1. The name of the Association is the Western District (Schoolchildrens) Cricket Association.

  2. (a) To take over and assume respectively all the assets, rights, privileges and liabilities of the present Association known as the Western District Cricket Association.

(b) To promote, organise and foster Primary And Intermediate School Saturday morning cricket, within the area defined by the Auckland Cricket Association in such a manner as to allow contributing clubs, within this area, to fulfil their obligation to the Auckland Cricket Association for their promotion of Saturday morning Schoolchildrens cricket.

(c) To arrange the selection, management and coaching of team or teams, from within the area, to take part in the Auckland Cricket Association "Christmas" Tournament.

In exercising or carrying out the above objects the Association shall be guided and aided by the contributing clubs.

Income and property of the "Association" shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the "objects" set forth above.

  3. (a) The Association shall consist of a Patron, Vice Patrons, President, Vice President, Life Members, Hon.Secretary, Hon.Treasurer, bona fide members of the affiliated contributing clubs and delegates from all financial schools and teams acceptable to the Association.

(b) The subscription to the Association will be by levy on each affiliated club and school based on numbers of teams actively engaged in competition play.

(c) The levy will be decided by the Committee and shall be due on commencement date of every calendar year and payable by March 20th.

(d) No representative of an unfinancial club shall he eligible to vote at any meeting of the Association.

(e) An affiliated club shall be disqualified from the Association and membership revoked if;

i) in the opinion of the Committee, by any action or statement does or says anything that may prevent the Association carrying out the objects.

ii) if by notice in writing an affiliated club resigns, provided at all times they shall remain liable for all subscriptions unpaid.

  4. (a) The rules of the Association shall be typewritten or printed and kept in the Custody of the Secretary.

A copy of the rules shall be available on request to affiliated clubs, schools and teams affiliated to this Association.

(b) No rule shall be altered, amended or rescinded except as a special resolution by a majority of two-thirds of members present at a general meeting, notice of which has been duly given.

  5. The Annual General Meeting of the Association shall be held each year in March.

Notice of the time and place of the meeting shall be advertised in a daily or weekly newspaper.

Such notice shall also be sent to each affiliated club, schools and teams affiliated to this Association, at least 21 days before the date of the meeting.

The regular business of the Annual General Meeting, which shall take precedence over all other business (if any) shall be:

• To receive the Annual report and Balance Sheet

• To elect office bearers for the ensuing season

• To elect a management committee

• To appoint an Auditor or Auditors

The final business shall be to consider and deal with any business of which notice of motion has been lodged by any member with the Secretary at least 21 clear days before the date of the meeting and also after the Management Committee considers it desirable to bring before the meeting.

Clubs, schools and teams shall be notified of all notices of motion at least 14 days prior to the Annual Meeting.

  6. Extraordinary General Meetings shall be convened by the Committee upon receiving a request signed by not less than 3 clubs, schools or teams affiliated to the Association.

Any such request is to state the business to be brought forward at such a meeting.

Such meetings shall be called within twenty-one (21) days of the receipt by the

Secretary of the request and notice shall be sent to all affiliated clubs,schools and teams affiliated to this Association at least 14 days before the meeting.

  7. The Annual General Meeting of the Association and all General Meetings shall consist of the office bearers of the Association and the delegates there to appointed in the terms of these rules.

All members, clubs, schools and teams affiliated to this Association may be present at such meetings and, with the consent of the chairman, may speak to any question and make recommendations to the incoming committee.

  8. For the purposes of voting at a General Meeting of the Association each of the following shall have one vote:

President, Vice President, Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer, Patron, Life Members.

Each affiliated club shall be entitled to appoint 4 delegates.

The schools teams affiliated to this Association shall be entitled to appoint a total of 4 delegates.

The names of these delegates shall be in the hands of the Secretary or the Chairman of the meeting, before the meeting.

Each of these delegates shall he entitled to one vote.

  9. A quorum for a General Meeting of the Association shall be ten (10) bona fide members of the Association.

10. At all meetings of the Association the voting shall be decided by a show of hands, but should any member demand it a ballot shall be taken.

11. The Secretary or his appointee shall attend all meetings of the Association and of the Management Committee and shall keep a true and correct record of the minutes of these meetings in a minute book which shall be available at all meetings.

12. The Management Committee of the Association shall consist of the:

President, Vice President, Hon. Secretary, Hon. Treasurer, all of whom shall be elected at each Annual General Meeting and up to two delegates from each of the affiliated clubs.

To complete the committee two other members may be elected from schools and teams affiliated to this Association.

Affiliated Clubs shall advise the Secretary at or before the Annual Meeting the names of their delegates and of any changes of delegates after the Annual Meeting.

Delegates to the A.C.A. Schoolboy Committee shall be appointed by the Management Committee and shall become a member of the committee if he is not already one.

The President or, in his absence, the Vice President, shall be the Chairman of the Management Committee and shall have a deliberative and, if necessary, a casting vote.

13. Deputations to the Management Committee.

Any club may after written application make a deputation to the Committee at such time and place as the Committee shall decide.

14. At all meetings of the management committee a quorum shall consist of the Office Bearers present and at least 50% of delegates from any of the affiliated clubs, schools or teams affiliated to this Association.

If any Office Bearer is also acting as a Club Delegate, he may assume a dual role for the purpose of forcing a quorum, but shall be entitled to one vote.

15. The Management Committee shall have power:

(a) To control expenditure, to expand the funds of the Association and to incur such liabilities on behalf of the Association as it may deem necessary, to carry out the Objects of the Association.

(b) To appoint sub-committees and to receive and deal with their reports.

(c) To consider and adjudicate on any apparent infringement of the rules or by- laws of the Association whether such infringement becomes known to the committed by formal protest or otherwise.

(d) To make, alter, amend or repeal such by-laws as it thinks fit for the conduct of the business of the Association, and in particular such by-laws as affect competitions run by the Association.

(e) To call a General Meeting of the Association at any time.

(f) To settle any question which may arise and which is not covered by the Rules of the Association.

(g) To fill any casual vacancy which may occur in the Officers of the Association.

16. Any Club whose delegate absents himself from two (2) consecutive meetings of the Committee without reasonable cause, may be notified of the fact and given fourteen (14) days to replace the delegate; if such replacement is not forthcoming the management committee shall have power to fill the vacancy.

17. Any meeting of the Management Committee may be adjourned from time to time.

18. A selector, or selectors, shall be appointed by the Management Committee.

19. The Management Committee shall meet at least once in every Month during the season and at such other times as it may deem necessary.

20. The financial year of the Association shall end on the 31st day of January in each year.

21. True accounts shall be kept of all moneys received and expended by the Association and at least once a year the accounts shall be examined and a balance sheet prepared and certified by one or more Auditors.

22. Moneys of the Association shall he paid into bank or banks as the Management Committee deems fit, to the credit of the Association, and all accounts shall, before being paid be passed for payment by the Committee.

All accounts shall he paid by cheque. The operation of the account shall be by any two of the following:

• President, Secretary and Treasurer,

and endorsement of cheques may be by any one of these.

At least once a month a financial statement be submitted to the Committee by the Treasurer.

23. The Annual Report and Balance Sheet showing all assets and liabilities of the Association shall be prepared by the Treasurer and after audit shall be printed and a copy sent to each affiliated club.

24. The colours of the Association shall be Navy Blue with White monograms.

25. The Association shall arrange, control and manage Saturday Morning School Children Cricket in accordance with the Objects of the Association.

26. All matches shall be played under the laws of cricket as laid down by the Marlybone Cricket Club, except when any such rule is modified by the rules or by-laws of the Association or by the rules or by-laws of the A.C.A.

27. No alteration may be made to these rules unless by the decision of at least three- fifths majority of those present and entitled to vote at a General Meeting of the Association.

Notice of any proposed alteration shall be given to the Secretary in writing at least twenty-one (21) days before such General Meeting.

Upon receipt of such notice the Secretary shall notify all affiliated clubs and office bearers of the Association.

28. Each affiliated Club, schools and teams affiliated to this Association shall be provided with a copy of the Constitution of the Association and shall be notified of all amendments thereto.

Each affiliated Club, schools and teams shall also be provided with copies of all "By Laws", and their amendments.

29. All complaints by members shall be made in writing to the Secretary and such complaints shall be laid before the Management Committee at its next meeting and an answer sent by the Secretary only at their direction.

30. The Association shall not be dissolved except by the decision of a three-fifths majority of those present and entitled to vote at a General Meeting of the Association.

31. In the event of the Association being dissolved in accordance with the preceding rule, the General Meeting shall decide what is to be done with the assets of the Association, but under no circumstances shall any Office-Bearer or member of the Association be entitled to receive or be paid any share or part of such assets.