1 Name.

The name of the Association will be The King's Lynn Angling Association.

2. Objectives.

The objectives of the Association shall be to provide the facilities of angling for its members, including organisation and the provision of angling and to promote the interests of angling and anglers.

3. Organisation.

3A. There shall be not less than two nor more than four Trustees of the Association, save that a corporate body may be the sole Trustee.

The Trustees being :

1. M.Grief
2. M. Harding
3. K. Allen

3B. The Trustees shall hold office until death or resignation or until removed from office by a resolution passed by 80% of members voting at an AGM.

3C. The Trustees shall be indemnified out of the assets of the Association against any risk and expense incurred by them in pursuance of their office.

3D. In order to ensure the smooth running of the Association, the Association will be run by two Committees.
A Steering Committee consisting of Trustees and 3 officers (Chairman. Secretary and Treasurer)

• Ownership and Terms of Reference
• Constitutional amendments (to be put before next AGM)
• Changes and amendments to leases
• Budget setting to General Committee
• Health and Safety Policy
• Reviewing reports from General Committee

• Ownership and Terms of Reference
• Receiving reports from members and taking appropriate action
• Agreeing a fishery management program
• Assigning baliffing tasks and schedules
• Assigning and reviewing Health and Safety reports and taking necessary actions
• Reviewing monthly baliffing reports
• Reviewing income and outgoings against budget.
• Reviewing and acting on national bodies communications (NFA, NAFAC, ACA)
• Reviewing and acting on EA literature and enquires

This committee will meet 12 times annually


3E. Nominations to fill any vacancy on the General committee may be made in writing to the Secretary at any time throughout the year.
The standing committee may vote on the election of the new nominee at the following General committee meeting.

3F. All property of the Association (except cash, which shall be under the control of the Hon. Treasurer) including leases and fishing leases shall be vested in the Trustees to be dealt with by them as the Committee directs.

3G. Except as otherwise provided by these rules, a majority vote of the committees shall carry any motion or resolution, save that no Rule may be made, repealed or amended on a vote of less than two-thirds of the Steering committee present at a Quarterly committee meeting. With a minimum quorum of four of which 2 must be Trustees, and the same shall have effect until confirmed at the following AGM.

3H. The Association General committee will maintain a set of bye-laws for the day to day issues of the Association, provided that such bye-laws be passed by at least two-thirds of the committee present at a monthly committee meeting, with a minimum quorum of six of which 2 must be Officers.

3I. The responsibility for running club matches resides with the Match Secretary, with a monthly review at committee meetings.

4. Management.

4A. The Association members will adhere to the standing byelaws as printed in the member’s ticket.

4B. Life members and Vice Presidents may only be proposed by either the Chairman or Secretary and must receive support of three-quarters of the standing committee.

4C. The general committee shall report quarterly on the state of warning signs covering power cables.

4D. The committee shall maintain Public liability insurance to cover its members on all Association waters.

4E. Any leakage of information from the committee regarding the Association business will be seen as bring the Association into disrepute. The committee member will lose his/her position on the committee.

4F. A committee member missing three consecutive meetings without good reason, shall be asked to forfeit his/her position.

4G. The Association accounts will be audited annually by an appointed auditor.


4H. The Association will maintain a membership record. This will be in the form of membership numbers attached to each member’s Season ticket. All members Season tickets sold by the Association’s appointed agents / bailiffs must be signed and addressed when purchased.

4I. It is the responsibility of the Associations agents / bailiffs to ensure that all counterfoils are returned to the Association.

5. Membership.

5A. The following classes of membership are available within the Association and are only valid where both the individual angler and the Association hold a current signed and addressed members ticket and counterfoil. These are not transferable.

Full Member
Concessionary Member
Temporary Member
Junior Member
Life Member

5B. Temporary membership tickets are available from the appointed Association Bailiffs and agents.

5C. Members who break any of the Association bye-laws or who in the opinion of the General committee tends to be injurious to the interests and or damages the reputation of the Association may be expelled, provided that a reasonable opportunity to defend and justify themselves either in writing or by appearing before the General committee has been made.

5D.

5E. Junior members of the Association are required to be under seventeen years of age on or before June the 16th.

5F. The association is committed to promote the welfare, health and full development of children who express a wish to undertake angling. We aim to protect them from harm of all kinds, whilst recognising that they have rights as individuals and should be treated with dignity and respect.

5G Members entitled to a concessionary permit, must show at the time of purchase a current Environment Agency Concessionary rod licence.

6. Annual General Meetings.

6A. An Annual General Meeting shall be held not later than 3rd Week in May each year. The agenda for such meetings will be made available at least 14 days before the nominated annual date, which is listed annually within members permits.

6B. No member residing outside a 15-mile radius of King's Lynn is entitled to vote at the AGM.

6C. No members will be admitted to the AGM without holding a current members ticket.

6D. No resolution other than those relating to the adoption of the report and accounts shall be moved at the AGM unless a notice signed by the proposer, together with a seconder to the resolution, who shall both be members of the Association has been received by the Secretary on or before the 1st of April preceding the AGM.
6E. Business for the Annual General Meeting

• Confirm the minutes of the previous AGM
• Receive the audited accounts for the year from the Treasurer
• Receive annual reports from Chairman & Secretary.
• Elect the Officers of the Association Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer.
• Elect an auditor
• Transact such other business as laid down within the agenda

6.F. Nominations for candidates for election of Officers shall be made in writing to the Secretary at least 14 days in advance of the Annual General Meeting. Nominations can only be made by a standing committee member and must be seconded by another Full Member.

6G. Special General Meetings may be convened by the General Committee or upon receipt by the Secretary of a request in writing from not less than 20 Full Members of the Association. At least 21 days notice of the meeting shall be given.

6H. At all General Meetings the Chair will be taken by the Chairperson or in their absence by a deputy appointed by the Association.

7. Dissolution

7.1 If at any General Meeting of the Association a resolution is carried by at least two thirds of the Full Membership for the dissolution of the Association, the Secretary shall immediately convene a Special General Meeting to be held not less than one month thereafter to discuss and vote on the resolution.

7.3 If at the Special General Meeting the resolution is carried by at least two-thirds of the Full Membership present at the meeting, the General Committee shall thereupon, or at such date as specified within the resolution, proceed to realise the assets of the Association and discharge all debts and liabilities of the Association.

7.4 After discharging all debts and liabilities of the Association, the remaining assets shall not be paid or distributed amongst the Full Members. But shall be transferred into trust, enabling the future formation of another organisation, having objectives similar to that of the Association.