EC Meeting July 2017

Gibraltar General & Clerical Association – Rules & Constitution

(3) The GGCA Executive Committee shall each year submit for audit the accounts made up to the 31st day of December preceding the date on which they are submitted, together with all vouchers relating thereto, all deeds, documents of title and securities relating to the property and monies of the Union, and such other information as the auditor may reasonably require. (4) The Auditor shall be a person eligible for such appointment in accordance with current relevant legislation and shall be appointed by the Biennial General Meeting of the largest Branch of the Union 8.1 Any member shall be eligible, at the discretion of the GGCA Executive Committee, to receive appropriate legal assistance from the Union in matters arising from his/her employment. The decision as to whether legal assistance is appropriate and, if so, what assistance is to be provided is a matter for the sole interpretation of the GGCA Executive Committee or the GGCA National Secretary acting on the GGCA Executive Committee’s behalf. Legal assistance is offered at the discretion of the GGCA Executive Committee and will be decided on an individual basis dependent on the facts of the case. 8.2 Every grant of legal assistance shall be on the understanding that the GGCA Executive Committee may withdraw its support if the member fails to pay subscriptions as required by Rule 2.13, does not follow the advice of the appointed solicitors or if in its view the continued provision of support would be unreasonable. The GGCA Executive Committee shall indemnify the member against any liabilities incurred on the GGCA Executive Committee’s authority up to the date of withdrawal of support, but shall not be liable for any costs incurred without its authority or consent. PART 8 - LEGAL ASSISTANCE

PART 9 - ALTERATIONS TO RULES

9.1 These Rules or any of them may be revoked, altered or varied and new Rules may be made by a decision of the GGCA Executive Committee and ratified at a Special Meeting of all the Branches of the Union called for such purpose

PART 10 - MISCELLANEOUS AND WINDING-UP

10.1 (1)

The Union shall be wound up only by decision at a Special Meeting in favour of which decision there were cast, on a ballot, at least two- thirds of the total votes cast thereon, followed by a vote in favour of such a proposal by 60%: of the total membership of the Union as a postal ballot;

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