Articles of Association

THE COMPANIES ACT 2006
COMPANY LIMITED BY GUARANTEE
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
WEST COUNTRY RC TRUCKERS CLUB

The object of the company is, to promote the hobby of building and running of Radio Controlled model trucks and to promote regular meets, mutual support and assistance for Club members.

Part 1: Interpretation and limitation of liability

1. Defined terms

In the articles, unless the context requires otherwise—

‘annual general meeting’ means the yearly meeting of members convened in
accordance with article 28(1);

‘articles’ means the company's articles of association;

‘the club’ means West Country RC Truckers Club;

‘bankruptcy’ includes individual insolvency proceedings in a jurisdiction other
than England and Wales or Northern Ireland which have an effect similar to that
of bankruptcy;

‘chairman of the committee’ has the meaning given in article 12;

‘chairman of the company’ is the chairman of the committee in accordance with
article 12;

‘chairman of the meeting’ has the meaning given in article 31;

‘charity’ means an institution established for charitable purposes only as defined
in the Charities Act 2011 and which is registered as a charity in accordance with
the Act or a similar institution established in accordance with similar legislation in
Scotland or Northern Ireland;

‘committee’ means the committee members;

‘committee meeting’ means a meeting of committee members;

‘committee member’ means a director;

‘Companies Acts’ means the Companies Acts (as defined in the Companies Act
2006), in so far as they apply to the company;

‘director’ means a director of the company, and includes any person occupying
the position of director, by whatever name called;

‘document’ includes, unless otherwise specified, any document sent or supplied
in electronic form;

‘full member’ means a member liable to pay to the company the whole of the
subscription fee;

‘honorary member’ means a member appointed as an honorary member by
ordinary resolution at an annual general meeting;

‘independent financial examiner’ means a person or body appointed to examine
the company’s financial records and statements and to report thereon at every annual general meeting;

‘joining fee’ means the amount a person applying to be a member is liable to pay to the company;

‘member’ has the meaning given in section 112 of the Companies Act 2006;

‘minute’ means a record of a decision of a meeting of the company or the committee or of any other meeting held in accordance with the articles and rules;

‘official’ means a person appointed to assist in the discharge of the company’s
functions;
‘ordinary resolution’ has the meaning given in section 282 of the Companies Act
2006;

‘participate’ in relation to a committee meeting, has the meaning given in article
10;

‘proxy notice’ has the meaning given in article 37;

‘rules’ have the meaning given in article 16 and 27(3);

‘special resolution’ has the meaning given in section 283 of the Companies Act
2006;

‘subscription fee’ means the annual amount a member is liable to pay the
company; and

‘writing’ means the representation or reproduction of words, symbols or other
information in a visible form by any method or combination of methods, whether
sent or supplied in electronic form or otherwise.

Unless the context otherwise requires, other words or expressions contained in
these articles bear the same meaning as in the Companies Act 2006 as in force
on the date when these articles become binding on the company.

In these articles and rules made pursuant to them the male shall include the
female and the neuter as the context requires.

These articles may be varied only by statutory enactment or by order of a court
or by the members in a general meeting agreeing to do so by special resolution.