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LISDOWNEY GAA CLUB
CLUB CONSTITUTION

Adopted at club AGM on 1st December 2023

The G.A.A." means the National Governing Organisation for the preservation and promotion of Gaelic Games and
pastimes, known as the Gaelic Athletic Association.
"The Club" means the Club as set out in Article 2 hereof. "The Official Guide" means the Official Guide of the G.A.A.
"Management Committee" means Officers and ordinary Committee Members together.
"Secretary" means the Secretary for the time being, or any person appointed to perform the duties of the Secretary of
the Club.
"Real Property" means the property of the Club of an immovable nature, comprising any Playing Pitches, Grounds or
Buildings, whether of Leasehold or Freehold tenure, with all Fixtures or Fittings attached thereto and used therewith.
"Personal Property" means the property of the Club of a movable nature, comprising all Playing or Sporting
equipment of the Club, as well as all Stock in Trade and Money or other Assets of the Club not already classified as
fixtures or fittings on "Real Property", as heretofore defined.
Words importing the singular number only, include
the plural number and vice versa, and words importing the masculine gender only, also include the feminine and vice
versa.
NAME
The official Name of the Club shall be An Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Lios Dúin Fhiach the English version of which shall be
Lisdowney G.A.A. Club.
The name Lisdowney G.A.A. Club shall be used for GAA activities.
OBJECTS
3.1 The Objects of the Club shall be the promotion of the aims of the G.A.A. as outlined in the respective Official Guide
3.2 The Membership, Income and Property of the Club shall be dedicated to and applied solely towards the promotion
of these objects.
COLOURS
4. The colours of the Club shall be blue and white jersey with blue and white socks with blue togs. The alternative
colours of the Club shall be red and black jerseys with red and black socks with black.
4.1 GAA shall carry the association emblem required by each Association.
MEMBERSHIP
5.1 There shall be three types of Membership of the Club:
5.1.1 FULL MEMBERSHIP may be granted to persons Over 18 years (i.e. shall have celebrated their 18th birthday prior
to January1st of the Membership Year) who subscribe to and undertake to further the aims and objectives of the Club
and the G.A.A. Honorary Membership may be granted to persons over 18 years, as defined above, who have rendered
exceptional service to the Club or the games or activities of the G.A.A. An Honorary Member shall have the rights of a
Full Member, but shall be exempt from paying the Club's Annual Membership Fee.
5.1.2 YOUTH MEMBERSHIP may be granted to persons Under 18 and Over 9 years (i.e. shall celebrate their 18th
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January 1st of the Membership Year) who subscribe to and undertake to further the aims and objectives of the Club and
the G.A.A.
(Notes - Child Membership of the Association is for children Under 9 years (i.e. shall celebrate their 9th birthday on
January 1st of the Membership Year or on a later date)
On expiration of a Child Membership of the Association, a person may apply for Youth Membership of the Association
only through a Club for which he is eligible to play.)
5.1.3 SOCIAL MEMBERSHIP may be granted to persons over 18 years, as defined above, who subscribe to and
undertake to further the aims and objectives of the Club and the G.A.A., but who do not seek full voting rights and rights
to take part in the administrative affairs of the Club or the G.A.A.
5.1.4 SOCIAL MEMBERSHIP The spouses of full members, of Honorary members and of social members shall be deemed
to be registered as social members.
5.2 Full Members (including Honorary Members) and Youth Members of the Club will also become Members of the
G.A.A.
5.3 Once granted, Full Membership of the Club and the G.A.A. shall continue for life, and Youth Membership shall
continue to the end of the year in which the Member celebrates his/her eighteenth birthday, at which time his/her next
membership payment shall automatically be as a Full Member, unless in either case the member has been expelled or
his resignation in writing has been accepted, in accordance with this Constitution and Rules or the Official Guide
5.4 The rights of any member of the Club shall be conditional upon the member complying with the provisions of this
Constitution and the Official Guide, including payment of any annual membership fee and levies.
5.5 Such rights may be withheld, restricted or suspended in accordance with this Constitution and the Official Guide.
5.6 An application for Full or Social Membership must be made in the manner prescribed by Central Council and signed
by the applicant. The application request must be submitted to the Club Secretary.
5.7 An application for Youth Membership must be made in the manner prescribed by Central Council and signed by the
applicant and one of his parents/guardians. The prescribed electronic application form may be completed by one of the
applicant's parents or guardians and submitted to the Club Secretary, complete with accompanying electronic payment
for the prescribed fee.
5.8 An application for Child Membership must be made on the prescribed form and signed by the applicant and one of
his parents/guardians. Alternatively, a prescribed electronic application form may be completed by one of the
applicant's parents or Guardians and submitted to the Club Secretary, complete with accompanying electronic payment
for the prescribed fee.
5.9 Applications for Full Membership shall be brought for approval by the Club Secretary to a meeting(s) of the Club
Executive. Applications for membership shall be approved by a simple majority of the Management Committee. In
accordance with Rule 2.1(b) of the Official Guide, membership of the Association shall only be granted by a club, to
persons who subscribe to and undertake to further the aims and objectives of the Gaelic Athletic Association, as stated
in the Official Guide. A list, in alphabetical order, of the names and addresses of all club members shall be retained by
the Club Secretary and/or kept safely on the club premises. Only a full member who has satisfied the condition of Rule
4.1 of the Official Guide may be nominated for or elected to any Elective Office referred to in the Official Guide.
5.9.1 Persons shall not be admitted to any of the privileges of membership until after their election by the procedures
stated in this Rule.
5.10 If and when the application for membership has been accepted by the Management Committee, the new Member's
particulars shall be submitted by the Club Registrar to the Central Council, by the process of Electronic Registration, for
Registration and allocation of a personal membership number.
DISCIPLINARY POWERS AND PROCEDURES
5.11.1 The Management Committee shall have the power to investigate and process matters relating to alleged
breaches of this Constitution or the Official Guide by Club members in the same manner as a Competitions Control
Committee or a Management Committee in Chapter 7 of the Official Guide. It shall follow the procedures set out in Rule
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Committee. There shall be no appeal against a decision of Hearings Committee in relation to disciplinary action initiated
by the Management Committee.
5.11.2 Such persons, if Full Members (including Honorary Members) or Youth Members, shall have the right to appeal
to the Hearings Committee of the County Committee of the G.A.A., within seven days of being notified of such decision.
5.11.3 Unless the offence is brought to the notice of the County Committee of the G.A.A. by the Club, and that body,
having considered the merits of the case and having regard to the rights of the player or member, confirms the penalty
imposed, the member continues to be a legal member of the Association and is suspended from Club activities only.
SUBSCRIPTIONS
6.1 The annual subscription to be paid by members of the Club shall be determined by the Management Committee and
ratified at the Annual General Meeting.
6.2 The determined annual subscription shall be payable on election and thereafter annually, in advance of the date
and in the manner decided by the Management Committee. The date set shall be a date prior to March 31st each year.
6.3 The Management Committee may from time to time prescribe the payment of an entrance fee by new or lapsed
members in addition to the annual subscription above.
MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
7.1 The business and affairs of the Club shall be under the management of a Management Committee, and it shall be the
controlling body of the Club.
7.2 The Management Committee shall be comprised of
The officers of the Club,
The Trustees of the Club who are full members of the club
One Players' Representative representing Hurling and Football.
One representative of each adult management team
One representative of each sub-committee who is not an ex officio member of the committee
and at least five other Full Members and not more than ten members.
7.2.1 In the year following Implementation of One Club, up to 2 additional members of the Camogie Association may be
co-opted to the management committee.
7.2.2 The Officers of the Club shall be , The President, Vice President(s), The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson(s),
Treasurer, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Registrar, Public Relations Officer, The Juvenile Officer , Juvenile Secretary,
Bord Na Óg Chair, Bord Na Óg Secretary, The Development Officer and any others duly elected or appointed as officers
of the Club.
7.3 Nominations to serve on the Management Committee shall be by any two Full Members (which may include the
nominee) whose membership fees are paid up to date in accordance with Rule 6.2 and who are not suspended or
disqualified under this Constitution and Rules or the Official Guide.
7.4 The Management Committee, shall be elected by the Full Members present, entitled to vote and voting at the
Annual General Meeting. Exceptions: The Children's Officer and the Officer for Irish Language and Culture, and the
Players' Representative, who shall have participated as a player with the Club within the previous 48 weeks, shall be
appointed at the Annual General Meeting on the recommendation of the outgoing Management Committee.
7.4.1 The Players' Representative shall be selected by the players prior to a date appointed by the Management
Committee. In default of such a selection, the Management Committee shall select the Players' Representative for
recommendation to the Annual General Meeting.
7.5 Only Full Members, whose membership fees are paid up to date in accordance with Article 6.2 and who are not
suspended or disqualified under this Constitution or Rules or the Official Guide, shall be eligible for election to the
Management Committee.
7.6 The outgoing Management Committee shall conduct the Annual General Meeting.

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7.7 The Management Committee shall hold office until the conclusion of the following Annual General Meeting.
7.8 The Management Committee shall meet at least once each quarter, and four members present shall constitute a
quorum at a meeting of the Management Committee.
7.9 The Chairperson, when present, shall preside over all meetings of the Management Committee; in his absence, the
Vice-Chairperson shall preside.
7.10 If both the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairperson are absent, the Committee shall appoint a member present to
preside at the Meeting.
7.11 The Secretary shall record the Minutes of each Meeting. If the Secretary is absent, the Committee shall appoint a
member present to record the Minutes.
7.12 The Minutes shall specify the date of the Meeting, those present, and a brief account of the Meeting, and shall be
read to the next Meeting.
7.13 Such Minutes, if agreed as being accurate or having been appropriately amended, shall be signed by the
Chairperson and Secretary, having been first proposed, seconded and adopted.
7.14 The Management Committee shall have the sole right to appoint Sub-Committees and
Managers/Coaches/Selectors of teams as required.
7.14.1 The management committee shall appoint a Finance Committee. The Finance committee will advise the
Treasurer and the Management Committee on the club's finances and assist in the preparation of financial plans.
7.15 The Management Committee shall define the duties of such Sub-Committees, and retain control in all matters and
activities which it considers of importance to the general welfare of the Club, including the disposal of any funds in the
hands of such Sub-Committees.
7.15.1 The Officer Board shall comprise ex-officio the duly appointed Officers of the Club and The Club Trustees
who are full members of the club.
7.15.2 The Officer Board shall meet at least twice a year and 5 shall be quorum for the committee.
7.16 The Management Committee shall have power to nominate the Chairperson of such Sub Committees.
7.17 The Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Secretary and Treasurer of the Management Committee shall be ex-officio
members of all Sub- Committees.
7.18 The Management Committee shall have power from time to time to make, alter and repeal all such Regulations as
they deem necessary, expedient or convenient for the proper conduct and management of the Club, and in particular,
but not exclusively, they may by such Regulations set out:
(a) The terms and conditions upon which guests, children of members of the Club and visitors shall be permitted
to use the premises and property of the Club;
(b) The times of opening and closing the Pavilion Grounds and Premises of the Club, or any part thereof;
(c) The conduct of members of the Club in relation to one another;
(d) The setting aside of the whole or any part or parts of the Club's premises for any particular time or times, or
for any particular purpose or purposes subject to the consent of Central Council;;
(e) And generally all such matters as are commonly the subject matter of this Constitution.
7.19 The Management Committee shall approve motions to County Convention in accordance with Rule 3.14 Official
Guide.
7.20 The Management Committee shall adopt such means as they deem sufficient, to bring to the notice of members of
the Club all such Regulations and all alterations and repeals.
7.21 All such regulations so long as they shall be in force, shall be binding upon all members of the Club, provided
nevertheless that no regulations shall be inconsistent with or shall affect or repeal anything contained in this
Constitution and Rules or the Official Guide, and that any regulations may be set aside by a special resolution of a
General Meeting of the Club.

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7.22 Each Full Member shall have the right to be heard by the Management Committee upon any complaint or
representation sent by him, in writing, to the Secretary.
7.23 A Special meeting of the Management Committee may be called:
(a) by the Secretary or
(b) by the Secretary, for a date not more than seven days from the date of the receipt by him of a requisition duly
signed by four members of the Management Committee.
(c) Such requisition shall set out the purpose for which the special meeting is required.
7.24 Any member of the Management Committee who shall have absented himself from three consecutive meetings,
without reasonable explanation, shall be deemed to have resigned from the Management Committee.
7.25 Should any Member of the Management Committee resign, be deemed to have resigned, or his position otherwise
lapse, the remaining members of the Management Committee shall, at their discretion, have the power to fill the
vacancy, by co-opting a replacement from the body of the Full Membership.
7.26 The service of any Member so co-opted on to the Management Committee shall not be reckoned in calculating the
length of service such Member, if subsequently elected to serve on the Management Committee.
GENERAL MEETINGS
8.1 The Club shall in each year hold a general meeting as its Annual General Meeting, in addition to any other General
Meetings
in that year, and shall specify the meeting as such in the notice calling it.
8.2 All General Meetings, other than Annual General Meetings, shall be called Special General Meetings.
8.3 An Annual General Meeting shall be held at such time as shall be decided upon by the Management Committee. The
Annual General Meeting shall not be held later than 30th November without the prior approval of the County
Committee.
8.4 The following business shall be transacted at the Annual General Meeting:
(a) Adoption of Standing Orders.
(b) Minutes of previous Annual General Meeting.
(c) Consideration of the Annual Report submitted by the Secretary.
(d) Consideration of the Financial Statements including the Report of the Accountant(s) or Auditor(s).
(e) The Chairperson's Address.
(f) Election of Officers and Members of the Management Committee.
(g) Notices of Motion.
(h) Other Business
Note: "Other Business" does not include the appointment of Managers/Coaches/Selectors of teams which is the
business of the Management Committee of the Club.
8.5 The Annual General meeting of the Club shall be called in the following manner:
8.5.1 The Management Committee shall decide upon a date, time and place for the meeting, allowing adequate
time to meet the time limits set out hereunder.
8.5.2 Once the date of the Annual General Meeting has been fixed, the Secretary shall give at least twenty-one days
notice in writing, electronically and/or otherwise, to the members of such date, at the same time inviting
nominations for election to the Management Committee for the following year and motions for consideration at
the Annual General meeting, also specifying that such nominations and motions shall be received by him by a date
not less than twenty one days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.

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8.5.3 The Secretary shall then, on or after the date specified for return to the secretary of such Nominations and
Motions, but so as to give the members ten days clear notice before the meeting, circulate, electronically and/or
otherwise, to the members the following documentation:
(a) Copy of the Agenda for the meeting.
(b) Copy of the Annual Report of the Secretary.
(c) Copy of the Financial Statements, including the Report of the Accountant(s) or Auditor(s)
(d) Details of the Nominations for election to the Management Committee.
(e) Copies of any motions for consideration at the meeting.
8.6 In the event of the number of Nominees for any particular Management Committee position being equal to or less
than the number of positions to be filled, such Nominees shall be declared elected, and any positions left unfilled, due to
the lack of Nominees or Nominees withdrawing, shall be filled by the new Management Committee, as soon as practical
after the Annual General Meeting.
8.7 A Special General Meeting may be called by the Management Committee at any time, provided ten days clear notice,
in writing, shall be given to the members, specifying the purpose of such Special General Meeting,
8.8 The Management Committee shall call a Special General Meeting for a date not more than twenty one days from the
receipt by the Management Committee of a requisition, in writing, signed by twelve members of the Club, and ten clear
days’ notice in writing, shall be given to the Members.
8.8.1 Such Requisitions by members of the Club shall set out the purpose for which the Special General Meeting is
required, and shall be lodged with the Secretary.
8.8.2 If the Special General Meeting is not called for a date within the twenty one days stipulated, then the
requisitoners may themselves convene a Special General Meeting. If requested, the County Secretary shall assist
the requisitioners in convening the Special General Meeting.
8.9 No other business, outside that specified in the Notice, shall be transacted at a Special General Meeting.
8.10 No business shall be transacted at any General Meeting unless a quorum of members is present at the time when
the meeting proceeds to business. Save as herein otherwise provided, fifteen per cent of Full Members eligible to vote
shall be a quorum at a General Meeting, subject to a minimum of 15 members being present.
8.11 If within half an hour after the time appointed for a General Meeting, a quorum of members is not present, the
meeting if convened on the requisition of members shall be dissolved; in any other case it shall stand adjourned and be
rearranged at a date and time to be decided by the Management Committee, provided the reconvened meeting takes
place within 14 days of the original meeting; and if at the reconvened meeting a quorum of members is not present
within half an hour after the time appointed for the meeting, the members then present shall be a quorum.
8.12 The Chairperson, and failing him the Vice-Chairperson, shall preside as Chairperson at every General Meeting of
the Club.
8.13 If there is no such Chairperson, or if at any meeting he is not present within thirty minutes after the time
appointed for the holding of the meeting, the members then present shall choose someone of their number who is a
member of the Management Committee to be Chairperson of the meeting, and if there shall be no Member of the
Management Committee present, then the members shall elect any one of their number to be Chairperson of the
Meeting.
8.14 The Chairperson may, with the consent of the meeting, adjourn the meeting from time to time and from place to
place, but no business shall be transacted at any reconvened meeting other than the business left unfinished at the
meeting from which the adjournment took place.
8.15 Failure to comply strictly with the time limits set out in this Constitution and Rules or the non-receipt of Notice of
a Meeting by any persons entitled to receive notice shall not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting, but shall entitle
the majority of members present to seek and be granted an adjournment of the meeting to such date by which they
would be given an adequate time to be furnished with and consider the contents of any relevant documentation.
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9.1 Only Full Members, whose membership fees are paid up to date in accordance with Rule 6.2, and who are not
suspended or disqualified under this Constitution and Rules or the Official Guide, shall be eligible to vote at a General
Meeting. The onus shall be on the member to prove that he has paid his subscription.
9.2 A Chairperson of a General Meeting, Management Committee meeting or any Sub-Committee meeting shall, in the
event of a tie, whether on a show of hands or on a ballot, have a casting vote in addition to his vote as a member,
irrespective of whether or not he had originally voted on the issue, other than for the election to any position, when the
outcome in the event of a tie shall be decided by lot. The first person chosen shall be deemed the winner of the tie.
9.3 At any General Meeting a resolution put to the vote of the meeting shall be decided on a show of hands, unless,
before or on the declaration of the result of the show of hands, a ballot is demanded:
(a) by the Chairperson
(b) by at least five members present and entitled to vote.
9.4 Unless a ballot is so demanded, a declaration by the Chairperson that a resolution has on the show of hands been
carried, or carried unanimously, or by a particular majority, or lost, shall
be final, and an entry to that effect in the book containing the minutes of proceedings of the Club shall be conclusive
evidence of the fact, without proof of the number or proportion of the votes in favour of or against such resolution.
9.5 If a ballot is so demanded, the same shall be taken in such manner as the Chairperson directs, and the result of the
ballot shall be deemed to be the decision of the meeting at which the ballot was demanded.
9.6 A Secret Ballot shall be carried out to decide the result of any contest for any elective position.
ASSETS AND TRUSTEES
10.1 All property owned by a Club is held upon Trust for the benefit of the Club concerned. The Trust is subject to and
governed by the provisions of the Official Guide and the Code on Trusts of Association Property, both as amended from
time to time.
All such property shall be vested in the Corporate Trustee and/or a number of full members as Trustees.
10.2 The Club shall have power to acquire, hold and develop, lease, mortgage, charge, exchange or sell Real and
Personal Property, and to borrow or raise money in promotion of the objects of the Club, subject to the overall
authority of the Central Council of the G.A.A..
10.3 The Real Property shall not be leased, mortgaged, charged, exchanged, sold, conveyed, transferred or otherwise
dealt with without the consent in writing of the Central Council of the G.A.A., or as may be set out in any separate
Declaration of Trust.
10.4 (A)The Personal Property owned or held by a Club shall be vested in the Chairperson, Treasurer and Secretary
who shall hold it in Trust for the Club.
(B) The Real Property owned by a Club, shall be vested in the following:
(i) Five Trustees, three of whom shall be appointed for and on behalf of a Club, one of whom shall be appointed for
and on behalf of the relevant County Committee, and one of whom shall be appointed for and on behalf of the
relevant Provincial Council; or
(ii) Four Trustees, three of whom shall be appointed for and on behalf of a Club and the Corporate Trustee shall
be appointed for and on behalf of the relevant County Committee and Provincial Council; or
(iii) One Trustee being the Corporate Trustee.
For Real Property situated in England and Wales the only available option is (ii).
10.5 The Management Committee may determine whether the Corporate Trustee or other persons shall be appointed
as Trustees for and on behalf of the Club for the purposes of Rule 5.3(B)(b)(1)(i) or (ii) and who those persons shall be.
10.6 By way of acceptance of their appointment and as and when required by Central Council, the Trustees of the Real
Property shall execute a Declaration of Trust, as approved by Central Council, and which shall contain the provisions for
appointment, removal and replacement of Trustees as well as regulating the conduct of the Trustees in performing
their duties and exercising their powers under the trust. The terms of the Declaration of Trust approved by Central
Council may be amended or replaced by Central Council from time to time.

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10.7 Where the trustee is an individual, a Trustee shall hold office until his/her retirement or death unless replaced in
accordance with the provisions of Rule 5.3, Official Guide and the Code on Association Property.
10.8 The Trustees of the Real Property, having first obtained the consent of the Central Council of the G.A.A. where
necessary, shall exercise their powers and perform their duties as directed by the Club and in accordance with the
Rules in Chapter 5 of the Official Guide and the Code on Association Property.
10.9 A Directive of the Club shall be given by a resolution of the
full members of the Club, passed by a majority of the members present, entitled to vote and voting at a duly convened
General Meeting and when so passed shall be binding upon all members of the Club.
10.10 A Certificate signed by the Secretary shall, in favour of any person relying on same, be conclusive evidence that a
Directive, complying in all respect with the provisions of this Rule, was duly given to the Trustees.
10.11 The Trustees of the Personal Property shall invest and use such property in accordance with the Directives of the
Management Committee, of which an entry in the Minute book shall be conclusive evidence.
10.12 The Club shall indemnify and save harmless its Trustees in respect of any loss or expenses bona fide incurred by
them in or about the execution of their powers and duties.
BOOKS AND ACCOUNTS
11.1 The Management Committee shall open an Account (or additional Accounts that are approved by the Club
Executive) with an approved Financial Institution on behalf of the Club, and
all cheques and or electronic transfers authorised in writing drawn on the said account shall be signed by the Treasurer
and countersigned by one of either the Chairperson or Secretary. Only the Management Committee may open
account(s) on behalf of the club.
11.2 The Management Committee shall cause proper Books of Account to be kept in respect of:
(a) All sums of money received and expended by the Club, and the matters in respect of which such receipts and
expenditures take place; and
(b) All Sales and Purchases of goods by the Club; and
(c) The Assets and Liabilities of the Club.
11.3 The Books of Account shall be kept at such place or places as the Management Committee shall think fit, and shall
at all reasonable times be open to the inspection of the members of the Management Committee.
11.4 The Management Committee shall from time to time determine whether and to what extent and at what times and
places, and under what conditions and regulations, the Accounts and Books of the Club, or any of them shall be open to
the inspection of Full Members of the Club not being a Management Committee member, and no member (not being a
Management Committee Member) shall have any right of inspection of any Account or Book or Document of the Club
except as authorised by the Management Committee.
11.5 An independent suitably qualified Person or Persons shall be appointed as Accountant(s) or as Auditor(s) to
report on the Accounts/Financial Statements of the Club for presentation at the Annual General Meeting. If deemed
appropriate by the Management Committee of the Club the Accounts/Financial Statements shall be audited.
A copy of the Accounts/Financial Statements, as adopted and approved, shall be submitted to the County Committee
within four weeks of the date of the Annual General Meeting.
11.6 The Books and Accounts of the Club shall be presented to such Accountant(s) or Auditor(s) by the Committee in
sufficient time to enable the Report of such Accountant(s) or Auditor(s) to be available and considered at the Annual
General Meeting of the Club.
11.7 The Financial Statements shall be approved by the Management Committee, and signed by two of three Officers –
Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer – on behalf of the Management Committee.
11.8 The Management Committee shall cause to be prepared and laid before the Annual General Meeting an Account of
Income and Expenditure and a Balance Sheet made up to a date not more than six months before such meeting.

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11.9 All Books of Account, including all documents, vouchers, statements and notes, as well as all minute books, notes
of meetings, original and copy correspondence and all such documents are the property of the Club, and no person shall
have any personal title to or interest in such documents to the exclusion of the Club.
11.10 The end of the Club Financial year shall be September 30th.
11.11 Similar provisions to the above shall apply to Clubs entitled to and availing of the provisions of Article 15 below.
INCOME AND PROPERTY
12.1 No portion of the Income and Property of the Club shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of
profit, dividend, bonus or otherwise howsoever to the Members of the Club.
12.2 No Officer shall be appointed to any Office within the Club paid by salary or fees, or receive any remuneration or
other benefit in money or money's worth from the Club in respect of such Office, provided however nothing shall
prevent any payment in good faith by the Club of:
(a) reasonable and proper remuneration to any Member or Officer of the Club for any services rendered to the Club
(other than as an Officer);
(b) reasonable and proper remuneration to any company of which a Member or Officer of the Club is a director or
shareholder, for any services rendered to the Club;
(c) interest at a rate not exceeding 5% per annum on money lent by Officers or other Members of the Club to the Club;
(d) reasonable and proper rent for premises demised and let by Officers or other Members of the Club (including any
Officer) to the Club;
(e) reasonable and proper out of pocket expenses incurred by any Officer in connection with their attendance to any
matter affecting the Club;
(f) fees, remuneration or other benefit in money or money's worth to any Company of which an Officer may be a
member, holding not more than one hundredth part of the issued capital of such Company.
WINDING UP
13.1 A resolution to Wind Up a Club shall be passed only at a General Meeting, specially summoned for the purpose of
such resolution, if supported by not less than three-fourths of those present, entitled to vote and voting.
13.2 Any decision to Wind Up a Club shall be subject to the approval of the County Committee.
13.3 If upon such Winding Up, there remains, after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities, any property whatever,
the same shall not be paid or distributed amongst the members, but the Trustees shall continue to hold same in trust
for the appropriate County Committee of the G.A.A., to be used or disposed of as such County Committee shall direct,
but shall in no instance pay or distribute such property amongst Officers, Members or Employees of the Club.
ADDITIONS TO AND AMENDMENTS OF RULES
14.1 Additions to and Amendments of this Constitution and Rules may be made at an Annual General Meeting or at a
Special General Meeting called for that purpose, providing that the Resolution proposing same is carried by a vote of
three-fifths of the members present, entitled to vote and voting, that same do not conflict with the Official Guide, and
that approval is given by the County Management Committee for the change(s).
14.2 Members wishing to propose Additions to or Amendments of this Constitution and Rules must send notice of the
proposed Additions or Amendments in writing to the Secretary not later than fourteen days before the Annual General
Meeting, or Special General Meeting as provided by Rule 8.5.2 hereof.
14.3 Where appropriate, no Addition or Amendments shall be made to or in the provisions of the Main Object(s) (3),
Income and Property (12) and the Winding-Up (13) Clauses in this Constitution and Rules for the time being in force,
unless the same shall have been previously approved, in writing, by the relevant statutory authorities.
15. N/A
COMPLIANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF OFFICIAL GUIDE
16. This Constitution and Rules shall be read in conjunction with and subject to the Official Guide.

CONSTITUTION AND ARTICLES

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