MEMBERSHIP:
4. Membership of the Association shall be as follows:
A. The Membership shall be all those persons whose names are present on the Membership Database or Register of the Membership Secretary.
B. A Database or Register shall also be kept of those Members who are deceased, have resigned or with whom the Association has lost touch.
C. All personal and Service details shall be protected and their security is the sole responsibility of the Membership Secretary.
D. Members shall be classified as Ordinary, Associate, or Honorary.
E. Ordinary Membership is open to all those who have served in H.M. Forces, Commonwealth Forces, Auxiliary Forces, Saint John Ambulance Brigade, Merchant Navy and the Civil Service in the areas covered by the Association.
F. Associate Membership is open to all those who have served in H.M. Forces anywhere, the spouses, widows, widower’s, children, and grandchildren of those who are Ordinary Members or would have qualified for Ordinary Membership and all civilians who were held captive during the Japanese Occupation to the qualifying countries.
G. Honorary Membership shall be proposed by an Ordinary Member for any person not otherwise qualified to apply for Ordinary or Associate Membership and in recognition of special services rendered to the Association, proposals shall be sent to the Membership Secretary for consideration by the Committee. Honorary Members are not permitted to hold office at any level and do not have voting rights but they are not required to pay subscriptions.
H. Every Member shall inform the National Membership Secretary or their Branch Secretary of any change of address, including telephone number, all notices required to be given to any Member shall duly be deemed to have been given if sent to the address present on the National Database.
I. The Membership Database or Register shall be accessible at all reasonable times by any Member who applies to the Membership Secretary.
J. Subject to conditions as laid out in the Data Protection Act. The Association must comply at all times with the freedom on Information and Data Protection Act.