Dictionary

1. Throughout this Constitution unless the context otherwise requires the following words and expressions shown in bold type in this Article mean:

Article an article of the Constitution.

Associate Status the status of certain Members as described in Article 4.6

Association and AILO the Association of International Life Offices.

Association Year a year ending on 30 June.

Closed Member the status of certain Members described in Article 4.1.

Constitution the constitution of the Association for the time being.

Full Member the status of certain Members described in Article 4.1.

Group, in relation to a body corporate, any other body corporate which is a subsidiary of the same ultimate holding company Management Committee and Committee the management committee of the Association as described in Article 5.

Member a member or group member of the Association from time to time as described in Article 4.

Members' Meeting a meeting to which all Members have been invited as described in Article 9.

Nominee the representative or representatives of a Member appointed by the Member in accordance with Article 4.5.

Secretariat the Secretariat of the Association for the time being comprising the Secretary or any other person from time to time appointed to perform the duties of the Secretary, including a joint, assistant or deputy secretary and any Support Staff;

Support Staff any person appointed by the Management Committee to provide professional services under contract to the Association to assist in the better performance of the Association's objectives.

Sub-Committee any committee as referred to in Article 12.

Some other expressions are shown in bold type in the heading and Article 5.

In these Articles the masculine includes the feminine and the singular the plural and vice versa.