RULES. [As at 20 th May 2012]

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1 RULES [As at 20 th May 2012]

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Rules Page 1. NAME OBJECTS POWERS REGISTERED OFFICE ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP CESSATION OF ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP PATRONS GENERAL MEETINGS BOARD POWERS OF THE BOARD BOARD MEETINGS CEO DUTIES OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND VICE-CHAIRPERSON FINANCIAL MATTERS MEMBER GROUP RULES ALTERATION OF RULES BY-LAWS NOTICES INDEMNITY COMMON SEAL FINANCIAL YEAR DISSOLUTION MATTERS NOT PROVIDED FOR IN THESE RULES INTERPRETATION...14 Page 2 of 16

3 RULES NEW ZEALAND RIDING FOR THE DISABLED ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 1. NAME The name of the society is the New Zealand Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporated (the Association). 2. OBJECTS The objects for which the Association is established are to: (d) (e) provide a support and advisory service to all Member Groups, to ensure common standards of instruction, horsemanship and riding therapy amongst the Member Groups consistent with the principles and practices of the Riding for the Disabled movement; encourage and support the formation and administration of Member Groups; encourage and support opportunities for medical and educational research into the beneficial effects of horse riding for all types of disability, and to publish the results of such research for national and international use; provide training of coaches, therapists and all personnel of Member Groups in the techniques of horsemanship and therapeutic horse riding; encourage and support: (i) (ii) active networks of Association representation and Riders at regional and national levels; and self-advocacy and involvement of riders in all Association decision-making structures; (f) (g) maintain and enhance the reputation, both within New Zealand and overseas, of the Riding for the Disabled movement; and do all things as may be necessary and/or prudent to bring to the notice of the wider community, including Government funding agencies, the benefits to people with disabilities of the Riding for the Disabled movement; 3. POWERS (together, the Objects). The Association shall have all of the powers of a natural person, to the maximum extent permitted by law, to promote the Objects, including the powers to: borrow or raise money from time to time, without or by the issue of any security based on all or any of the property and/or rights of the Association; invest or pay money in such a manner as the Association may consider necessary or proper in the furtherance of any of the Objects; purchase, take on lease or in exchange or on hire or otherwise acquire, hold or dispose of any real or personal property and any rights or privileges which the Association may consider necessary or proper in the furtherance of any of the Objects; Page 3 of 16

4 (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) (j) take all necessary steps to prevent the use of the name Riding for the Disabled or RDA or similar by unauthorised persons or organizations, including former Member Groups; subscribe to, become a member of, affiliate with, co-operate with, give donations to or assist any Group, Organisation or Association the purpose of which is to assist persons with disabilities; grant any rights or privileges to Members and delegate powers to the Board and employ such professional persons, agents, officers and employees as the Association may consider necessary or proper in the furtherance of any of the Objects; collect and disseminate statistical data, foster and undertake research into any aspect of the Objects and the Association s work; do all such other things, including the making of By-laws, as are reasonably necessary or incidental to promote the Objects; take all necessary steps to ensure Member Organisations meet the requirement of the Operation Certificate; and disaffiliate Member Organisations that consistently fail to comply with the Operation Certificate. 4. REGISTERED OFFICE The registered office of the Association is at such place in New Zealand as the Board may from time to time decide. 5. ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP 5.1 A Member may be a Member Group, Honorary Life Member or Life Member. Admission as a Member Group 5.2 To be a Member Group, a group of persons must have: become an Incorporated Society under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908; be registered as a charity by the NZ Charities Commission; adopted Group Rules in accordance with rule 15; (d) (e) (f) (g) (h) (i) applied for status as an Intending Member Group by notifying the Association in writing that it intends to establish a Riding for the Disabled Group within the next 12 months; held a local workshop or course conducted by regional or national training personnel; Agreed to reach the required standards as outlined in the NZRDA Policies, Procedures and Standards Manual; submitted to the Association a completed written application, in such form as the Association may prescribe from time to time, to become a Member Group, together with such affiliation and other fees as the Association may prescribe from time to time; been admitted as a Member Group by a majority vote of the Board; and through its delegate, vote at General Meetings. Page 4 of 16

5 Rights and Obligations of each Member Group 5.3 Each member shall display the Association s logo and adhere to the brand standards and, use the official title [ ] New Zealand, Riding for the Disabled and Obligations of each Member Group 5.4 Each Member Group must: (d) (e) support the Board s resolution; promptly pay all affiliation and other fees levied on it by the Association; conduct its activities in a manner favourable to the continuance and advancement of the Riding for the Disabled movement and preserve harmony within the Association; adopt and continually act in accordance with the values of the Association; and comply with standards developed by the Association. Rights of Intending Member Groups 5.5 Each Intending Member Group may, through its representatives, attend General Meetings and have speaking rights (but not be entitled to vote) at such General Meetings. 5.6 Be entitled to assistance available from the Association. Admission as an Honorary Life Member 5.7 Any individual member of: (d) the Board; a Member Group; the Association Training Team; or The Riders; may be admitted as an Honorary Life Member by a majority vote of the Board if he or she has: (e) (f) (g) been nominated for admission as an Honorary Life Member by a Member Group, the Board, the Training Advisory Board or Riders submitting to the Board a nomination form (in the Association s prescribed form); had a minimum of 10 years involvement in the Association s activities at a national level; and in the opinion of all or a majority of the Board Members: (i) (ii) (iii) made a significant and innovative contribution to the Riding for the Disabled movement in New Zealand; had a personal, positive impact on the Riding for the Disabled movement in New Zealand; and promoted the work of the Association in a conspicuous manner. Page 5 of 16

6 5.8 Each Honorary Life Member may attend General Meetings and have speaking rights (but not be entitled to vote) at such General Meetings, but shall not be entitled to any other privileges of membership of the Association. No affiliation or other fee is payable to the Association by an Honorary Life Member. Admission as a Life Member 5.9 An individual may be admitted as a Life Member by written notice from the Association 5.10 Each Life Member may attend General Meetings and have speaking rights (but not be entitled to vote) at such General Meetings but shall not be entitled to any other privileges of membership of the Association The CEO shall keep a register of all Members that contains the details in respect of each Member required under Section 22 of the Act (the Members Register). 6. CESSATION OF ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP Resignation 6.1 Any Member may resign from membership of the Association by: giving the CEO not less than 30 days notice in writing setting out the reasons for the resignation (the Resignation Notice); and in the case of a Member Group: (i) (ii) confirming in the Resignation Notice that such resignation is in accordance with the Member Group s rules/constitution; and paying any affiliation or other fees owed to the Association up to the date on which the resignation takes effect; Termination of Membership by the Board 6.2 The Board may, by a 2/3 majority vote, terminate a Member s membership of the Association with immediate effect if that Member: (d) (e) fails to observe any Rule or By-law; is guilty of any act or omission which in the opinion of the Board is prejudicial to the reputation, interests or harmony of the Association, any Member Group or the Riding for the Disabled movement; is at least 3 months in arrears of payment of any affiliation or other fees payable to the Association; fails to comply with the Association s standards as defined in the NZRDA Resources, Policies and Procedures Manual (in the case of a Member Group) is dissolved. Removal from Members Register 6.3 The name of each Member who has resigned or whose membership has been terminated under these Rules shall be removed from the Members Register as at the date on which such resignation or termination took effect. 7. PATRONS 7.1 At the AGM each year a patron or patrons of the Association may be elected following nomination by the Board. Page 6 of 16

7 7.2 A patron of the Association shall have the rights and privileges of an Honorary Life Member. 8. GENERAL MEETINGS 8.1 The Association will have two types of General Meeting, being Annual General Meetings and Special General Meetings. 8.2 The Association in General Meeting may, by resolution, exercise all powers and discretions of the Association notwithstanding that such powers may have been delegated to the Board in accordance with these Rules. Annual General Meetings 8.3 The AGM of the Association shall be held in each year at such time and place as the Board shall determine. Not more than 18 months shall elapse between the date of one AGM and that of the next. 8.4 The business of each AGM shall include, in accordance with these Rules: confirming the minutes of the previous AGM and any Special General Meetings held since the previous AGM; receiving and adopting the Association s annual report and audited financial statements; and appointing RDA Members who are up for election at the AGM in accordance with rule Any notices of resolutions to be considered at the AGM must be received by the CEO at least six weeks before the date of the AGM to be included in the business papers that AGM. 8.6 No later than four weeks before an AGM the Secretary shall circulate to all Member Groups an agenda for the AGM accompanied by all related business reports and other papers received by the CEO. Special General Meetings 8.7 The Chairperson may at any time and for any special purpose call a Special General Meeting and must do so promptly upon receipt of a notice signed on behalf of at least 10 Member Groups that specifies the purpose of the meeting (the Requisition Notice). If the Chairperson fails to call a Special General Meeting within 10 days after the date of such Requisition Notice those Member Groups themselves may convene a Special General Meeting. 8.8 The CEO shall give at least 14 days written notice to all Members of the holding of a Special General Meeting and such notice shall specify the business to be transacted. Quorum 8.9 At any General Meeting, 17 Member Groups shall constitute a quorum, provided that if within half an hour of the time appointed for the commencement of the General Meeting a quorum is not present, the meeting shall stand adjourned to a date (appointed by the Chairperson the General Meeting) within fourteen days of such meeting and if at the adjourned meeting a quorum is not present, then the meeting shall proceed as if a quorum existed. Notice of such adjourned meeting shall be given in the same manner as for an original notice except that the period of notice shall be not less than 7 days and the notice shall state that the Member Groups present by representative at the adjourned meeting, whatever their number, shall form a quorum. Voting 8.10 Only Member Groups shall be entitled to vote at any General Meeting Each Member Group shall have one vote at a General Meeting, which will be exercised by its delegate at the General Meeting. No delegate may represent more than one Member Group but, in the case of an inability of its duly appointed delegate to attend, a Member Group may appoint as its substitute delegate a person who is a Page 7 of 16

8 delegate of another Member Group to attend and vote for it at any General Meeting, but such appointment shall be in writing and be handed to the Chairperson of the meeting prior to the commencement of the meeting Voting at all General Meetings will be by a show of hands, unless the Chairperson of the meeting, or at least five of the Member Groups, wishes to conduct the voting by ballot No right to vote is exercisable by any Member Group at any General Meeting unless all affiliation and other fees then due and payable to the Association have been paid by that Member Group before that meeting Except if these Rules or the Act provides otherwise, any resolution submitted to a General Meeting shall be deemed to be passed if the majority of the valid votes cast are in favour of the resolution. Chairperson of General Meetings 8.15 The Chairperson (and in his or her absence the Vice-Chairperson) shall preside as the Chairperson of all General Meetings. If neither the Chairperson nor the Vice-Chairperson is present within 30 minutes of the time appointed for commencement of the meeting, the Member Groups present may choose one of their number to chair the meeting. The Chairperson at a General Meeting shall, where necessary, have a casting vote at all General Meetings. Method of holding General Meetings 8.16 Any General Meeting can be held: by the number of Members, who constitute a quorum, being assembled together at the place, date and time appointed for the meeting; or by means of audio, or audio and visual communication by which all the Members participating and constituting a quorum can simultaneously hear each other throughout the meeting. 9. BOARD Composition of the Board 9.1 The Board shall consist of up to eight persons being: up to four Members appointed in accordance with rule 9.3 (the RDA Members); up to four Members appointed in accordance with rule 9.4 (the Co-opted Members); Casual Vacancies 9.2 In the event of a casual vacancy in any position on the Board (whether caused by death or some other means) the remaining Board Members may appoint a replacement Board Member to fill the vacancy until the next AGM following his/her appointment. Appointment of the RDA Members 9.3 RDA Members may be appointed at each AGM in accordance with following procedures: nominations for up to four RDA Members, or nominations for a replacement for any RDA Member who is vacating his or her position on the Board at an AGM or has vacated his or her position prior to the AGM shall be called for by the CEO in notice of an AGM; nominations for the RDA Members as called for under 9.3 shall be made only by Member Groups and may be received by the CEO at any time up to six weeks before the AGM; Page 8 of 16

9 any person nominated as an RDA Member shall be elected by a ballot of the Member Groups at the AGM, conducted as follows: (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) at the AGM at which up to four RDA Members are to be appointed there will be up to four voting papers; one paper for each for each of Areas 1 and 3, with two for Area Two.. at subsequent AGMs, there will be one voting paper for each NZRDA Area that needs to appoint a replacement RDA Member from that area; each voting paper will have on it the names (including Member Group and the NZRDA area they come from) of each individual nominated for appointment to the Board (the RDA nominees); a representative of each Member Group present may cast a vote for a RDA nominee on each voting form; the votes will be counted and, in respect of each NZRDA Area with a voting paper, the RDA nominee with the most votes will be appointed by the AGM as that NZRDA Area s RDA Board Member; if, in respect of an NZRDA Area, more than one RDA Nominee receives the most votes, the representatives of each of the Member Groups based in that NZRDA Area and present at the AGM will cast a vote for one of the tied RDA Nominees and the RDA Nominee with the most votes will be appointed by the AGM as that NZRDA Area s RDA Board Member. Appointment of Co-opted Members 9.4 Co-opted Members are appointed to the Board by RDA Members at Board Meetings. RDA Members can vote to remove a Co-opted Member from the Board at any time. Appointment of Officers 9.5 At the first meeting after each AGM, the RDA Members will appoint or reappoint from among the Board Members a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson (at least one of the Board Members should represent a disability perspective). Duration of Membership and Office 9.6 Each Board Member shall remain a Board Member, and each Officer shall continue to hold his or her office, until the earliest of: in the case of an Officer or a Board Member appointed in accordance with rule 9.2, the next AGM following his or her appointment (at or following which the Board Member and/or Officer shall be eligible for reappointment); the date of the Officer s or Board Member s written resignation from the position is received by the Association; the date the: (i) (ii) Board Member is removed from the position by a vote of the majority of the Member Groups present at a General Meeting; Officer is removed from his or her office by a majority vote at a Board Meeting. Page 9 of 16

10 10. POWERS OF THE BOARD The administration of the Association shall be vested in the Association in General Meeting and shall be delegated to the Board. The Board may exercise all the powers and discretions of the Association and do on behalf of the Association all such acts as the Board may deem necessary or expedient in the interests of the Association, including exercising the powers to: (d) (e) raise, invest, guarantee or borrow funds as the Board sees fit; remunerate any individual, group or body for services to the Association and pay all the expenses of the Association; purchase, sell, manage, lease, mortgage, dispose of or otherwise deal with all or any part of the assets of the Association; appoint committees, sub-committees and ad-hoc committees as required to carry out the work of the Association and to delegate any of its powers to such committees; and employ and dismiss staff or delegate the employment and dismissal of staff to the CEO. 11. BOARD MEETINGS 11.1 The Board may regulate its own procedures for Board Meetings, provided that such procedures are not inconsistent with these Rules Three Voting Board Members shall be a quorum at all meetings of the Board. Resolutions of the Board shall be passed by majority unless these Rules provide otherwise. Each Board Member shall be entitled to exercise one vote Notwithstanding any contrary provision in these Rules, a resolution in writing signed by such of the Board Members as would constitute a quorum at a Board Meeting shall be as valid and effective as if it had been passed at a Board Meeting duly convened and constituted. Any such resolution may consist of several documents (including facsimile, or other electronic means of communication) in like form each signed or assented to by one or more Board Members The Chairperson shall, where necessary, have a casting vote at all Board Meetings Board Meetings will be held approximately every two months or more often if required Subject to rule 11.5 Board Meetings shall be held by order of the Chairperson, or on request to the Chairperson by at least two Members of the Board Each Board Member in New Zealand shall receive at least 10 days notice of Board Meetings Each Board Member shall, at any Board Meeting at which the matter is first raised, declare the nature of any pecuniary interest or conflict of interest that he or she may have, either directly or indirectly, in any matter to be considered by the Board Any Board Meeting can be held: by the number of Board Members, who constitute a quorum, being assembled together at the place, date and time appointed for the meeting; or by means of audio, or audio and visual communication by which all the Board Members participating and constituting a quorum can simultaneously hear each other throughout the meeting. Page 10 of 16

11 12. CEO The duties of the CEO will be defined in the job description 13. DUTIES OF THE CHAIRPERSON AND VICE-CHAIRPERSON 13.1 The duty of the Chairperson is to preside at all Board Meetings and General Meetings The duties of the Vice-Chairperson are to assist the Chairperson and, in the absence of the Chairperson, to act in place of the Chairperson. 14. FINANCIAL MATTERS Funds 14.1 All funds of the Association (the Funds) shall be paid into a bank to the credit of the Association and all payments drawn on the Funds shall be approved by any two Board Members All payments by the Association will be made and approved in accordance with the Delegated Authority Policy agreed by the Board. Investments 14.3 The Board, or such person or persons appointed by Board, shall invest the Funds or any part of them in any securities and upon such terms as may be determined by Board to be beneficial to the Association in attaining its Objects Notwithstanding that any such investment or security may not be authorised by law for the investment of trust funds or that it may not be productive of income, the Board Members collectively and individually shall not be responsible or accountable for any loss of Funds by reason of the Board making or varying any investment. Affiliation Fees 14.5 Each Member Group shall pay such affiliation and other fees as may from time to time be determined by the AGM and on or before such date as shall be determined by the AGM If any Member Group, without a dispensation granted by Board, fails to pay the affiliation or other fees in full within three months the Member Group shall be deemed not to be in good standing and therefore may not exercise the right to vote at any General Meeting The Board may on such grounds as it thinks fit: remit either wholly or in part any affiliation or other fee; or grant more time for its payment Perpetual Members Trust 14.8 The Perpetual Members Trust shall consist of named persons as per the Official Perpetual Members Trust Deed (the Trust Deed). The persons so named shall be such appointees as the Board may elect from time to time in accordance with the Trust Deed. The funds so administered by the Perpetual Members Trust will not be entered in the Association s annual report and balance sheet, but will be reported to each AGM The power of appointment of new trustees for the Perpetual Members Trust is jointly vested in the surviving or continuing trustees and the Board. The duties of the trustees are set out in the Trust Deed (as amended). Page 11 of 16

12 15. MEMBER GROUP RULES 15.1 Each Member Group shall: adopt rules in a form with prior approval by the Board not repeal, add to or alter its rules or regulations Any amendments authorised by the Board to Group Rules must be implemented and agreed to: a special General Meeting of the Member Group within three months of such an authorisation; or the following Annual General Meeting of the Member Group Each Group Rules shall: specify that the Member Group s rules include the following (or substantially similar) Objects: (i) to provide therapeutic interaction with horses in order to develop increased ability and self-esteem for children and adults with physical and intellectual disabilities (ii) to do all such other things as are conducive or incidental to the attainment of the above Objects or any of them and to the continuance and advancement of the Riding for the Disabled movement ; (iii) to employ staff to perform work of a special nature to further these Objects: (iv) in respect of any remuneration detailed in clauses (and others), any person who is a member of the Group shall not be able to determine or materially influence in any way whatsoever any income, benefit or advantage that she/he may receive as a result of her/his employment by the Group and such persons shall not participate in any deliberations and proceedings by which income, benefit or advantage is being determined ; (v) the property, effects and money of Group, shall belong to Group as an Incorporated Body and no member shall acquire any personal interest or individual interest in any of the property of the organisation by virtue of being a member of the Group ; and contain the following Dissolution Clause: Any assets remaining after satisfaction of all proper debts or liabilities shall be distributed to such other Riding for the Disabled Groups and/or the New Zealand Riding for the Disabled Association Incorporated as the Group may in General Meeting decide PROVIDED THAT if any such assets have been purchased or developed with financial aid through the local community, such as assets or facilities shall be distributed to such other local and recognised charitable incorporated societies as the Group may in General Meeting decide or to the local community for public recreational purposes Following any amendment of the rules of a Member Group the actual defined name of the Member Group shall be substituted in rule 15.3 wherever the word Group appears. 16. ALTERATION OF RULES 16.1 These rules may be altered, added to, rescinded or replaced with a completely new set of rules by a resolution passed by a simple majority of valid votes exercised by those Members present at a General Meeting of which at Page 12 of 16

13 least 28 days prior written notice has been given, provided that no alteration, addition to, rescission or replacement of the Rules may be made if its effect would be to alter the charitable nature of the Objects Every notice under rule 16.1 must state the purpose of the proposed alteration, addition, rescission or replacement Duplicate copies of every such alteration, addition, rescission or replacement shall be delivered to the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of the Act. 17. BY-LAWS The Board may make, amend or rescind By-laws not inconsistent with these Rules for the following purposes: (d) (e) the creation of Board sub-committees and the appointment of members to such sub-committees; regulating voting procedures at AGMs and prescribing standing orders for meetings of the Association and the Board; regulating the manner of making, amending or rescinding By-laws; constituting the boundaries, number, membership, voting procedures and standing orders of the Regions; prescribing and publishing appropriate operating guidelines or group resource manuals from time to time to be adopted by all Member Groups and regions to ensure common standards. 18. NOTICES Every notice required to be given to Members or any one of them shall be deemed to have been duly delivered three days after posting if posted to such Member addressed to it at its last address known to the Association. 19. INDEMNITY 19.1 Each Member of the Board is indemnified out of the assets of the Association in respect of liability (not being criminal liability) to any person (other than the Association) for any act or omission in his or her capacity as a member of the Board and for all costs incurred by that Member of the Board in defending or settling any claim or proceeding relating to any such liability Insurance coverage will be held by NZ Riding for the Disabled to cover fines and costs of defending any action brought against the insured through a breach or alleged breach of any Acts of Parliament (with the exceptions) 19.3 Insurance coverage will be held by NZ Riding for the Disabled covering legal liability for itself and the Board for a breach of duty, legal defence costs, compensation for court attendance and loss of documents 20. COMMON SEAL 20.1 The Common Seal of the Association shall be that adopted by the Board who shall be responsible for the safe custody and control of it Whenever the Common Seal of the Association is required to be affixed to any deed, document or other instrument the seal shall be used in accordance with the Delegated Authority Policy agreed by the Board. 21. FINANCIAL YEAR The financial year of the Association will end on 31 December in each year, or as may otherwise be determined by the Board from time to time. Page 13 of 16

14 22. DISSOLUTION 22.1 In accordance with Section 24 of the Act, the Association may be put into liquidation if: the Association, at a General Meeting, passes a resolution appointing a liquidator; and the resolution is confirmed at a subsequent General Meeting called together for that purpose and held not earlier than 30 days after the date in which the resolution to be confirmed was passed If at any such General Meeting it is decided by a simple majority of those present and entitled to vote that the Association should be liquidated, all surplus assets after the payment of all costs, debts and liabilities shall be paid to such recognised charitable body or bodies, for charitable purposes within New Zealand as the Special General Meeting shall decide. 23. MATTERS NOT PROVIDED FOR IN THESE RULES If any matter shall arise which is not, in the opinion of the Board, provided for under these Rules and By-laws, the matter shall be determined by the Board as it sees fit, and every such determination shall be binding on the Association unless and until set aside in General Meeting. 24. INTERPRETATION In these Rules, unless the context requires otherwise: Act means the Incorporated Societies Act 1908; Annual General Meeting and AGM mean the annual meeting of the Members held in accordance with rules 8.3 to 8.6; Association has the meaning set out in rule 1; Board means the Board of the Association constituted under rule 9; Board Member means a person appointed to the Board in accordance with rule 9.1; By-laws means the by-laws of the Association made by the Board in accordance with rule 17; Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board for the time being appointed in accordance with rule 9.5; Co-opted Member means a person appointed to the Board in accordance with rule 9.4; CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Association for the time being appointed by the Board; Financial Statement has the meaning set out in rule 8.4; General Meeting means an Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting; Group Rules has the meaning set out in rule 15; Honorary Life Member means an individual who has been admitted as an Honorary Life Member in accordance with rule 5.7; Intending Member Group means a group that has notified the Association in writing that it intends to establish a Riding for the Disabled Group within the next 12 months; Life Member means an individual who has been admitted as a Life Member in accordance with rule 5.9; Page 14 of 16

15 Member means each person who is from time to time a member of the Association pursuant to rule 5; Member Group means a group that is admitted as a Member in accordance with rule 5.2; Members Register has the meaning set out in rule 5.10; NZRDA Area means the areas of New Zealand identified from time to time by the Board; Objects has the meaning set out in rule 2; Officer means the Chairperson and CEO Perpetual Members Trust means the New Zealand Riding for the Disabled Association Perpetual Members Trust established by Deed dated 14 April 1980 to manage the Trust funds of the Association; RDA Members has the meaning set out in rule 9.1; RDA Nominees has the meaning set out in rule 9.3(iii); Registrar means the Registrar of Incorporated Societies under the Act; Resignation Notice has the meaning set out in rule 6.1; Requisition Notice has the meaning set out in rule 8.7; Rules means these rules of the Association and includes all amendments to them from time to time; Special General Meetings means a meeting of Members held in accordance with rules 8.7 and 8.8; Vice-Chairperson means the Vice-Chairperson of the Board for the time being appointed in accordance with rule 9.5; and Voting Board Members means those Board Members who, in accordance with these Rules, have the right to vote at a Board Meeting. Page 15 of 16

16 These Rules were adopted by the Association, in accordance with the previous rules of the Association, at the AGM held in on In accordance with section 21 (2) of the Incorporated Societies Act 1908, the adoption of these Rules is sealed by the following three Member Groups. THE COMMON SEAL of ) ) ) was affixed to these Rules in the presence of: THE COMMON SEAL of ) ) ) was affixed to these Rules in the presence of: Page 16 of 16