7. The regulations of fees and subscriptions shall be as follows:
A. Subject to any alterations which may be decided by the Committee, the Membership Fee (the fee) and the Annual Subscription (the subscription) shall be decided at the A.G.M.
B. The fee shall be charged each new Ordinary or Associate Member and shall be due on joining the Association. The responsibility for collecting these charges shall rest with the Treasurer.
C. National Subscriptions shall be determined by the yearly running costs of the Association, however, Branch Subscriptions shall be at the discretion of the Members of that particular Branch.
BRANCHES:
8. The creation and control of Branches shall be as follows:
A. Branches may be set up throughout the United Kingdom, and Europe with the granting of a Warrant from the Committee and provided that there is a minimum of five (5) Ordinary Members residing within the area, three (3) of who are prepared to stand for election to the offices of Branch Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer. The suspension or withdrawal of the Warrant and dissolution of any existing Branch shall be at the discretion of the Committee.
B. Branches are to be self financing and responsible for the management of their Membership, the Branch accounts, public relations and communicating with the Committee. Audited copies of the Branch accounts may be forwarded to the Treasurer at the discretion of the Branch.
C. Applications for Branch Membership outside the Branch area may be accepted solely at the request of such Members, no attempt will be made by any Branch or individual Member, to exclusively recruit other existing Branch Members.
D. Branches may establish their own local rules, those rules shall not negate any part of this Constitution.
E. Branches shall not sell Association regalia at a price that is higher than that stipulated by the Committee.