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Membership Information
The Membership of the Shipping Association of Trinidad and Tobago (SATT) is divided into three groups under an Executive Council as follows:
Group A Shipping Agents, Ship Managers, Ship Brokers, Ship Owners and/or Ship Operators
Group B Port, Dock and Terminal Operators
Group C Service Companies and those individuals, firms, trade unions, corporations and associations who are engaged directly in the maritime or shipping industries in Trinidad and Tobago and whose business does not qualify them for membership in either Group A or Group B in respect of such business.
APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP
I. Application for Membership of the Association may be made by any qualified person engaged in Trinidad and Tobago in any of the businesses described above, in the respective groups. A qualified person is a person who is either a citizen of Trinidad and Tobago or a resident of Trinidad and Tobago as defined in Section 5 of the Immigration Act Chap. 18:01 or is a firm, partnership or unincorporated body of which at least one-half of its membership comprises citizens or residents of Trinidad and Tobago or is a corporation incorporated under the laws of Trinidad and Tobago or is an external company within the meaning of the Companies Act 1995 which is registered pursuant to Part V Division 2 of the said Act or is an entity whose membership in the Association, in the opinion of the Executive Council, would be beneficial to the attainment of its Objects.
II. Every application for membership shall be made in respect of one of the groups described in Rule 3 and be supported by two Members of the Association in good financial standing. The application shall be in writing, signed by the applicant, his proposer and seconder and shall be in the form set out at Paragraph V of this Rule. The proposer and seconder need not be Members of the Group in respect of which the application is made.
III. A member in good financial standing is a member who is not in arrears with his Subscriptions and/or Levies for over 60 days.
IV. Every application shall be made in writing in the following form:
To: The Shipping Association of Trinidad and Tobago
Date:
Dear Sir/Madam:
I/We …[insert name] of … … … [full address] desire to become a Member of Group … [insert Group] of the Shipping Association of Trinidad and Tobago and I/we hereby agree, if elected, to be bound by the Rules of the Association and by all orders of the Executive Council of which due notice shall be given to me/us in manner herein provided. The business which I/we carry on and by which I/we am/are qualified to apply for registration in the aforementioned Group is as follows: … … …
Signed
Applicant.
The above named applicant is known to me and in my opinion the application is fit for approval.
Signed
Proposer in good financial standing.
The above named applicant is known to me and in my opinion the application is fit for approval.
Signed
Seconder in good financial standing.
V Provided that the application complies with the provisions of these Rules it shall be passed to the Group Chairman of the Group in respect of which the application has been made.
VI. Following the receipt of any application, the Group Chairman shall convene a meeting of the Group which meeting shall consider the application and shall determine by majority vote whether or not to recommend that the Executive Council accede to the application. Where the Group decides to recommend that the Executive Council not accede to the application, the Chairman of the meeting shall ascertain the Group’s reasons for such decision.
VII. Following the decision of the Group as aforesaid, the Group Chairman shall inform the President whether or not the Group recommends the application for membership and if not, their reasons for so doing.
VIII. After being advised of the Group’s recommendation as aforesaid, the President shall convene a meeting of the Executive Council and shall inform them of the Group’s recommendation, following which the Executive Council shall decide by majority vote whether or not to accept the application for Membership.
IX. Following the determination of the Executive Council as aforesaid, the Association shall advise the applicant in writing of its decision. If the application has been accepted, the applicant shall be entered onto the Association’s Register of Members in the appropriate Group upon payment of the prescribed Entrance Fee.
X. All proceedings of the Association under this Rule shall be carried out in a timely manner.
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