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Fifth Schedule—(Provisions As To Club Rules)

Volume 645: debated on Friday 28 July 1961

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Lords Amendment: In page 60, line 5, at end insert:

"and
(c) if the rules make special provision for family membership or family subscriptions or any similar provision, the rules may exclude from voting either generally or on particular matters, all or any of the persons taking the benefit of that provision as being members of a persons family, other than that person."

I beg to move, That the House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment.

Paragraph 2 (4) of this Schedule governs voting at general meetings or elections by clubs and provides that all members must be entitled to vote with the exception of the classes of members listed in the proviso. The Amendment provides for the case of family membership. As hon. Members will know, many clubs have rules that provide that the husband or wife of a member may become a member on payment of a reduced subscription but may not vote, and sometimes that concession is extended to the children of members. The Amendment adds the family class of non-voting members to those classes already in the proviso.

Question put and agreed to.

Subsequent Lords Amendments agreed to.