EC Meeting July 2017

Gibraltar General & Clerical Association – Rules & Constitution

(2) establish, administer and support (financially or otherwise) funds or trusts for the purpose of benefiting members their dependants and the dependants of deceased members, employees and such other persons or groups as the GGCA Executive Committee may from time to time determine;

(3) institute and administer a legal assistance scheme on behalf of members;

(4) contribute to the funds of any organisations having all or any objects similar to those of the Union and to operate with any such organisations in the pursuance of those objects; (5) with the approval of the GGCA Executive Committee, officiate to organisations having all or any objects similar to those of the Union, save only that the Union shall not affiliate to any political party;

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employ such staff as are necessary;

(7) provide and maintain any pension fund and pay therefrom pensions and allowances to employees or former employees of the Union or effect policies of insurance for the purpose of ensuring payment of any such pensions or allowances;

(8) to acquire, hold, charge and dispose of real and personal or heritable and moveable property and borrow or otherwise raise finance;

(9) affiliate to, disaffiliate from or enter into such agreements as may be deemed beneficial, with any other union or organization, either locally or abroad, in furtherance of the objects. Such affiliation, disaffiliation or agreement must be ratified by the Members of the Union at a Special Meeting under Rule 4.12; and

(10) do such other lawful things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of the objects.

1.4 All property and monies belonging to the Union shall be applied to the promotion of the objects of the Union.

1.5 Nothing in these Rules is intended to be enforceable by any third party

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