Hetherington Research Club Constitution

Glasgow University Hetherington Research Club  Constitution

1. Name

1.1 The name of the Club shall be Glasgow University Hetherington Research Club. 

2. Object

2.1 The object of the Club shall be to foster, by the provision of catering and recreational facilities, interaction between postgraduate and other advanced students and members of staff of the University of Glasgow. 

3. Membership and subscriptions

3.1 There may be Ordinary Members, Temporary Members, Honorary Members and Affiliates of the Club. The term ‘members of the Club’ shall apply to Ordinary Members, Temporary Members and Honorary Members.
3.2 No person under the age of eighteen years shall be eligible to be a member of the Club. 
3.3 The Committee of Management shall verify the membership of Ordinary Members not less than fourteen days and not more than one calendar month after their application for membership.  Ordinary Members shall not be subject to annual reelection except under the provisions of the Constitution.
3.4 Ordinary Members shall pay an annual subscription, to be determined in advance by the Committee of Management. The membership of Ordinary Members who have not paid their subscription prior to the first day of November in any year shall be deemed to have lapsed; such lapsed Ordinary Members shall be eligible for readmission.
3.5 The following persons are eligible to be Ordinary Members: postgraduate students at the University of Glasgow; members of staff of the University of Glasgow; mature students of the University of Glasgow, where a ‘mature student’ is any student who is or was aged twenty-one years or over when first matriculating on the undergraduate degree course for which he or she is currently registered; current matriculated students at the University of Glasgow who have already obtained a graduate degree from the University of Glasgow or other higher education institution recognised by the University of Glasgow; persons who have previously been Ordinary Members; and other persons as described in the Constitution.
3.6 Honorary Members may be elected, and their Honorary Membership revoked, at a General Meeting of the Club, subject to a motion or motions being proposed and seconded under the provisions of the Constitution.
3.7 Honorary Members shall be treated as Ordinary Members, except that they shall not be liable for the payment of any subscription, and that an Honorary Member shall be eligible to be a candidate for election to the Executive or the Committee of Management only if he or she has previously been, or has previously been eligible to be, an Ordinary Member.
3.8. The following persons are eligible to be Affiliate Members: Postgraduate Students; Members of Staff; Mature Students (as defined in 3.6) at any academic institution recognised at an AGM/EGM of the Club. Also eligible to be Affiliate Members are individuals proposed and seconded under the provision of the Constitution who have aided the Club in forwarding the objectives outlined in 2.1. Affiliate members will not be eligible to vote at any level, hold elected office (they may be co-opted to the CoM) or propose or second Constitutional Amendments. They will also be restricted to 1 guest per Affiliate Member. Affiliate Members shall pay an annual subscription, to be determined by the CoM. None of these provisions apply to paid employees. Under Section 3.8, the Club recognises the University of the West of Scotland.
3.9 Temporary Members may be elected by the Committee of Management from among the following persons for periods of less than one year: participants in conferences and similar meetings of an academic nature which are sponsored by the University of Glasgow or held on its premises or those of the Club; visiting researchers and visiting postgraduate students at the University of Glasgow.
3.10 The Committee of Management may from time to time grant reciprocal use of the Club or any parts of the Club, on conditions that they shall determine, to members of postgraduates’ clubs or equivalent institutions at other universities.
3.11. Paid employees of the Club shall be considered to be Affiliate Members of the Club. Paid employees who, irrespective of their employment status, are eligible to be Ordinary Members of the Club may, upon payment of the  appropriate annual subscription, become Ordinary Members of the Club, excepting that while paid employees, they may not stand for the Executive or the Committee of Management.
3.12 Paid employees who were not eligible prior to their appointment to be Ordinary Members of the Club may, on the termination of their employment, apply for Ordinary Membership.

4. General Meetings

4.1 General Meetings shall be deemed either Annual or Extraordinary General Meetings. There will be one stated Annual General Meeting of the Club, normally to be held in the month of November in each year; there may also be Extraordinary General Meetings as described in the Constitution.
4.2 The Committee of Management shall give twenty-eight days’ notice for the Annual General Meeting, such notice to be displayed prominently in the Club together with the minutes of the previous Annual General Meeting and those of any Extraordinary General Meeting held since the first day of December in the previous year, and an invitation to propose motions for consideration at the Annual General Meeting.
4.3 Motions for consideration at the Annual General Meeting must be proposed and seconded by Ordinary or Honorary Members of the Club and must be received within seven days of the posting of the calling notice referred to in paragraph 4.2 above, and then displayed together with that notice for a period of twenty-one days prior to the Meeting.
4.4 An auditor or auditors shall be appointed by the Annual General Meeting.
4.5 An Extraordinary General Meeting may be called by the Committee of Management or by any ten Ordinary and/or Honorary Members of the Club who shall present a written request to the Committee of Management. The Extraordinary General Meeting must be held within fourteen days of such a request, provided that all Extraordinary General Meetings shall be held during term.
4.6 The Committee of Management shall give ten days’ notice of any Extraordinary General Meeting, such notice to be displayed prominently in the Club together with an invitation to propose motions for consideration at the Meeting.
4.7 Motions for consideration at an Extraordinary General Meeting must be proposed and seconded by Ordinary or Honorary Members of the Club and must be received within five days of the posting of the calling notice referred to in paragraph 4.6 above, and then displayed together with that notice for a period of five days prior to the Meeting.
4.8 All matters at General Meetings shall be decided by a majority of Ordinary and Honorary Members of the Club present and voting, except for amendments to the Constitution and motions for the dismissal from office of one or more members of the Committee of Management, which require the support of two thirds of Ordinary and Honorary Members present and voting, as described in the Constitution.
4.9 General Meetings shall be chaired by the President, whom failing, by another member of the Executive, or, in the absence of the Executive or if otherwise agreed, by another member of the Committee of Management. The chairperson shall have a casting vote in the event of a tie, but shall not otherwise be entitled to exercise a vote at the Meeting.
4.10 The quorum for all General Meetings shall be one fifth of the Ordinary Members and Honorary Members of the Club, or twenty-five Ordinary and Honorary Members, whichever is the lesser.

5. Election of the Committee of Management and Executive

5.1. The election of the Honorary Treasurer shall normally take place in the month of November each year. The election of the President, the Honorary Secretary, and of Ordinary Members of the Committee of Management shall normally take place in the month of March in each year.
5.2 The Committee of Management shall appoint a Returning Officer who is not a member of the Club and a Depute Returning Officer who may be a member of the Club but who shall not be a member of the Committee of Management. The Returning Officers shall be responsible for supervising the proper conduct of the election. The Depute Returning Officer shall not be a candidate and shall not be entitled to vote, in any election for which he or she has been appointed as Depute Returning Officer.
5.3 Only Ordinary and Honorary Members of the Club shall be entitled to vote in elections to the Executive and the Committee of Management. Candidates must be Ordinary Members of the Club, or Honorary Members of the Club who have previously been, or have previously been eligible to be, Ordinary Members.
5.4 Nominations must be made, and seconded, by Ordinary Members or Honorary Members of the Club.
5.5 Nominations shall be accepted for each of the Executive positions and for Ordinary Membership of the Committee of Management. A separate ballot shall be held for each of the Executive positions.
5.6 A candidate may be nominated for any one Executive position and for Ordinary Membership of the Committee of Management.
5.7 Nominations shall be open for fourteen days and shall close seven days prior to the election. All nominations must be on the nomination papers provided. The full name, membership number and signature of each candidate, proposer and seconder must be provided on the nomination papers.
5.8 All nominations shall be prominently displayed in the Club for seven days prior to the election.
5.9 The Returning Officer or Depute Returning Officer shall provide each candidate with a copy of the sections of the Constitution regarding electoral procedures.
5. 10 Canvassing material is limited to a single A4 sheet on the notice board provided. 5.11 The date of elections and the hours of polling shall be posted with the opening of nominations. An evening Hustings will be held during the seven-day period between the closing of nominations and the election.
5.12 Polling shall take place over two consecutive weekdays with the boxes open during bar hours for a minimum of eight hours in total. The candidates shall be listed in alphabetical order on the ballot paper. All polling clerks and tellers will normally be appointed by the Returning Officer or Depute Returning Officer. They may be Ordinary or Honorary Members of the Club, but shall have no personal interest in the outcome of the election. Neither candidates nor individuals acting on their behalf may act as tellers or polling clerks or offer advice to members during voting.
5.13  Voting will take place on official voting slips. At voting, proof of membership must normally be shown. Each Ordinary and Honorary Member shall vote only once in each ballot, and all voting must be in person.
5.14  All elections will be conducted according to the single transferable vote system.  In the event of a tie in any of the elections for Executive posts, the outcome will be decided by the drawing of lots.
5.15  The elections for Executive positions will be counted first. Should any candidate nominated for Ordinary Membership of the Committee of Management be elected to an Executive position, his or her votes will be included in the election of Ordinary Members of the Committee of Management as if he or she had not been elected to an Executive position. If a candidate is elected both to an Executive position and as an Ordinary Member of the Committee of Management, he or she will be deemed to have been elected to the Executive position only; in the election for Ordinary Members of the Committee of Management his or her votes will be redistributed according to the single transferable vote procedure.
5.16  Election results shall be published in the Club, normally within four days of the election.
5.17 Any candidate or a representative nominated by the candidate and approved by the Returning Officer or Depute Returning Officer may scrutinise the counting procedure under the supervision of the Returning Officer or Depute Returning Officer. After the Returning Officer is satisfied that the count has been conducted accurately, he or she will publish the official result of the election. Written objections must be lodged with the Returning Officer within seven days of the posting of the official result. The Returning Officer, Depute Returning Officer and polling clerks, meeting as an Election Committee in camera, will review any objections. This Election Committee shall have the power to disqualify individual candidates and/or invalidate the whole electoral tally. Notification of the reasons for the Election Committee’s decision or decisions shall be prominently displayed within seven days of the last meeting of the Election Committee. If an individual candidate is disqualified, the next highest placed candidate shall be deemed to have been elected to the relevant position.
5.18 If the Election Committee invalidates an entire electoral tally, then the election cycle will immediately begin again, with a truncated time frame. Nominations deemed valid for the invalidated election, excepting any action or disqualification taken by the Election Committee, will be considered to remain valid. Further nominations may be taken for a period of five days after the display of the notice of invalidation, and nominations will close two days prior to the election. All nominations shall be prominently displayed for twenty-four hours prior to polling taking place. Hustings will take place on the evening prior to the election commencing. All other requirements regarding elections shall remain valid.
5.19 All voting papers must be retained by the Returning Officer or Depute Returning Officer for fourteen days after any election or until all disputes regarding the election have been resolved.
5.20 Any breach of the regulations must be reported to the Returning Officer or Depute Returning Officer, who shall have the power to suspend any candidate’s nomination following an inquiry. Corrupting the voting system is a disciplinary offence.
5.21 A Special Election may be called at the discretion of the Committee of Management to fill vacant Executive or Ordinary Committee of Management positions. All the normal election procedures shall apply, except that nominations will only be accepted for vacant positions.
5.22 All the electoral processes described in the Constitution shall normally take place during term.
5.23 In the event of the Committee of Management consisting of fewer than two elected members, excluding members of the Executive, a Special Election shall be held, according to the relevant electoral procedures.
5.24 In the event of the Committee of Management becoming defunct due to the absence of any elected members, the Senate and University Court Representatives shall consult with concerned Club members and then appoint an Interim Committee of Management as soon as practicable. The Interim Committee of Management shall immediately arrange a Special Election to fill the vacant positions. Any other business undertaken by the Interim Committee of Management shall be limited to those activities required to ensure that the Club continues with its objects until such time as the election has taken place and the results validated.
5.25 In the event of any Executive office becoming vacant due to resignation or removal from office under the terms of the Constitution, the Committee of Management shall be responsible for appointing an interim office-holder from among their number. This interim office-holder shall be treated as an elected member of the Executive, but shall serve only until such a time as an election is held and the results validated.
5.26 In the event of there being insufficient numbers of Ordinary Members of the Committee of Management able or willing to fill vacant Executive positions, other Ordinary and Honorary Members of the Club may be co-opted to serve as Executive members until such time as a Special Election can be arranged, subject to the relevant licensing statutes.

6. The Committee of Management

6.1 The business and affairs of the Club shall be managed by a Committee of Management elected by the Ordinary and Honorary Members of the Club under the provisions of the Constitution.
6.2 The Committee of Management shall consist of the Executive (the President, Honorary Secretary and Honorary Treasurer) with a minimum of six and a maximum of twenty elected members who shall be described as Ordinary Members of the Committee of Management; all shall be Ordinary or Honorary Members of the Club.
6.3 In addition, the Committee of Management shall normally include no more than two members appointed by the University Court and no more than two members appointed by the University Senate.
6.4 Members of the Executive shall hold office from the first day of December in the year of their election, or from the date of their subsequent election, until the thirtieth day of November in the following year; all members of the Executive shall retire on the thirtieth day of November.
6.5 The Ordinary Members of the Committee of Management shall hold office from the first day of April in the year of their election, or from the date of their subsequent election, until the thirty-first day of March in the following year; all Ordinary
Members of the Committee of Management shall retire on the thirty-first day of March.
6.6 All members of the Committee of Management shall be eligible for re-election, except that no person shall hold an Executive position for more than three years in any five, and no person shall be a member of the Committee of Management for more than four years in any five; this stipulation shall not apply to those members of the Committee of Management appointed by the University Senate and the University Court.
6.7 The Committee of Management may appoint sub-committees, and delegate to these sub-committees such powers as may be deemed desirable, subject always to ratification by the full Committee of Management.
6.8 The newly elected Committee of Management shall normally meet within eight days of its election for the purpose of allocating responsibilities as delineated within the Constitution.
6.9 The Committee of Management shall be responsible to the Club and the University Court for the conduct and affairs of the Club; the Committee of Management shall be responsible for continued maintenance of records and accounts for their period of office.
6.10 The quorum for meetings of the Committee of Management shall be five elected members.
6.11 All matters at meetings of the Committee of Management shall be decided by a majority of elected members present and voting.
6.12 The Committee of Management shall normally meet monthly to arrange and manage the affairs of the Club.
6.13 If a member of the Committee of Management is absent without apology from three consecutive meetings, the member shall be asked to explain his or her absence.  If no explanation is provided that is considered satisfactory to the Committee of Management, the member shall be deemed to have resigned. This stipulation shall not apply to those members of the Committee of Management appointed by the University Senate and the University Court.
6.14 The Committee of Management may co-opt persons, subject to the provisions of the relevant licensing statutes, but such co-opted persons shall have no vote on the Committee of Management.
6.15 The Club shall sue and be competently sued in the names of the Committee of Management for and on behalf of the Club.
6.16 The Committee of Management, or any member thereof, can be dismissed from office at an Extraordinary General Meeting called for that purpose if a vote of no confidence is passed by two thirds of those present and voting. This stipulation shall not apply to those members of the Committee of Management appointed by the University Senate and the University Court.
6.17 No member of the Committee of Management shall be employed by the Club on a regular or occasional basis either directly or by agency during his or her period of office. Any member of the Committee of Management who accepts employment with the Club during his or her period of office shall be deemed to have resigned from the post for which he or she was elected, and any employee of the Club shall be deemed to have resigned his or her employment upon election to the Committee of Management. This provision does not preclude the payment of expenses, or an honorarium, to a member of the Committee of Management who carries out the business of the Committee of Management on behalf of the Club.
6.18 It is the responsibility of all members of the Committee of Management to be fully conversant with the terms of the Constitution.
6.19 All amendments to the Club Policy approved by the Committee of Management must normally be prominently displayed within seven days of such approval. Such amendments must be prominently displayed separately from the amended Club Policy for a period of no less than twenty-eight days.
6.20 Prior to the appointment of an auditor or auditors at the Annual General Meeting, it shall be the responsibility of the Committee of Management to solicit quotes for auditing services in advance of the meeting.

7. The Executive

7.1 Duties of the Executive:
7.1.1 To be accountable to the Committee of Management and the members of the Club for all actions taken by them on behalf of the Club.
7.1.2 To provide each sub-committee convenor with written descriptions of the relevant subcommittee’s duties at the beginning of their periods of office.
7.1.3 To ensure that all Executive decisions made with regard to the Club’s operations are made by a majority of Executive members in concurrence.
7.1.4 To ensure that all official meetings attended on behalf of the Club are reported on in writing to the next meeting of the Committee of Management or as soon as thereafter practicable, and that at least two individuals shall be appointed to attend each such meeting.
7.1.5 To report to the next meeting of the Committee of Management any action taken in regard to each Executive member’s individual duties.
7.1.6 To familiarise themselves with appropriate areas of employment law, along with relevant sections of Club employees’ contracts, and to appraise the Committee of Management of any significant points therein.
7.1.7 To appoint and employ, in agreement with the Committee of Management, the Club management, whose duties are defined in their contracts of employment.
7.1.8 To liaise and hold regular meetings with the Club management within a time frame defined by the Club Policy, from which any significant matters arising shall be presented to the Committee of Management.
7.1.9 To ensure that all Committee of Management meetings are open to the members of the Club and that the members of the Club are informed of the time and place of each meeting by advertisement in prominently displayed notices, and normally on the Club’s website. Notices shall normally be displayed, together with an agenda, at least seven days in advance of each meeting.
7.1.10 Any member of the Executive who has failed to comply with his or her duties, as defined by the Constitution, without reasonable excuse shall be subject to the disciplinary procedures outlined in the Constitution.

7.2 Duties of the President:
7.2.1 To convene and chair meetings of the Executive, the Committee of Management and the Disciplinary Committee, or to appoint a Depute.
7.2.2 To chair General Meetings of the Club or to appoint a Depute.
7.2.3 To represent the Club at official engagements, or to appoint a Depute.
7.2.4 To promote the interests of the Club within the University community.
7.2.5 To liaise between the Committee of Management and the members of the Club.

7.3 Duties of the Honorary Secretary:
7.3.1 To keep accurate minutes of all Committee of Management meetings, to present the minutes of each meeting to the next Committee of Management meeting for ratification, and to ensure that they are prominently displayed, normally within seven days of ratification; to keep accurate minutes of all General Meetings of the Club, and to ensure that they are prominently displayed as and when required by the Constitution.
7.3.2 Normally to ensure that the Club’s current Constitution and Policy are prominently displayed at all times within the Club and on the Club’s website.
7.3.3 To notify the Licensing Board, the Sheriff Court, the police and other bodies as may be required by the relevant licensing statutes or otherwise deemed necessary, of any changes to the Constitution, normally within seven days of approval by the University Court.
7.3.4 To ensure that the Licensing Board, the Sheriff Court, the University Court, the police and other bodies as may be required by the relevant licensing statutes or otherwise deemed necessary, are provided with an up-to-date list of the names, addresses and dates of birth of the members of the Committee of Management.
7.3.5 To ensure that the University Security Office has up-to-date photographs of those members of the Committee of Management and employees of the Club who are entitled to sign out the Club’s keys.
7.3.6 To ensure that the University Security Office has an up-to-date list of those members of the Committee of Management and employees of the Club who should be contacted in cases of emergency.
7.3.7 To keep and maintain records of the Club’s correspondence.
7.3.8 To ensure that applications for regular and extension liquor licences are made. 7.3.9 To be familiar with all relevant licensing statutes and to inform the Committee of Management of any significant points therein and changes thereto.
7.3.10 To request from the University Senate and the University Court nominations of their representatives on the Committee of Management.

7.4 Duties of the Honorary Treasurer:
7.4.1. To prepare accounts under the terms of the Constitution, to present them to the Committee of Management, and to ensure that they are prominently displayed, normally within seven days of ratification by the Committee of Management.
7.4.2 To meet regularly with the Club’s accountant and stocktaker, and to ensure that they are provided with all relevant information required to fulfil their duties.
7.4.3 To consult with the Club’s management regarding account projections and to set bar and catering prices and staff wages accordingly, prior to ratification by the Committee of Management.
7.4.4 To inform and advise the Committee of Management of any proposed major expenditure, normally providing three written quotes to the Committee of Management prior to undertaking any such expenditure.
7.4.5 To prepare and present such financial statements as may be requested by the University Students’ Finance Sub-committee.
7.4.6 To prepare the annual accounts for audit by the thirty-first day of July or as soon as possible thereafter in each year.
7.4.7 To prepare draft accounts at intervals not exceeding three months, each of which shall be prominently displayed for a period of not less than twenty-eight days. The reasons for any failure to comply with this requirement shall be similarly displayed.

8. Visitors

8.1 A visitor shall not be supplied with excisable liquor except for consumption on the premises and upon the invitation and in the company of a member.
8.s The member introducing the visitor shall enter the full name and address of each visitor, with the member’s full name, in the book provided.
8.3 Members introducing visitors shall be responsible for their conduct and for any expenses incurred by them.
8.4 Regulations on the number of visitors allowed to each member shall be determined by the Committee of Management and set out in the Club Policy.

9. Accounts

9.1 Accurate accounts shall be kept showing the financial affairs and intromissions of the Club.
9.2 Following receipt of the audited accounts as at the end of the Club’s financial year, they shall be prominently displayed for a period of not less than twenty-eight days.
9.3 The Club’s bank overdraft shall at no time exceed one thousand pounds sterling.  Other borrowing, for specified items only, shall require the written permission of the University of Glasgow Finance Office and the approval of two-thirds of those present and voting at a meeting of the Committee of Management.

10. Amendments to the Constitution

10.1 Amendments to the Constitution can be made only at an Annual General Meeting or an Extraordinary General Meeting called for the purpose.
10.2 A written draft of any proposed amendment or amendments must be included in the calling notice of the Meeting and prominently displayed in accordance with the requirements for General Meetings.
10.3 Proposed amendments require the support of two thirds of those present and voting at the General Meeting.
10.4 Amendments passed at a General Meeting must be approved by the University Court. Approval will be deemed to have been granted unless notice to the contrary is received within twenty days of submission of the proposed amendment to the Court Office. In the event of approval being withheld, the Committee of Management shall request written reasons within a reasonable period. Any amendment not receiving approval from the University Court shall be deemed to have failed.
10.5 All amendments to the Constitution must be presented to the Licensing Board, the Sheriff Court, the Police and to any other body as required by law. These bodies must normally be notified within seven days of approval by the University Court.
10.6 In the event that a constitutional amendment is deemed essential, due to legal requirements or other demands outwith the Club’s membership and authority, such an amendment may be proposed and enacted upon outwith term, should the Committee of Management consider such action necessary. All other requirements of the amendment process shall remain valid.

11. Disciplinary matters

11.1 An offence is here defined as objectionable behaviour within the Club grounds and premises without reasonable excuse. Such behaviour can include, but is not limited to, the following: violence or threats of violence; vandalism; theft; any other behaviour which is prejudicial to the character and interests of the Club or its members including behaviour as defined by the relevant licensing statutes.
11.2 Any member or Affiliate of the Club, or any visitor or guest, whose conduct is prejudicial to the character and interests of the Club can be removed and prevented from further use of the Club facilities.
11.3 There shall be a Disciplinary Committee, with a minimum of five members, a maximum of ten and a quorum of five. All elected members of the Committee of Management shall be eligible for membership of the Disciplinary Committee.
11.4 This Disciplinary Committee shall be chaired by the President or their Depute, except where the case directly involves a member of the Committee of Management, in which case the Court/Senate Representative shall be asked to chair the Disciplinary Committee or to nominate a Depute.
11.5 This Disciplinary Committee shall hear all alleged offences as defined in the Constitution.
11.6 All hearings shall be heard in accordance with the current Club Policy on Disciplinary Matters.
11.7 The membership of any member called to a Disciplinary Committee meeting may be suspended until the date of that meeting.
11.8 Any member duly disciplined may appeal against the decision of the Disciplinary Committee; the appeal process will be described in the Club Policy.
11.9 Penalties shall include, inter alia, termination of current membership; suspension of current membership for a period of time determined by the Disciplinary Committee at the disciplinary meeting; restitution of any loss incurred; and other penalties stated in the Club Policy.
11.10 Any member whose membership has been suspended or revoked may apply for re-admission at the end of the set period but should be made saware that the circumstances leading to suspension or revocation of membership will be taken into consideration.

12. Grievance Procedure

12.1 The procedure outlined in this section shall apply to members of the Club who are dissatisfied in their dealings with the Club.
12.2 The person or persons concerned should submit their complaint in writing to the President, whom failing, to the Honorary Secretary, detailing the nature of the complaint and the desired redress.
12.3 The President/Honorary Secretary shall investigate the complaint and report to the Committee of Management, normally within fourteen days of receiving it, or shall nominate a Depute.
12.4 The Committee of Management shall determine what action (if any) should be taken to remedy the matter.
12.5 The President/Honorary Secretary or Depute shall write to the complainant(s) within seven days of the Committee of Management considering the report and shall notify him/her/them of the outcome. The complainant(s) shall also be notified them of the right to appeal to the University Court.

13. Sale of exciseable liquor

13.1 The periods during which excisable liquor may be supplied are determined by the relevant licensing statutes.
13.2 No excisable liquor shall be supplied for consumption off the Club premises except in person to a member of the Club, for consumption by the member.
13.3 No member of the Committee of Management or employee of the Club shall have any personal interest in the sale of excisable goods therein or in the profit arising from such sales.
13.4 No alcoholic liquor shall be sold or supplied in the Club to any person under eighteen.

14. Definitions

14.1 Throughout the Constitution ‘term’ is defined as the University Glasgow terms used in the majority of Faculties.