prA.UK model constitution advancing education | supporting PTAS Notes (2014VERSION) (I PTA-UK Please read these notes before usin8 this Model Constitution Model Constitution for ParentTeacher Assoclatlons In Northern Ireland (Nl) tsxuinèhf pokns A ol tvmils conLlin•d undli d•JS• 1> iwmsreforwd kn IhotsJ5w*•h4NJ￿ inb•l Thls MlldÈl CMsbtutiDn Is a ber¢p.fit of PTA-UK Merr￿￿5P and 15 for use by Pwent Teather Asx)ciatloThs IPIAS) othei home-sthotrl groups that are mbu¥ ol PTA.UK. based kn Northtm Irdwd. tast￿mplete I I t• 7 3ts7 P4• 1 LOCK (APITAS tase insert your PTA-UK mÈn*er5hip Nmber %*thich ￿￿11 heveriflEd as pBri al the chariiy r¢gistrntion Fwg¢ess'. Thtie¢siv lry ch4¢ft1•5 NDrthim ii•ian4 •nvdin Oocwrthr IU134ndth• Ch*ry PTA-UK mtftthrthip nurnbEr'. Inft5ally In¥itlnichaTrtS¥s to iew51er.Q*tQ imt The PTA4IK Model C¢)nnk￿1on Is the ¢opydtht ol Parent Teich•r AS5oda￿on5 UK IPTA-UKI and Is onty for use by PTA-UK membor oci•tltyiL If yjur •1soclatlon 15 noi i membw gf PTA-UK. yots ove not tltied io thls UWL%tltuilon lor ch￿ty registratbo 8.likl md sutrrfnli dlyialythi necMS*y IW5111uritsn wct adopt¢4. PTA.UK to 5ypwI you ih¢vLWthi1ry￿ Your y55ts(lat1of*WUr•qu*• ￿ LrfntK¢M47t A Model Constltutlon l¢y PTA-UK mernber5 in Engiaiid and Wbles is avallabl* VAW4Pta.rsg.uk or Irom ihe PTA-UK Member Adwice Llne103CQ 123 54601. ￿p￿ltIt￿n can be This Model C¢xtstitiJtlon mjst be zdopted ty the Assod•rlon at • G•M•r•l me¢tln¢ ty a M*-thlrds malodty befofe it can be ustd See the PTA.UK Inlomiation sheei - Model Cw5titutioTr- Ntrthom Ireland wallabLt #t oa.or8wk lor fvrther gU￿art￿. The dedaTrth￿ on the last p•ge of th15 document musi be $18ned by the Chalr ol ihp G¢nernl rn••tkng ai whith it is adopted and witnessed ty a Member nl tht Associatlon V4ho Is present at the GeneThi meetln& lo m*frthi5 7he PTA.IIK Model Con5tIVJl￿W can wlsh tn use W (hbi)lomiolAtyYmlr¢knTh 4chieVe ￿lsItat￿. CCNI s(*P5 ihit th4FKyrt*ti•iw{￿ t eisperthid wickerto Kh1￿. Charity Reglrtrntlon Thi5 ¢5 a¢kninistered by charity Commwlon ltsf Northern Ireland ICCNII.. ¢thnmKt••. ￿t￿tell ol tho womtharitycsts ol lormlng the AssoclatloD 3.13 To obtain ond pay for goods and 5ervlies as are necessary for urry(n8 cut the Wofk of the charlty Ihe cthniy ￿loLl4 rot pay moi• ihan 3.14 To opèn ènd operate In the narne ol the Assoclatlon a bank and other ccount5 a5 the ¢ommltt•• Mernbe￿ conslder ne£essory J 14 Th￿'bI￿￿oi p￿￿%10￿. 1% Intehdrd tOCLkn￿r •ry DtlipP sperl1iLn1￿ wnti￿al.The 5oclIU4n i%siillreitiictd IDundwiakini ICIMlle5 to J¢hiVvÈtheP4rpth￿. 3.15 To do anyihing else within thè lèw that promotes the Purposes. gUT the Cornmlttee shall not undertakE any actlllty in the school premlses without lh¢ consent of the Prtnclpal. 4. 14EMeERSHIP 4 1 Th￿ Memb•Nhlp wll vory i¢d￿t¢￿Ifj(•.p￿5￿e￿th1% Éxc¢pt for the Ch•lr ol the meetin& who h* a ser.ond or castln2 Vote ¥¥hEre a vo(e is e4udlty div1th￿ Iiiedl, every M•mb•r ptesent 15 entrtied to one vole rjn issue. bt Invrted io tht &7 The AwlBtlon rnust hc4d a G￿•￿1 m•etln8 ￿￿th￿ twÈl¥e monilis ol the ddle ol the adoptl(Kl DI this constitutlon, Thtrtalter. dn AGM st be held Im •afh subsequent >Y•r and not more than 15 months m¥y elapse bet%%*en 5uccessfve ￿n￿al G￿ttl1 m¢etlrys 5.9 I1￿1 ￿￿?11¢ ¢r i*liwidril riwirw S.8 At an AGM ihe me￿ & THE COMMirrEE SA.1 rtc¢fve the accounts of the kn￿dItIOn lor the prevSous Ilnancial y••r TPilS cl￿15￿ 5Vtsoul chwtys 5.&2 rKei%* ihe repm of the commlttee Mem￿￿￿ pn tho Assoclatlon's rKtwil¥*s slnce the F￿￿10￿$ AGM bETulmtd tythekwle Wtlitted In cl*￿ 4 1 It l5oy*•u•di￿l ￿AGm ￿￿fL*M will L* ￿￿45 po511￿* &ttTSt¥i 11 JnAGM to odDW ithceeen camplEttd. If Do notninatims or an insufficient number are rece￿ before. the AGM. any MerTkn prEstnt may nOrn￿ate a person. wlth thew cmsent, dnd Ihal pew may be aFyolnted by è majorfty vote of ih05e prESent. Ihe CrA7￿￿te*- 6 1 l The Char111￿ Icl (Npithwn 7(th be d15quall1￿ l1iduding￿ry{arwIClLtsry deceptjon or di5hunESty. tsnlw5 lryaty5ynL discli*g¢dbankruptty. frombE IN misconthKt. th¥ud￿￿rat￿nlrt7rnbI (Qrnpdny dir*ttiYO' xInKu￿lEcEtts&vdv1 &7.z Embart455mRpio￿crn5(an aTrfckn carnm11￿¢￿￿r IOO ill ty inlwmtsb e(ted To tth IilUJEswubl￿ty fty thet45k maY￿lsh To'Dake i wle under 3to rpouir¢orronrn*tQ4 mernbm 4yewS wètle Lu uhdEtgo i medical e*rntirffi. It niiclplted ihaL Suth a requtsi in tr￿51 C* ad to ¥ voluntary re5iV4ty &7.3 c4mthlt¢e¢ 5h¢Eld Thor tow ITOM therrospoDsibllilie% ¥fflthoul Jt least two y Auociatkn wiLh(wt at leay rnbEf51n pA4ce thtF*luebety(Èd to di￿￿[Ste 121 6 7ffj Th1% IS d Y￿a￿tim K*opinrThvd ihoL Lhat Ils¢Nrhcono Is removèd 05 L￿(¥ 4?.They?re aut￿￿*1(11ty rem(prtd 45• Jrnmmm mthTb•rtsThder 6 5 4 1* sL￿￿￿e 15 niuliableto >tKI Irt h4ptyloi them tD as rem￿ iheTn uidel clatsso.3nd Lhvv li Co￿tInue10 be a Mernber o* TheAssocta &7 A commSitrt meft**er I%•thet￿r dected OT Ctropttdl automaticèlty ceases to be a commlne¢ member if he ￿ S￿.. &7.1 ￿ disqualilied under Section 86 01 the Chthities Act (Northem Irelèndl 2rth frwn a5 a thartty trustoe &72 is tr￿pable,￿￿ether mentally ￿ rty5bcally.oF managing h￿orhero￿n affairs &73 i4 absenr fr￿n th￿ consecLrtve meeting5 of the cOrr￿li1r¢ without ¥i(w not¥h"Gition to the Secretary 6.7.4 Ce3￿ to be a Member ol the Assoclati &7.5 resigrs ty ¥bTltt¢n Thjtsce to the COTh￿1ttee tmjt only if at least two aKr¥nittee member5 remain In office &7th 15 by a re5Dlullon passed by a majority of othEr commlttee Membe￿ Removal is not effective until the commlttee member corKemed has been nottfied in wmting of the prop05ai and ot h￿$/ her righi to te5[￿d within 14 dear days, and the matter has beeii COA5Èdered in ￿£hI of any repre￿￿tationS rnade. Membern Éan (￿lY ￿ refflmd w.der ih5d 68 ￿1<(￿￿￿tte*￿I*rkn1r1 arv cntttip.d UJfKL Irom lheAssoc￿%1On vthai•rtw Tund5 ihvy niayhavehAd iopaywt Is acoThwuWKe of runnittAtho h￿0£￿•￿L￿.QRfft&1[A servi(e5 ordÈrtd ty theffl supplied io the chaniy ¥Pt￿th￿Sde(I>￿S￿￿3l be ty l ttee meeting. A resolution which is in wwttlng and signed by all mernber5 is equally vali¢J.The rE501ution may be confaliied in more thon one dDcument aryl trtaied a5 passed on the date ol tht laU ygnature. wrttt•n 4•5dutlM do noi ￿0￿4 ￿ qJport.JThlytfp d*baie 15sueas harw èi a meetinK 7.5 Thc LO51in#yOtt Il to thppv5w kn charge of iherneetl￿È￿d is Int￿ed to¢DaUe i Except for the Chak of the meetin& who ha5 a S￿OTrd or castlng vote. every Comm￿tee rnember has one Vote ￿ eath1ssU¢. POVIERS OF COMMirrEE The following power5 art available to the Commlttee to help Nn the & POWERS OF COMMITfEE 8 1 Commlttlr 15 ￿gAUY ulwlyy￿-L1j11i1r4blle￿. It IS &i To dde8ate ary ILWKtlons of the Cornmittee to sub-comrnlttees recorded in the mlnutes ol the Committee metttng aL whlch rhe dKigonV￿S[aken.ThesQ mustcons15toftwoorm(xe per50nsapp()inted the CommltteÈ but at least one member of every sub-committee Twst ￿ a comrnitttt mtmi*r. Ail 5ub-commlrtee proceedlngs must e rryorted to the Commlttee ihè1pspons￿lIll1iE5oI each M1b-¢¢Trmrt￿*tth ioiopori ba(kfotM b• tthen byih maincornrth. 8.2 To make R￿e$ coDsist•nt wth ihi5 Consttiution aboui the Commltt•• and wb-committeES. to govtm PToceedlngs at General m•rtlngs ènd 8tr*RIty aiwt thp Nnnliig of the Asso¢iailon includlng operalion ol bank accounts cOrrKnitn￿￿ of funds dlllwoiil i¥rClStiiih¢ nTh)Iniot th*Au•d*k4b PROPERfY& FUNDS 9.1 AnywopeiTyo• 14E ishdd¢thtnrtt to 0thlewtihefvrp￿ PROPERfrf & FUNDS ThE prtweity and lunds ol the Assod•tlM musi ODty be usèd to lullll theW (see thuse 21. 92 T1￿chIllI1¥￿t (NwihLYnkfdrf 9.2 can enter into contracts with the Associatlon the provisi¢)n o18oods and sermces to the Assoclailon (bill not contrètts ol ern￿oYMent ￿th the A550d•tlon except with the prlor TStten consent ol the CCNII wovlded thai.- ttlie Trymed 93 lth• yi In￿￿8￿Y dt¢151(4IITc¥nthich Ihty mi8ht •fii wher￿ 9.Z.1 rhe Ma￿￿￿jM 15 5•1 out in %wltin8 and is reasonable lor the 5er¥ice5 WfpAed Iiwiei Iiithp