Rules and Regulations

 

                                  The Scottish Border Collie Club,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President                                                  TreaSURER                                   SECRETARY       

Mrs Ella Ashe                                                   dr dora mann                              mISS fIONA SUTHERLAND

Russart Cottage                                 69 beach road                              123 LESMUIR DRIVE

            High Road                                             barassie                                          SCOTSTOUN WEST

Maddiston                                             troon                                            GLASGOW

fALKIRK                                                    ka10 6sx                                        G14 0EF

            FK2 OBL

TELE:01324 716989                                     TELE: 01292 313963                         TELE: 0141 954 6816

e-mail: Isabela.ashe@ntlworld.com    dora.mann2005@yahoo.co.uk     Fiona@fsutherland.fsnet.co.uk             

 

 

 

 

CODE OF ETHICS

 

The following are guidelines only – the Club does not wish to imply that experienced breeders do not already act responsibility without the need of written guidelines. However, the code reflects the ideals of Club Members and is intended to be of use to novice breeders and also to those thinking of acquiring a puppy.

 

The Club recommends that:

 

  1. Bitches should not be bred from before their second season or under the age of 15 months, whichever should be the earlier.
  2. Bitches should not be bred from at consecutive seasons, unless seasons occur only once a year or with veterinary approval.
  3. All breeding stock should be eye tested PRA and CEA clear. The Club also recommends that breeding stock is hip scored and the results into consideration in breeding programmes.
  4. Breeds should not knowingly breed from stock suffering from or carrying any hereditary disease.
  5. When selling puppies the breeder will provide:

i A signed four generations pedigree

ii A Valid Kennel Club Registration Certificate

iii A record of worming

iv A diet sheet

  1. Members should not buy or sell puppies to dealers or for resale to third parties. Any member trading in this way will be reported to the committee.
  2. Puppies should not go new homes under 6 weeks of age.
  3. Breeders should breed for the conservation and improvement of the correct Border Collie type and temperament as described within Kennel Club Breed Standards.

 

The Club President, Mrs Ella Ashe, Telephone Number: 01324 716989, will hold a puppy list and breeders and prospective owners are invited to take use of this Service.

 

 

  1. The Club shall be called The Scottish Border Collie Cub and its objectives will be to promote and encourage the breeding, working and showing of Border Collies.
  2. The Club shall consist of Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Honorary Secretart, Honorary Treasurer and a Committee of nine and an unlimited number of Members.
  3. i The management of the Club shall be in the hands of the Officers of the Club and a Committee of nine who shall retire      bi-annually.

ii Members of the Committee shall be eligible for re-election every 2 years

iii Meetings of the Committee shall be held as often as deemed necessary, but at least every 3 months

iv A quorum for Committee meetings shall be 6

v The Committee shall have the power to co-opt members on to the Committee in the event of positions becoming vacant between General meetings. Those co-opted shall only hold office until the next General Meeting of the Club at which an election of Officers and a Committee shall take place.

        4.    Candidates for membership shall be proposed by one fully paid up member and seconded by another.

        5.    i Each member shall be entitled to one vote three months after acceptance of membership. Postal or Proxy votes are not 

                  Allowed.

               ii Voting shall be as decided by the majority at the meeting.

               iii There will be one vote for each member of a partnership.

               iv  The age limit for Junior membership is 16. Junior members have no voting rights

6.        CLUB PROPERTY: The property of the Club shall be vested in the Committee. In the event of the Club ceasing to exist, a General Meeting shall be called to decide the disposal of the Club’s assets and the outcome of the meetings notified to the Kennel Club. (If a Registered Club is wound up or ceases to be a Registered Society under the Regulations a final statement of accounts with a record of the disposal of the property of the Society shall be forwarded to the Kennel Club within 6 months and the persons named as Officers and Committee of the Club, will be held responsible by the Kennel Club for the proper winding up of the Club.)

7.         i A Banking Account shall be held in the name of the Society at the Bank of Scotland, into which all the revenue of the Society shall be paid and from which withdrawal shall only be made on the signatures of the Treasurer and Secretary.                                                                                                                 

ii Auditors shall be appointed by the Club.

8.         The Annual Subsciption shall be such amount as agreed by the members in General Meeting and notified to the Kennel Club. No Member whose subscription is unpaid is entitled to any of the privileges of membership and if the Member shall fail to pay outstanding subscriptions by March of the current year his/her name shall automatically be erased from the register. Acceptance back on the register will be dependant upon a new application and payment of back arrears.

9.        EXPULSION OF MEMBERS: Any Member who shall be suspended under Kennel Club Rule A 42j (4) and or any Member whose dog(s) is/are disqualified under Kennel Club rule A42 (8) shall ipso facto cease to be a Member of the Society for the duration of the suspension and/or disqualification.

If the conduct of any Member shall, in the opinion of the Committee of the Society be injurious or likely to be injurious to the character or interest of the Society, the Committee of the Society may, at a meeting the notice convening which includes as an object the consideration of the conduct of the Member, determine that a Special General Meeting of the Society shall be called for the purpose of the passing a resolution to expel him/her.

No Person whilst an un-discharged bankrupt may serve on the Committee of or hold any other office or appointment within a Kennel Club Registered Society.

Notice of the Special General Meeting shall be sent to the accused Member, giving particulars of the complaint and advising the place, date and hour of the meeting that he/she may attend and offer an explanation. If at the Meeting, a resolution to expel is passed by a two-thirds majority of the Members present and voting, his/her name shall forthwith be erased from the list of members, and he/she shall thereupon cease for all purposes to be a Member of the Society except that he/she may, within 2 calendar months from the date of such Meeting, appeal to the Kennel Club upon and subject to such conditions as the Kennel Club may impose.

10.     i The financial year of the Society will be from 1sy January to 31 December. The Annual General Meeting will be held in March.

ii At the Annual General Meeting the business shall be as follows:

To receive the Report of the Committee and Balance Sheet, to elect Officers and to discuss any resolution duly placed      on the agenda, of which prior notice has been given to the Honorary Secretary. No business shall be transacted at the Annual General meeting unless notice thereof appears on the agenda, with the exception of routine matters or those which in the opinion of the Chairman of the Meeting are urgent.

       iii Notice of the Annual General Meeting will be given to Members in writing within 21 days notice.

               iv Items are required by the Secretary for the inclusion in the Agenda by 14 days before the meeting

               v. The Agenda will be circulated at the Meeting

11.     A Special General Meeting shall be summoned by the Honorary Secretary if 16 Members send in a signed requisition stating the subject to be discussed and requesting a Special General Meeting to do so.

No business other than detailed on the Agenda can be discussed at a Special General Meeting. The Committee of the Society is empowered to call a Special General Meeting at its direction.

Members will be notified of Special General Meetings by post within 14 days notice. 

12.     AMENDMENTS TO RULES: The Rules of the Society may not be altered except at a General Meeting, the Agenda for which contains specific proposals to amend the Rules. Any Proposed alteration to the Rules may not be brought into effect until the Kennel Club has been advised and approved the alteration.

13.     i ANNUAL RETURNS TO THE KENNEL CLUB: The officers acknowledge except that during the month of January each year, Maintenance of Title fee will be forwarded to the Kennel Club by the Secretary for the continuance of Registration and that by the end of the month next following that in which the Annual General Meeting is held, other return, as stipulated in the Kennel Club Regulations for the Registration and Maintenance of Title of Societies and Breed Councils and the Affiliation of Agricultural Societies and Municipal Authorities will be forwarded to te Kennel Club.

ii The Officers also acknowledge their duty to infirm the Kennel Club of any change of Secretary of the Society whcu may occur during the course of the year.

iii The Officers acknowledge their duty to inform the Kennel Club of the month in which the Society’s Annual General Meeting is Held and to notify the Kennel Club of any subsequent amendments to that date.

Iv The Society will make a list of Members and their addresses available for inspection if so requested by the Members of the  Society or by the Kennel Club.

14.     KENNEL CLUB COURT OF APPEAL: The Kennel Club shall be the final court of appeal in all matters of dispute.

15.     The Society shall not join any Federation of Societies or Clubs.