Middle Harbour Yacht Club (the Club), as a Registered Club, is required to obtain certain personal information regarding its members according to the NSW Registered Clubs Act 1976. As a registered Club residents residing with in a 5km radias of the Club are required to be Members or signed in by an existing financial Member. Residents residing outside 5km radius may sign only themselves into the Club. Members of another Registered Sailing Club may sign only themselves into the Club. The Club has a number of membership categories to suit your lifestyle as listed below. All Members of the Club will also be issued members of Yachting Australia.

Full Adult Members

Adult Members shall be persons who have attained the age of 18 years and who in the opinion of the Board are suitable to be admitted to Adult Membership of the Club and who are elected to or transferred by the Board to Adult Membership of the Club. Each Adult Member shall be entitled to cast two votes at a General meeting of the Club and shall be entitled to all the privileges of the Club.

Spouse Members

Full Adult Member who is paying reduced fees and annual subscriptions pursuant to Rule 26(b) is a Spouse Member of the Club. A Spouse Member shall be entitled to cast two votes at a General Meeting of the Club and shall be entitled to all the privileges of the Club.

Senior Members

Any Full Adult Member of the Club who has been a Full Adult Member for not less than twenty (20) consecutive years, shall be eligible to become a Senior Member of the Club and upon making application in writing, shall be admitted as a Senior Member and shall only be liable to pay a reduced annual subscription or any call, fee, charge or levy or any instalment thereof as shall be determined by the Board but, shall, subject to Rule 5(f) of this Constitution, otherwise enjoy the same rights and privileges and (except in regard to the amount of the annual subscription or of any call, fee, charge or levy) shall be subject to the same duties, obligations and restrictions as for the time being are conferred or imposed by the Constitution upon the class of Adult Membership immediately prior to being admitted as a Senior Member of the Club PROVIDED THAT a Senior Member shall remain liable for the payment of any minimum subscription or periodic payment required by law to be paid pursuant to the provisions of the Registered Clubs Act. Any Member of the Club who was a Senior Member of the Club as at the date of the Special Resolution of the Club adopting this Constitution shall retain the same rights and privileges of Senior Membership as existed under the Constitution of the Club having effect immediately prior to that resolution.

Crew and Adult Centreboard Members

Crew Members shall be persons who have attained the age of Thrity (30) years and who in the opinion of the Board are suitable to be admitted to Crew Membership of the Club or who are elected or transferred by the Board to Crew Membership of the Club. Crew Members have the right to cast one vote at a General Meeting of the Club and shall be entitled to all the privileges of the Club other than the right to hold office, the right to place a yacht on the Club’s Register (other than on the Centreboard register), and the right to skipper or enter a yacht in events conducted by the Club, other than Centreboard Division Events.

Crew Under 30 or Intermediate Members

Intermediate Members shall be persons between the ages of eighteen (18) and twenty one (29) years and who in the opinion of the Board are suitable for admission as Crew Under 30 or Intermediate Members. Intermediate Members have the right to cast one vote at a General meeting of the Club and shall have all the privileges of the Club except holding office and placing a yacht on the Club’s register other than on the Centreboard register and the right to skipper or enter a yacht in events conducted by the Club, other than Centreboard Division Events. Intermediate Members who have been Members for not less than two (2) years may make an application to become Full Adult Members or Crew Members as the case may be of the Club without payment of an entrance fee.

Each Intermediate Member of less than two (2) years duration shall upon election to Adult or Crew Membership pay the difference between the current intermediate entrance fee at the date of election and the current entrance fee for the appropriate class of Membership.

Country Members

Any person who is an Adult or Crew Member who satisfies the Board that he resides outside the County of Cumberland may upon making application in writing to the Board be admitted as a Country Member. Country Members shall pay such reduced annual subscription (but not less than the minimum subscription required to be paid pursuant to the Registered Clubs Act 1976) as the Board may determine from time to time. Country Members shall be afforded all the privileges of the Club other than the right to hold office, the right to vote at General Meetings of the Club and the right to place a yacht on the Club’s register.

Absentee Members

Any Member who resides or intends to reside outside the State of New South Wales for not less than three (3) months may apply to the Secretary to have his name placed on the list of Absentee Members. An Absentee Member shall pay such reduced annual subscription (but not less than the minimum subscription required by the Registered Clubs Act 1976) as the Board may determine from time to time. An Absentee Member shall be afforded all the privileges of the Club other than the right to hold office, the right to vote at General Meetings of the Club and the right to place a yacht on the Club’s register, be entitled to receive the Club journal and all notices from the Club which are sent out to Members by post. An Absentee Member shall promptly notify the Secretary of his return to the State of New South Wales and that Member’s name shall thereupon be placed in the class of Membership to which he was admitted immediately before he was placed on the absentee list. The Member shall thereupon become liable to pay the proportionate part of the appropriate annual subscription for that class of Membership for the balance of the current financial year.

Pensioner Members

Any Member of the Club of not less than five (5) years standing who satisfies the Board that they are in receipt of an aged or disability support pension pursuant to the Social Security Act 1991 (Cth) or who in the absolute discretion of the Board is deemed by the Board to be a pensioner shall be eligible to become a Pensioner Member of the Club and upon making application in writing to the Board may be admitted as a Pensioner Member. A Pensioner Member is entitled to all the privileges of the Club to which he was entitled in the class of Membership to which he was admitted immediately before he became a Pensioner Member. A Pensioner Member shall pay such reduced annual subscription (but not less than the minimum annual subscription required to be paid pursuant to the Registered Clubs Act 1976) as the Board may determine from time to time.

Junior Centreboard Members

Any person who has not attained the age of eighteen years but who satisfies the Board that he or she has an interest in taking an active part in the sailing activities of the Club on a regular basis and from whose parent or guardian the Board receives written consent to that person becoming a Junior Member of the Club and taking part in the sailing activities of the Club and who in the opinion of the Board is suitable may be admitted to Junior Membership of the Club. Junior Members shall be entitled to those privileges as the Board may determine from time to time but shall not be eligible to hold office, vote at meetings of the Club, nominate persons for Membership or introduce visitors to the Club nor shall they have any part in the management of the Club. Junior

Members are permitted to use only those licensed areas of the Club for which an authority under Section 22A of the Registered Clubs Act 1976 is in force but shall not be served with or consume alcohol in the Club. Junior Members shall pay such annual subscription as the Board may determine. Junior

Members upon reaching the age of eighteen (18) years may make application to become Adult, Crew or Intermediate Members of the Club provided that those who have been Junior Members of the Club for not less than two years will not be required to pay an entrance fee.

House/Social Members

From time to time the Committee will accept nominations from persons who have attained the age of eighteen (18) years and who live in the general locality of the Club for social membership. Such members shall be called House Members and afforded all the privileges of the Club other than the right to hold office, the right to vote at general meetings of the Club, the right to place a yacht on the Club's register, the right to participate in sailing events organised by the Club and the right to nominate persons for membership, nor shall they have any part in the management of the Club.

Middle Harbour Yacht Club (the Club), as a Registered Club, is required to obtain certain personal information regarding its members according to the NSW Registered Clubs Act 1976. Failure to provide all of the requested information may result in your application being rejected.