CONSTITUTION
AND RULES
of VALENTINE/ELEEBANA JUNIOR CRICKET CLUB INCORPORATED
1. NAME
The name of the Association shall be “VALENTINE/ELEEBANA JUNIOR CRICKET
CLUB INCORPORATED" ("the Club").
2. OBJECTS
The objects of the Club shall be to control and govern games of cricket
in which teams representing the Club participate including but without
limiting the generality thereof games organised, conducted or managed by
the Newcastle Junior Cricket Association.
3. INTERPRETATION
In these rules, except in so far as the context or subject matter
otherwise indicates or requires
words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa;
words importing one gender include any other gender;
"the Act" means the Associations Incorporated Act, 1984;
"the Commission" means the Corporate Affairs Commission constituted by
the Corporate Affairs Commission Act, 1981;
"Honorary Secretary" means
(i) the person holding office under these rules as Secretary of the
Club; or
(ii) where no such person holds that office - the Public Officer of the
Club;
"Newcastle Junior Cricket Association" means the Newcastle Junior
Cricket Association Incorporated;
"property" includes real and personal property, any estate or interest
in any property, real or personal, any debt, any thing in action, and
any other right or interest, whether in possession or not;
"special general meeting" means a general meeting of the Club other than
an Annual General Meeting.
4. CLUB COLOURS AND PLAYING DRESS
(a) The colours of the Club will be White, Red, Sky Blue and Navy Blue.
(b) All members participating in games of cricket on behalf of the Club
will appear in proper cricketing attire. All boots, shoes, trousers,
shirts, jumpers and hats worn by players representing the Club will be
white in colour, provided that jumpers may contain bands of the Club's
colours in a design as approved by the Management Committee.
(c) Caps will contain the Club's colours and be of such design as
approved by the Management Committee.
(d) The design of emblems and badges permitted to be fixed to a player's
dress will be as determined by the Management Committee and approved by
the New South Wales Cricket Association.
(e) Subject to the approval of the New South Wales Cricket Association
the Management Committee may authorise the wearing of apparel not in
accordance with clause (b) hereof, provided that the Management
Committee shall not be empowered to authorise or approve any alteration
of the Club's colours.
5. MEMBERSHIP
(a) Subject to these rules the members of the Club shall be comprised of
the members of the Club immediately prior to incorporation together with
such other persons as the Management Committee admits to membership or
who are elected to life membership pursuant to Rule 6.
(b) Membership is open to all persons who accept the objects and agree
to be bound by the Rules of the Club.
(c) Members shall consist of the following classes: (i) Active Members -
those persons who have paid a membership subscription fee in accordance
with clause (g) and who shall have full rights and privileges of the
Club.
(ii) Life Members - those persons who have been elected as Life Members
of the Club in accordance with Rule 6 and who shall have full rights and
privileges of the Club.
(iii) Associate Members - those persons who pay a membership
subscription fee in accordance with clause (g) but do not have all
rights and privileges of Active Members.
(iv) Honorary Members - those persons who each year are approved by the
Management Committee to have the rights and privileges of Associate
Members without the payment of a membership subscription fee.
(d) Except in the case of Life and Honorary Members application for
membership shall be made in writing signed by the applicant, and shall
be in such form and contain such information as is determined from time
to time by the 'Management Committee.
(e) As soon as practicable after the receipt of an application for
membership, such application shall be considered by the Management
Committee who shall thereupon determine upon the admission or rejection
of the applicant. The Management Committee shall not be required to give
any reason or explanation for rejecting any application for admission.
(f) A register of members shall be kept by the Club showing the name,
address and date of commencement of membership for each member.
(g) Both Active and Associate Members shall pay such membership
subscription fees as are determined from time to time by the Management
Committee.
(h) Membership shall cease upon resignation, expulsion, or failure to
pay membership subscription fees by 30th November in each year or such
other date as may be determined by the Management Committee.
(i) Membership subscription fees shall fall due on the last Saturday of
September in each year or such other date as may be determined by the
Management Committee.
(j) The 12 months commencing on 1st September each year will constitute
the "cricket year".
(k) When a person is admitted to membership for part only of the cricket
year such member will pay membership fees for membership up to the end
of that cricket year as determined by the Management Committee.
(l) The Management Committee may at its discretion waive payment of any
membership subscription or playing fee payable by a member.
(m) The financial year of the Club shall commence on 1st July of each
year or on such other date as approved by the New South Wales Cricket
Association.
6. LIFE MEMBERS
A person may be elected a life member of the Club at any Annual General
Meeting by a majority of 75 per cent of those members of the Club
entitled to vote, present and voting. No person shall be elected as a
Life Member of the Club unless his nomination for such election is
recommended by the Management Committee.
7. MEMBERS' LIABILITY
The members of the Club shall have no liability to contribute towards
the payment of debts and liabilities of the Club or the costs, charges
and expenses of the winding up of the Club except to the amount of any
unpaid membership fees.
8. MANAGEMENT - BY COMMITTEE
(a) The affairs of the Club shall be controlled and managed by a
Management Committee consisting of the Office-Bearers and five other
Active or Life Members of the Club.
(b) The Office-bearers of the Club shall consist of the President,
Honorary Secretary, Assistant Honorary Secretary, Honorary Treasurer and
the Delegates(s) to the Newcastle Junior Cricket Association.
(c) The Office-bearers and the other members of the Management Committee
will be elected at each Annual General Meeting. Any casual vacancy
occurring in the Management Committee may be filled by a member
appointed by the Management Committee and such member shall hold office
until the conclusion of the immediate following Annual General Meeting.
(d) Members of the Management Committee shall hold office from the
conclusion of the Annual General Meeting at which they were elected
until the conclusion of the immediate following Annual General Meeting.
(e) Retiring members of the Management Committee are eligible for
re-election.
(f) A member of the Club holding any salaried office of the Club or any
office of the Club paid by fees will not be eligible for election to the
Management Committee.
(g) No remuneration or other benefit in money or money's worth shall be
paid or given by the Club to any member of the Management Committee
except (i) repayment of out-of-pocket expenses;
(ii) interest at a rate not exceeding interest at the rate for the time
being which is or would be charged by the Club's bankers for money lent
to the Club; and
(iii) reasonable and proper rent for premises let to the Club.
(h) Subject to clauses (i) and (k) a person who is not an Active or Life
Member of the Club is not eligible for election to the Management
Committee.
(i) The Patron is eligible for election to the Management Committee and
to hold a position on the Management Committee concurrently with the
position of Patron.
(j) The Management Committee has the power to elect Vice Presidents of
the Club, who need not be members of the Club. Vice Presidents shall be
elected annually, the term of the their election to accord with the
cricket year of the Club.
(k) A maximum of 2 other persons being either Vice Presidents or Life
Members may with the consent of the Management Committee attend meetings
of the Management Committee and vote on all matters as if such persons
were members of the Management Committee. Such consent to attend and
vote being at the sole and unfettered discretion of the Management
Committee.
(l) Subject to the Act and the Regulations made thereunder, to these
Rules, and to any resolution passed by the Club in general meeting, the
Management Committee (i) may exercise all such functions as may be
exercised by the Club other than those functions that are required by
these Rules or the Act to be exercised by a General Meeting of members
of the Club; and
(ii) has power to perform all such acts and do all such things as appear
to the Management Committee to be necessary or desirable for the proper
control and management of the affairs of the Club.
9. DELEGATES TO THE NEWCASTLE JUNIOR CRICKET ASSOCIATION
(a) There shall be two delegates of the Club to the Newcastle Junior
Cricket Association.
(b) The Honorary Secretary shall be a delegate to the Newcastle Junior
Cricket Association and the other delegate shall be elected at the
Annual General Meeting provided that in the event that the Honorary
Secretary elected at an Annual General Meeting of the Club informs that
meeting that he does not wish to be a delegate to the Newcastle Junior
Cricket Association then some other Active or Life Member shall be
elected as a delegate to the Newcastle Junior Cricket Association in his
stead.
10. MEETINGS OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE - PROCEDURE
(a) The Management Committee shall meet as often as is necessary to
conduct the business of the Club, but in any event not less than once
every four months.
(b) The quorum for meetings of the Management Committee shall be five.
(c) In the event of a vacancy or vacancies in the members of the
Management Committee, the remaining members may continue to act, but if
the number of remaining members is not sufficient to constitute a quorum
at a meeting of the Management Committee, they may act only for the
purpose of appointing new members of the Management Committee to at
least the number of members required to constitute a quorum.
(d) Notice of Management Committee meetings shall be given at the
previous Management Committee meeting or by such other means as the
Management Committee may determine.
(e) At a meeting of the Management Committee (i) the President shall
preside as chairman of the meeting; or
(ii) if the President is absent or unwilling to act as chairman such one
of the remaining members of the Management Committee as may be chosen by
the members present at the meeting shall preside as chairman.
(f) Questions arising at any meeting of the Management Committee shall
be decided by the majority of votes of those members of the Management
Committee present. In the case of an equality of votes the person
presiding as chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting
vote.
(g) Any person may attend a meeting of the Management Committee at the
invitation of any of the Office-bearers or at the invitation of the
Management Committee.
(h) The Management Committee shall have the power to invite one delegate
from each or any of the other affiliated Associations, clubs or bodies
to attend meetings of the Management Committee.
(i) Any act or thing done or suffered, or purporting to have been done
or suffered, by the Management Committee is valid and effectual
notwithstanding any defect that may afterwards be discovered in the
appointment or qualification of any members of the Management Committee.
11. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE - VACATION OF OFFICE
The office of a member of the Management Committee shall become vacant
if the member (a) dies;
(b) ceases to be a member of the Club;
(c) becomes an insolvent under administration within the meaning of the
Companies (New South Wales) Code;
(d) resigns office by notice in writing given to the Honorary Secretary;
(e) becomes of unsound mind or a person who is or whose estate is liable
to be dealt with in any way under the law relating to mental health; or
(f) is absent from three successive Management Committee meetings
without reasonable excuse or without the approval of the Management
Committee.
12. MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE - REMOVAL OF MEMBER
The Club in a general meeting may by resolution remove any ,member of
the Management Committee from the office of member of the Management
Committee before the expiration of the member's term of office and may
by resolution appoint another person to hold office in lieu of the
member so removed until the expiration of the term of office of the
member so removed
13. GENERAL MEETINGS
(a) The quorum for general meetings of the Club shall be 5 members.
(b) Except where the nature of the business proposed to be dealt with at
a general meeting requires a special resolution of the Club, the
Honorary Secretary shall, at least 14 days before the date fixed for the
holding of the general meeting, serve on each member a notice specifying
the place, date and time of the meeting and the nature of the business
proposed to be transacted at the meeting. .
(c) Where the nature of the business proposed to be dealt with at a
general meeting requires a special resolution of the Club, the Honorary
Secretary shall, at least 21 days before the date fixed for the holding
of the general meeting, serve a notice on each member specifying in
addition to the information required under clause (b), the intention to
propose the resolution as a special resolution.
(d) No business other than that specified in the notice convening a
general meeting shall be transacted at the meeting except, in the case
of an Annual General Meeting, business which may be transacted pursuant
to Rule 14(b).
(e) A member desiring to bring any business before a general meeting may
give notice in writing of that business to the Honorary Secretary who
shall include that business in the next notice calling a general meeting
given after receipt of the notice from the member.
(f) No item of business shall be transacted at a general meeting unless
a quorum of members entitled under these rules to vote is present during
the time the meeting is considering that item.
(g) If within half an hour after the appointed time for commencement of
a general meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting if convened upon
the requisition of members shall be dissolved and in any other case
shall stand adjourned to the same day in the following week at the same
time and (unless another place is specified at the time of the
adjournment by the person presiding at the meeting or communicated by
written notice to members given before the day to which the meeting is
adjourned) at the same place.
(h) If at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present within half an
hour after the time appointed for commencement of the meeting, the
members present (being not less than 5) shall constitute a quorum.
(i) The President shall preside as chairman at each general meeting of
the Club.
(j) If the President is absent from a general meeting or unwilling to
act as chairman, the members present shall elect one of their number to
preside as chairman at the meeting.
(k) The chairman of a general meeting at which a quorum is present may,
with the consent of the majority of members present at the meeting
adjourn the meeting from time to time and place to place, but no
business shall be transacted at an adjourned meeting other than the
business left unfinished at the meeting at which the adjournment took
place.
(l) Where a general meeting is adjourned for 14 days or more, the
Honorary Secretary shall give written or oral notice of the adjourned
meeting to each member of the Club stating the place, date and time of
the meeting and the nature of the business to be transacted at the
meeting.
(m) Except as provided in clause (I), notice of an adjournment of a
general meeting or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned
meeting is not required to be given.
(n) A question arising at a general meeting of the Club shall be
determined on a show of hands and, unless before or on the declaration
of the show of hands a poll is demanded, a declaration by the chairman
that a resolution has, on a show of hands, been carried or carried
unanimously or carried by a particular majority or lost and an entry to
that effect in the minute book of the Club will constitute evidence of
the fact without proof of the number or proportion of the votes recorded
in favour of or against that resolution.
(o) At a general meeting of the Club, a poll may be demanded by the
chairman or by not less than five members present in person at the
meeting.
(p) Where a poll is demanded at a general meeting, the poll shall be
taken: (i) immediately in the case of a poll which relates to the
election of the chairman of the meeting or to the question of an
adjournment; or
(ii) in any other case, in such manner and at such time before the close
of the meeting as the chairman directs;
and the resolution of the poll on the matter shall be deemed to be the
resolution of the meeting on that matter.
(q) Upon any question arising at a general meeting of the Club only
Active and Life Members shall be entitled to vote and shall have one
vote only.
(r) All votes shall be given personally.
(s) In the case of an equality of votes on a question at a general
meeting, the chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting
vote.
14. ANNUAL GENERAL MEETINGS
(a) An Annual General Meeting of the Club shall be held in June or July
of each year at such time and on such date as the Management Committee
may determine but no later than the second Friday in July.
(b) In addition to any other business which may be transacted at an
Annual General Meeting, the business of an Annual General Meeting shall
be to (i) confirm the minutes of the last preceding Annual General
Meeting and of any special general meeting held since that meeting;
(ii) receive from the Management Committee reports upon the activities
of the Club during the last preceding financial year;
(iii) elect the Patron of the Club;
(iv) elect the Office-bearers of the Club and the five other members of
the Management Committee;
(v) elect an honorary auditor or auditors; and
(vi) receive and consider the statement which is required to be
submitted to members pursuant to Section 26(6) of the Act.
(c) An Annual General Meeting shall be specified as such in the notice
convening it.
15. SPECIAL GENERAL MEETINGS
(a) The Management Committee may, whenever it thinks fit, convene a
special general meeting of the Club.
(b) The Management Committee shall, on the requisition in writing of not
less than 15 Active or Life Members of the Club, convene a special
general meeting of the Club.
(c) A requisition of members for a special general meeting (i) shall
state the purpose or purposes of the meeting;
(ii) shall be signed by the members making the requisition;
(iii) shall be lodged with the Honorary Secretary; and
(iv) may consist of several documents in a similar form, each signed by
one or more of the members making the requisition.
(d) The Management Committee shall convene a special general meeting
within one month after the date on which a requisition of members for
the meeting is lodged with the Honorary Secretary, and each member shall
be advised by notice in writing at least seven clear days before the day
appointed for the special general meeting of the nature of the business
to be conducted at the meeting and no other business shall be conducted
at the meeting.
16. DISCIPLINING OF MEMBERS
(a) Where the President and the Honorary Secretary are of the opinion
that a member of the Club (i) has refused or neglected without
reasonable cause to comply with a provision or provisions of these
rules; or
(ii) has acted in a manner prejudicial to the interests of the Club, or
(iii) has breached a condition of any code of behaviour of the Club as
determined from time to time by the Management Committee;
the President or Honorary Secretary may refer the matter to a Judiciary
Committee being a sub-committee of three members of the Management
Committee ("Judiciary Committee") who may, after hearing the matter 1.
issue a warning in the nature of a reprimand to the member;
2. suspend any or all of the privileges attaching to membership of the
Club in respect of the member for a specified period;
3. suspend or disqualify the member from membership of the Club for a
specified period;
4. expel the member from the Club; or
5. otherwise deal with the member.
(b) Where the President or the Honorary Secretary refers a matter to the
Judiciary Committee under clause (a) the Honorary Secretary shall,
within 48 hours or as soon as practicable thereafter, notify the member
that he is to appear before the Judiciary Committee and serve the member
with a notice advising (i) the nature of any complaint and the grounds
on which it is based;
(ii) that the member is required to appear before the Judiciary
Committee at a meeting to be held not earlier than three days and not
later than 14 days after the service of the notice;
(iii) the date, place and time of that meeting; and
(iv) that the member may at the meeting: 1. make oral representations;
2. ask any question of the complainant or any witnesses called to give
evidence on the matter;
3. submit any written material or evidence;
4. produce any witness on his behalf; and
5. be represented.
(c) (i) Where a member is required to appear before the Judiciary
Committee of the Newcastle Junior Cricket Association ("the Association
Judiciary") in relation to a complaint which is the subject of a matter
referred to the Judiciary Committee of the Club under clause (a), the
member will not be required to appear before the Judiciary Committee of
the Club until the matter has been heard and determined by the
Association Judiciary.
(ii) Where a member is required to appear before the Association
Judiciary, the time as specified in clause (b) for the notification of a
member and the service of a notice thereunder, shall not commence until
the matter has been heard and determined by the Association Judiciary.
(d) The Judiciary Committee may adjudicate in the absence of the member
who is the subject of the complaint should that member fail to attend
before the Judiciary Committee as required.
(e) Where the Judiciary Committee imposes a penalty under clause (a) the
Honorary Secretary shall, within seven days after that decision has been
given, by notice in writing, inform the member of the decision and of
the member's right to appeal under clause (g).
(f) Any penalty imposed upon a member by the Judiciary Committee under
clause (a) shall have effect immediately upon its imposition,
notwithstanding the rights of a member to appeal against the decision of
the Judiciary Committee under clause (g).
(g) A member may appeal against the decision of the Judiciary Committee
within seven days after the receipt of a notice issued under clause (e)
by lodging with the Honorary Secretary a notice to that effect.
(h) Upon receipt of a notice from a member under clause (g), the
Honorary Secretary shall notify the Management Committee which shall
appoint five of its members to form an Appeals Committee which shall
hear the appeal within seven days after the date on which the Honorary
Secretary received the notice. The members of the Management Committee
who were members of the Judiciary Committee which dealt with the matter
in the first instance shall be excluded from appointment to the Appeals
Committee.
(i) The Appeals Committee may confirm, amend or reverse any decision of
the Judiciary Committee.
(j) A member who has been suspended or has had any of his privileges
suspended by the Judiciary Committee under clause (a), and who has not
been completely exonerated on appeal, if any, by the Appeals Committee
shall be prohibited from acting in any administrative position or as an
Office-bearer of the Club or as a captain of any team controlled by the
Club until the next Annual General Meeting of the Club held after the
expiration of such suspension.
17. SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
(a) A special resolution must be passed by a general meeting of the Club
to effect the following changes: (i) an alteration of the Club's name;
(ii) an alteration of the Club's rules;
(iii) an alteration of or addition to the Club's objects;
(iv) an alteration of the Club's colours;
(v) an amalgamation with another incorporated or unincorporated
association;
(vi) to voluntarily wind up the Club and distribute its property; or
(vii) to apply for registration as a company or a co-operative society.
(b) A resolution of the Club is a special resolution if (i) it is passed
by a majority which comprises not less than 75 per cent of such members
of the Club as, being entitled under these rules so to do, vote at a
general meeting of which not less than 21 day's written notice
specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special
resolution was given in accordance with these rules; or
(ii) where it is made to appear to the Commission that it is not
possible or practicable for the resolution to be passed in the manner
specified in sub-clause (i) hereof - the resolution is passed in a
manner specified by the Commission.
18. PUBLIC OFFICER
(a) The Management Committee shall ensure that a person is appointed as
Public Officer.
(b) The first Public Officer shall be the person who completes the
application for incorporation of the Club.
(c) The Management Committee may at any time remove the Public Officer
and appoint a new Public Officer provided the person appointed is 18
years of age or older and a resident of New South Wales.
(d) The Public Officer shall be deemed to have vacated his position if
he (i) dies;
(ii) resigns;
(iii) is removed by the Management Committee or at a general meeting;
(iv) becomes bankrupt or financially insolvent;
(v) suffers mental illness;
(vi) takes up residence outside New South Wales; or
(vii) ceases to be a member of the Club.
(e) When a vacancy occurs in the position of Public Officer the
Management Committee shall within 14 days notify the Commission in the
prescribed form and appoint a new Public Officer.
(f) The Public Officer may be a member of the Management Committee or
any other member eligible for election to the Management Committee.
19. INSURANCE
(a) In respect of the insurance required to be maintained by the Club
pursuant to Section 44 of the Act, it shall be a function of the
Management Committee to ascertain whether or not the Club is covered by
a policy held by the New South Wales Cricket Association or the
Newcastle Junior Cricket Association every year and if not so covered
prior to the commencement of the cricket year to effect such insurance
forthwith and ensure that the Club maintains such insurance either on
its own account or by a policy held by the New South Wales Cricket
Association or the Newcastle Junior Cricket Association.
(b) In addition to the insurance required under clause (a) the Committee
may effect and maintain such other insurance as it deems necessary
either on its own account or through policies held by the New South
Wales Cricket Association or the Newcastle Junior Cricket Association.
20. FUNDS
(a) The funds of the Club shall be derived from the membership
subscription fees, playing fees, donations, subsidies, grants and such
other sources determined or approved by the Management Committee.
(b) The fee payable by a member as a playing fee will be as determined
by the Management Committee.
(c) All money received by the Club shall be deposited as soon as
practicable in any account opened in the Club's name with a bank,
building society or corporation, deposits in which have been prescribed
as authorized securities pursuant to the Trustee Act, 1925.
(d) All cheques, drafts, bills of exchange, promissory notes and other
negotiable instruments shall be signed by any two of the President,
Honorary Secretary, and Honorary Treasurer.
(e) Fund Raising (i) The raising or obtaining in the name of the Club of
all moneys, donations, sponsorships, incentives, trophies or the like
for the Club or for a member or members of the Club in their capacity as
members of the Club must be approved or ratified by the Management
Committee or its duly appointed nominee(s).
(ii) The allocation, appropriation and disbursement of all moneys,
donations, sponsorships, incentives, trophies, or the like received or
obtained by or made available or promised to the Club, whether in the
form of money or otherwise, shall be the exclusive jurisdiction of the
Management Committee.
(iii) The Management Committee shall have due regard to the expressed
wishes of such donors or sponsors regarding the allocation,
appropriation or disbursement of such moneys, donations, sponsorships,
incentives, trophies or the like.
(iv) The provisions of Rule 16 shall apply to any member who contravenes
this clause.
21. AUTHORISATION OF ACCOUNTS
All accounts shall be presented to and approved for payment at a meeting
of the Management Committee and details of the payment shall be entered
in the minutes of the meeting.
22. COMMON SEAL
(a) The common seal of the Club shall be kept in the custody of the
Honorary Secretary or the Public Officer.
(b) The common seal shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the
authority of the Management Committee and the affixing of the common
seal shall be attested by the signatures either of two members of the
Management Committee or of one member of the Management Committee and
the Public Officer.
23. SERVICES OF NOTICES AND DOCUMENTS
(a) For the purposes of these rules, a notice or document may be served
by or on behalf of the Club upon any member personally or by sending it
by post or delivering it to the member's address shown in the register
of members.
(b) Where a notice or document is sent to a person by post, the notice
or document shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed for the
purposes of these rules to have been served on the person at the time at
which the notice or document would have been delivered in he ordinary
course of post.
24. MINUTES
(a) A member of the Management Committee or such other person as the
Management Committee may determine shall cause minutes to be made of any
and all meetings of the Management Committee and any and all general
meetings of the Club.
(a) The minutes of a meeting shall be signed by the chairman of the
meeting at which the proceedings were held or by the chairman of the
next succeeding meeting.
25. KEEPING, CUSTODY AND INSPECTION OF BOOKS
(a) The Honorary Treasurer shall ensure that correct books and accounts
are kept showing the financial affairs of the Club. Such records shall
be available for inspection by any member and shall be held in the
custody of the Honorary Treasurer.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by these rules, the Honorary Secretary
shall keep in his custody or under his control all records, books and
other documents relating to the Club. Such records, books and other
documents shall be open to inspection, free of charge, by any member of
the Club at any reasonable hour.
26. AUDIT
The Honorary Auditor or Auditors appointed by the members of the Club,
shall, prior to the Annual General Meeting each year, audit the books,
accounts and records of the Club and the report of such audit shall be
presented to the Annual General Meeting.
27. SELECTION OF TEAMS
(a) For the first two rounds of the grade competition conducted by the
Newcastle Junior Cricket Association in any cricket season, teams to
represent the Club will be selected by a Grading Committee comprising
five members appointed by the Management Committee. The Management
Committee shall also appoint a captain for each team for the first two
rounds.
(b) Teams to represent the Club after the first two rounds of the grade
competition will be selected by a Selection Committee comprising the
captain of each of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade teams together
with a maximum of two non-playing persons appointed by the Management
Committee.
(c) The captain of any team representing the Club may be removed at any
time by the Management Committee.
(d) The Chairman of the Grading Committee and the Selection Committee
shall be appointed by the Management Committee.
(e) The basis of selection of any other team representing the Club will
be as determined by the Management Committee.
(f) In the absence of a team captain from a selection meeting his
nominated representative shall act in his stead.
28. ALTERATION OF RULES
(a) Any addition to or deletion or amendment of any of these Rules shall
be of no effect until and unless approved by the NSW Cricket Board.
(b) Where practicable the Honorary Secretary shall notify, and seek the
approval of, the NSW Cricket Board, for any proposed addition to or
deletion or amendment of any of these Rules.
29. SURPLUS PROPERTY
In the event of the winding up or cancellation of the incorporation of
the Club, all the surplus property of the Club pursuant to Section 53
(2) of the Act shall vest in the New South Wales Cricket Association.