NCASS Legal Notices

Legal Notices

Terms of Use

(1) Introduction

These terms of use govern your use of our website; by using our website, you accept these terms of use in full. If you disagree with these terms of use or any part of these terms of use, you must not use our website.

(2) Licence to use website

Unless otherwise stated, we or our licensors own the intellectual property rights in the website and material on the website. Subject to the licence below, all these intellectual property rights are reserved.

You may view, download for caching purposes only, and print pages from the website for your own personal use, subject to the restrictions set out below and elsewhere in these terms of use.

You must not:

(a) republish material from this website (including republication on another website);

(b) sell, rent or sub-license material from the website;

(d) reproduce, duplicate, copy or otherwise exploit material on our website for a commercial purpose;

(e) edit or otherwise modify any material on the website;

(f) redistribute material from this website .

(3) Acceptable use

You must not use our website in any way that causes, or may cause, damage to the website or impairment of the availability or accessibility of the website; or in any way which is unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful, or in connection with any unlawful, illegal, fraudulent or harmful purpose or activity.

You must not use our website to copy, store, host, transmit, send, use, publish or distribute any material which consists of (or is linked to) any spyware, computer virus, Trojan horse, worm, keystroke logger, rootkit or other malicious computer software.

You must not conduct any systematic or automated data collection activities (including without limitation scraping, data mining, data extraction and data harvesting) on or in relation to our website without our express written consent.

(4) Restricted access

We reserve the right to restrict access to areas of our website, or indeed our whole website, at our discretion.

If we provide you with a user ID and password to enable you to access restricted areas of our website or other content or services, you must ensure that that user ID and password is kept confidential.

(5) User generated content

In these terms of use, “your user content” means material (including without limitation text, images, audio material, video material and audio-visual material) that you submit to our website, for whatever purpose.

You grant to us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to use, reproduce, adapt, publish, translate and distribute your user content in any existing or future media. You also grant to us the right to sub-license these rights, and the right to bring an action for infringement of these rights.

Your user content must not be illegal or unlawful, must not infringe any third party's legal rights, and must not be capable of giving rise to legal action whether against you or us or a third party (in each case under any applicable law).

You must not submit any user content to the website that is or has ever been the subject of any threatened or actual legal proceedings or other similar complaint.

We reserve the right to edit or remove any material submitted to our website, or stored on our servers, or hosted or published upon our website.

(6) Limited warranties

Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy; nor do we commit to ensuring that the website remains available or that the material on the website is kept up-to-date.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to this website and the use of this website (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill).

(7) Limitations of liability

Nothing in these terms of use (or elsewhere on our website) will exclude or limit our liability for fraud, for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, or for any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

Subject to this, our liability to you in relation to the use of our website or under or in connection with these terms of use, whether in contract, tort (including negligence) or otherwise, will be limited as follows:

(a) we will not be liable for any consequential, indirect or special loss or damage;

(b) we will not be liable for any loss of profit, income, revenue, anticipated savings, contracts, business, goodwill, reputation, data, or information;

(8) Indemnity

You hereby indemnify us and undertake to keep us indemnified against any losses, damages, costs, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation legal expenses and any amounts paid by us to a third party in settlement of a claim or dispute on the advice of our legal advisers) incurred or suffered by us arising out of any breach by you of any provision of these terms of useor arising out of any claim that you have breached any provision of these terms of use.

(9) Breaches of these terms of use

Without prejudice to our other rights under these terms of use, if you breach these terms of use in any way, we may take such action as we deem appropriate to deal with the breach, including suspending your access to the website, prohibiting you from accessing the website, blocking computers using your IP address from accessing the website, contacting your internet service provider to request that they block your access to the website and/or bringing court proceedings against you.

(10) Variation

We may revise these terms of use from time-to-time. Revised terms of use will apply to the use of our website from the date of the publication of the revised terms of use on our website. Please check this page regularly to ensure you are familiar with the current version.

(11) Assignment

We may transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with our rights and/or obligations under these terms of use without notifying you or obtaining your consent.

You may not transfer, sub-contract or otherwise deal with your rights and/or obligations under these terms of use.

(12) Severability

If a provision of these terms of use is determined by any court or other competent authority to be unlawful and/or unenforceable, the other provisions will continue in effect. If any unlawful and/or unenforceable provision would be lawful or enforceable if part of it were deleted, that part will be deemed to be deleted, and the rest of the provision will continue in effect.

(13) Exclusion of third party rights

These terms of use are for the benefit of you and us, and are not intended to benefit any third party or be enforceable by any third party. The exercise of our and your rights in relation to these terms of use is not subject to the consent of any third party.

(14) Entire agreement

These terms of use constitute the entire agreement between you and us in relation to your use of our website, and supersede all previous agreements in respect of your use of this website.

(15) Law and jurisdiction

These terms of use will be governed by and construed in accordance with English law, and any disputes relating to these terms of use will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales.

(16) Registrations and authorisations

We are registered with the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Our professional title is Northern Chartered Accountants Student Society (NCASS) and it has been granted in the United Kingdom. We are subject to the NCASS which can be found below.

(17) Our details

The full name of our company is Northern Chartered Accountants Student Society.

Our address is Pamela Rule, c/o 58 Beech Road, Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, NE30 2QT.

You can contact us by email to Pamela.ncass@yahoo.com

These terms of use are based on a template

created by www.website-law.co.uk.[1]

[1] Please note that it is a condition of the use of this template that you either: (i) retain this credit and link; or (ii) pay the appropriate licence fee in relation to each website on which the document is used.

Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy

We are committed to safeguarding the privacy of our website visitors; this policy sets out how we will treat your personal information.

(1) What information do we collect?

We may collect, store and use the following kinds of personal data:

(a) information about your computer and about your visits to and use of this website (including your IP address, geographical location, browser type, referral source, length of visit and number of page views);

(d) information that you provide to us for the purpose of subscribing to our website services, email notifications and/or newsletters

(e) any other information that you choose to send to us; and

(2) Cookies

A cookie consists of information sent by a web server to a web browser, and stored by the browser. The information is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server. This enables the web server to identify and track the web browser.

We may use both “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies on the website. We will use the session cookies to: keep track of you whilst you navigate the website; We will use the persistent cookies to: enable our website to recognise you when you visit.

Session cookies will be deleted from your computer when you close your browser. Persistent cookies will remain stored on your computer until deleted, or until they reach a specified expiry date.

We use Google Analytics to analyse the use of this website. Google Analytics generates statistical and other information about website use by means of cookies, which are stored on users' computers. The information generated relating to our website is used to create reports about the use of the website. Google will store this information. Google's privacy policy is available at: http://www.google.com/privacypolicy.html.

Most browsers allow you to refuse to accept cookies. (For example, in Internet Explorer you can refuse all cookies by clicking “Tools”, “Internet Options”, “Privacy”, and selecting “Block all cookies” using the sliding selector.) This will, however, have a negative impact upon the usability of many websites.

(3) Using your personal data

Personal data submitted on this website will be used for the purposes specified in this privacy policy or in relevant parts of the website.

We may use your personal information to:

(a) enable your use of the services available on the website;

(b) send you general (non-marketing) commercial communications;

(d) send to you our newsletter and other marketing communications (relating to our business which we think may be of interest to you by post or, where you have specifically agreed to this, by email or similar technology (you can inform us at any time if you no longer require marketing communications)

(e) deal with enquiries and complaints made by or about you relating to the website;

(4) Other disclosures

In addition to the disclosures reasonably necessary for the purposes identified elsewhere in this privacy policy, we may disclose information about you:

(a) to the extent that we are required to do so by law;

(b) in connection with any legal proceedings or prospective legal proceedings;

(c) in order to establish, exercise or defend our legal rights (including providing information to others for the purposes of fraud prevention and reducing credit risk);

Except as provided in this privacy policy, we will not provide your information to third parties.

(5) Security of your personal data

We will take reasonable technical and organisational precautions to prevent the loss, misuse or alteration of your personal information.

Of course, data transmission over the internet is inherently insecure, and we cannot guarantee the security of data sent over the internet.

(6) Policy amendments

We may update this privacy policy from time-to-time by posting a new version on our website. You should check this page occasionally to ensure you are happy with any changes.

(8) Your rights

You may instruct us to provide you with any personal information we hold about you. Provision of such information may be subject to the payment of a fee (currently fixed at £10.00).

You may instruct us not to process your personal data for marketing purposes by email at any time. (In practice, you will usually either expressly agree in advance to our use of your personal data for marketing purposes, or we will provide you with an opportunity to opt-out of the use of your personal data for marketing purposes.)

(9) Third party websites

The website contains links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy policies or practices of third party websites.

(10) Updating information

Please let us know if the personal information which we hold about you needs to be corrected or updated.

(11) Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or our treatment of your personal data, please write to us by email to Pamela.ncass@yahoo.com or by post to Pamela Rule, c/o 58 Beech Road, Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, NE30 2QT.

This privacy policy is based on a template

created by www.website-contracts.co.uk.[1]

NCASS Rules

The Northern Chartered Accountant Students' Society

SEPTEMBER 1998

1 NAME

The name of the Society shall be "Northern Chartered Accountant Students' Society" hereinafter called "The Society".

2 OBJECTS

The objects for which the Society is established are:

a) to further the interests of its student members in matters of education, training conditions of employment and all other aspects of their professional development as chartered accountant students.

b) to arrange cultural, social and sporting events

c) to act as a means of communication and liaison between its members; between them and the National Student Liaison Committee (hereinafter called "NSLC") and between them and members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, hereinafter called "The Institute".

d) to do all things necessary to attain these ends.

3 AREA OF SOCIETY

The area of the Society shall be that covered by the Tyne and Wear and Teesside branches of the Northern Society. and other members living outside this area as notified by The Institute.

4 MEMBERSHIP

a) Ordinary Members

Any person who is serving under an ICAEW Training Contract with a member of the Institute, or the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, or the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ireland, hereinafter called "The Scottish or the Irish Institutes" or who is eligible to present himself as a candidate for an examination of the Institute shall be eligible to become an Ordinary Member of the Society on application to the Secretary..

b) Special Members

Persons eligible as Ordinary Members who, by reason of living some distance from Local Centre, are unable to attend conveniently the meeting of the Society are eligible as Special Members.

c) Qualified Members

Fellows and Associates of the Institute (with up to a maximum of 5 years membership of the Institute) shall be eligible to become Qualified Members.

d) Honorary Members

Honorary Members are those persons not in the above categories that the Committee invites to join the Society. Such members are required to pay a same annual fee as a Qualified Member.

e) Procedures

Every person desiring to become a Member shall send to the Secretary an application in writing, setting forth his name and address and qualification for Membership, and if serving under a Training Contract also the name and business address of his Principal.

Such application shall in the case of an applicant who is serving under a Training Contract automatically confer upon the applicant the rights and obligations of membership of the Society. In the case of others the application shall be considered by the Committee whose discretion shall be absolute.

An Ordinary Member, upon his admission as a member of the Institute, shall ipso facto become a Qualified Member as defined by these rules.

The rights and privileges of every member shall be personal to himself only, and upon his ceasing to be a member from any cause whatsoever he shall thereupon cease to have any claim upon, or any interest in, the property or funds of the Society.

5 OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY

The Officers of the Society, all of whose duties shall be honorary, shall be elected at an Annual General Meeting, and shall consist of a President, a Vice President, a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, a Secretary and a Treasurer.

The duration of the President's term of office shall be a maximum of three years. Other Officers of the Society may not serve in a particular capacity for more than two calendar years consecutively and shall be re-elected annually.

6 COMMITTEE

a) The management of the Society shall be vested in a Committee consisting of the Officers of the Society and not more than 13 other members. At least two members of the Committee should be Qualified Members.

b) The number of Ordinary Members and those members who are within 2 years post completion of their Training Contract on the Committee should not be less than half the total number.

c) A quorum shall be 4 members including at least one Officer of the Society.

d) The Committee shall have power to co-opt additional members to the extent that no other provisions of Section 6 are violated.

e) Any member of the Committee absent from 3 consecutive meetings without reasonable cause and express Committee approval shall cease to be a member as from the date of the third such meeting.

f) Members who have served on the Committee for 3 or more years since they were last elected must offer themselves for re-election at the Annual General Meeting. If no such members exist then the two longest serving members since being elected must be re-elected.

g) Members who joined the Committee during the year must offer themselves for re-election at the Annual General Meeting.

h) The Committee shall be empowered to fill any casual vacancy created by the death, removal or resignation of any member of the Committee or Officer of the Society.

i) The President of the Society shall be appointed annually by the Committee, in the Committee Meeting following the Annual General Meeting. The Vice President of the Society shall be the Vice President of the Northern Society.

j) Further positions on the Committee to be appointed (2-4 positions) following the Annual General Meeting include:-

· Branch societies Representations (1 position per branch society)

· District Society Representative (1 position)

· Dinner Secretaries (1-2 positions per dinner)

· Education and Training Representative (1-3 positions)

· Sport Secretaries (2-4 positions)

· Any other position (as required) ,

k) The Committee shall have the power to form any sub committee as seemed necessary with power to co-opt additional members (who need not be members of the Committee) to such committees.