The International Association of Broadcast Meteorology is established in the Republic of Ireland as a company limited by guarantee.
The Association is registered with the Companies Office, Dublin, with the registration number 23465.
Membership is open to all relevant individuals or organisations.
The Association is registered with the Companies Office, Dublin, with the registration number 23465.
Membership is open to all relevant individuals or organisations.
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pensions, or other payments, by making payments towards insurance by purchasing annuities, by providing or subscribing towards medical, educational and other attendance and other assistance, and by contributing to any scheme for the providing of pensions or retiring allowances for such persons whether payable by way of annuity or in one payment or otherwise.
(o) Do all or any of the above things either as principals, agents, trustees, or otherwise and either alone or in conjunction with others and by or through agents, trustees or otherwise.
(p) Do all such other things as are incidental to or within the attainment of any of the above objects.
(o) Do all or any of the above things either as principals, agents, trustees, or otherwise and either alone or in conjunction with others and by or through agents, trustees or otherwise.
(p) Do all such other things as are incidental to or within the attainment of any of the above objects.
4. Provided that the organisation shall not support with its funds or endeavour to impose on or procure to be observed by its members or others any regulations or restriction which if an object of the Association would make it a trade union.
5. The income and property of the Association, whencesoever derived, shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the main objects of the Association as set forth in this Memorandum of Association and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise howsoever by way of profit, to the members of the Association. Provided that nothing herein shall prevent the payment, in good faith, of reasonable and proper remuneration to any officer or servant of the Association, or to any member of the Association, in return for any services actually rendered to the Association, nor prevent the payment of interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent per annum on money lent or reasonable and proper rent for premises demised or let by any member to the Association; but so that no director of the Association shall be appointed to any salaried office of the Association or any office of the Association paid by fees and that no remuneration or other benefit in money or money's worth shall be given by the Association to any director, except repayment of out of pocket expenses and interest at the rate aforesaid on money lent or reasonable and proper rent for premises demised or let to the Association: provided that the provision last aforesaid shall not apply to any payment to any Association of which a director may be a member, and in which such member shall not hold more than one hundredth part of the capital, and such member shall not be bound to account for any share of profits (s)he may receive in respect of any such payment. 6. No addition, alteration or amendment shall be made to or in the provisions of the Memorandum or Articles of Association for the time being in force unless the same shall have been previously submitted to and approved by the Minister of Enterprise and Employment provided that in respect of clauses 5 & 8 of the Memorandum of Association such approval shall be given only after consultation with the Minister of Finance.
7. The fifth and sixth paragraph of the Memorandum contain conditions to which a licence granted by the Minister for Enterprise and Employment to the Association in pursuance of Section 24 of the Companies Act, 1963 is subject.
8. If upon the winding up or dissolution of the Association there remains after the satisfaction of all its debts and liabilities any property whatsoever available for distribution, the same shall not be paid to or distributed amongst the members of the Association but shall be given or transferred to some other institution or institutions connected with broadcast meteorology or having objects similar to the objects of the Association and which shall prohibit the distribution of its or their income and property among its or their members to an extent at least as great as is imposed by the Association under or by virtue of clause 5 hereof, such institution or institutions to be determined by the members of the Association at or before the time of dissolution, and if and so far as effect cannot be given to such provision, then to some charitable objects.
9. The liability of the members is limited.
10. Every member of the Association undertakes to contribute to the assets of the Association in the event of it being wound up while he is a member or within one year afterwards for the payment of the debts and liabilities of the Association contracted before he ceases to be a member and the costs, charges and expenses of winding up and for the adjustment of the rights of the contributories among themselves, such amount as may be required not exceeding IR£1.00.
We, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed wish to be formed into an Association in pursuance of this Memorandum of Association.
NAMES, ADDRESSES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF SUBSCRIBERS
DATED THE DAY OF 19
WITNESS TO THE ABOVE SIGNATURES:
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COMPANIES ACTS, 1963 TO l990
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION OF
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCAST METEOROLOGY
1. In these Articles: "the Act" means the Companies Act, 1963 to 1990; "the directors" means the directors for the time being of the Association or the directors present at a meeting of the board of directors and includes any person occupying the position of director by whatever name called; "secretary" means any person appointed to perform the duties of the secretary of the Association; "the seal" means the common seal of the Association; "the office" means the registered office for the time being of the Association.
Expressions referring to writing shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed as including references to printing, lithography, photography and any other modes of representing or reproducing words in a visible form.
Unless the contrary intention appears, words or expressions contained in these Articles shall bear the same meaning as in the Act or any statutory modification thereof in force at the date at which these articles become binding on the Association.