any person pursuant to the articles (other than a notice
calling a meeting of the Board) shall be in writing or shall be given using electronic
communications to an address for the time being notified for that purpose to the person
giving the notice.
In this regulation, “address”, in relation to electronic communications, includes any number
or address used for the purposes of such communications.
78.
The Association may give any notice to a Member either personally or by sending it by
post in a prepaid envelope addressed to the Member at his registered address or by
leaving it at that address or by giving it using electronic communications to an address for
the time being notified to the Association by the Member. A Member whose registered
address is not within the United Kingdom and who gives to the Association an address
within the United Kingdom at which notices may be given to him, or an address to which
notices may be sent using electronic communications, shall be entitled to have notices
given to him at that address, but otherwise no such Member shall be entitled to receive
any notice from the Association.
In this regulation and the next, “address”, in relation to electronic communications,
includes any number or address used for the purposes of such communications.
79.
A Member present, either in person or by proxy, at any meeting of the Association shall be
deemed to have received notice of the meeting and, where requisite, of the purposes for
which it was called.
80.
Proof that an envelope containing a notice was properly addressed, prepaid and posted
shall be conclusive evidence that that the notice was given. Proof that a notice contained
in an electronic communication was sent in accordance with guidance issued by the
Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators shall be conclusive evidence that the
notice was given. A notice shall be deemed to be given at the expiration of 48 hours after
the envelope containing it was posted or, in the case of a notice contained in an electronic
communication, at the expiration of 48 hours after the time it was sent.
INDEMNITY
81.
Subject to the provisions of the Act but without prejudice to any indemnity to which a
member of the Board may otherwise be entitled, every member of the Board or other
officer or auditor of the Association shall be indemnified out of the assets of the
Association against any liability incurred by him in defending any proceedings, whether
civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in his favour or in which he is acquitted or in
connection with any application in which relief is granted to him by the court from liability
for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the affairs of the
Association.
POLICIES, RULES, REGULATIONS OR BYE-LAWS
82.
The Board may from time to time make such reasonable and proper policies, rules,
regulations or bye-laws as they may deem necessary or expedient for the proper conduct
and management of the Association.
83.
83.1.
83.2.
The policies, rules, regulations or bye-laws may regulate the following matters but are not
restricted to them:
the admission of Members of the Association and the rights and privileges of such
Members, and the subscriptions and other fees or payments to be made by Members;
the conduct of Members in relation to one another, and to the Association;
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