Each Club shall forward to the Secretary on or before the first day of October in each year, a return in accordance with form A.[1] A Club shall not withdraw its membership from an Affiliated Association without the consent of this Association. Except as provided by Rule 4, no Club shall be affiliated to this Association unless it has been in existence for at least two years immediately previous to application being made for affiliation, and has during that period been a member of its County or District Affiliated Association if the Rules of such Association permit. No application for affiliation shall be made between the 1st day of March and the 1st day of August in each year. A Club shall cease to be a member of this Association when it ceases to be a member of its County or District Affiliated Association, but this condition shall not apply to a Club which was a member of this Association on the 1st day of May, 1899, and which was not at that date a member of its County or District Affiliated Association, nor to a Professional Club within the area of an Association, the Rules of which do not permit of the affiliation of Professional Clubs.[2]
4. A Professional Club within the area of an Association, the rules of which do not permit of the affiliation of Professional Clubs, may affiliate to this Association, but a Club so affiliated shall not be entitled to representation or voting power, until full membership has been granted by the Council under Rule 3.
5. All Associations before being affiliated to the Association shall consist of properly constituted Clubs. Each Association shall cover a defined area, and shall neither extend nor alter such area without having obtained the consent of the Council. Each Association shall forward to the Secretary on or before the 1st day of November in each year, a return in accordance with form B.
6. The Subscription for each affiliated Association or Club shall be 10s. 6d. per annum (payable during the first week in May, or within one week after joining), with an entrance fee of 10s. 6d. The Council shall have the power to admit any Foreign or Colonial Associations or Clubs as members of this Association on payment of an Annual Subscription of 5s. Such Foreign or Colonial Associations or Clubs shall not be entitled to send any representative to the Council. An Association or
