diff --git a/constitution.tex b/constitution.tex
index 77719d8cb07544f159a862946efd13ee500a5e7f..f778c9d66867d33ee539039df4f4d2859c260d4b 100644
--- a/constitution.tex
+++ b/constitution.tex
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
\noindent
\small{(Adopted on 21-Sep-1974)\\
-(Amended on 4-Jun-1980, 16-Feb-1996, 23-Jan-1998, 6-Oct-1999, 16-Dec-2010, 8-Mar-2011 for incorporation, 13-Feb-2015, 21-Oct-2016, 14-Sep-2017, 18-Dec-2017)\\}
+(Amended on 4-Jun-1980, 16-Feb-1996, 23-Jan-1998, 6-Oct-1999, 16-Dec-2010, 8-Mar-2011 for incorporation, 13-Feb-2015, 21-Oct-2016, 14-Sep-2017, 18-Dec-2017, 30-Apr-2019)\\}
%\tableofcontents
\begingroup
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ Throughout this Constitution, unless the context otherwise indicates, the follow
\item[special resolution] \hfill \\
A resolution is a special resolution if it is passed by a majority of not less than three-fourths of the members of the Club who are entitled under the rules of the Club to vote and vote in person
\item[the Act] \hfill \\
- The \emph{Associations Incorporation Act 1987}
+ The \emph{Associations Incorporation Act 2015}
\item[the Commissioner] \hfill \\
The Commissioner for Consumer Protection exercising powers under the Act
\item[University] \hfill \\
@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@ The Committee of the Club shall consist of the following members:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Membership is open to any person who shares the aims of the Club and agrees to comply with the Constitution and rules of the Club.
\item A subscription for ordinary membership may be payable to the Club if the Committee so desires.
+ \item A subscription shall expire at the commencement of the Annual General Meeting in the year subsequent to its payment.
+ \item A person becomes a member upon the receipt of a valid membership application by the Secretary and the receipt of any subscription fees by the Club.
+ \item Any member may resign from the Club by providing written notification to the Secretary.
+ \item Membership of the club continues indefinitely until resigned or ceasing due to non-payment of a subscription, unless provided elsewhere in this Constitution.
\item All members must comply with all provisions relating to affiliated societies included in the Guild Statute Book.
\end{enumerate}
@@ -207,14 +211,15 @@ The Club at the General Meeting may elect a Patron and Vice Patron who if they i
\item Any member who has been nominated for a position and is unable to attend the Annual General Meeting must notify the Secretary of his or her acceptance of said position, in writing, before the close of nominations.
\end{enumerate}
% Is anyone a financial member of the Guild?
- \item Only students at The University of Western Australia who are financial members of the Student Guild of The University of Western Australia may hold positions on the Executive.
+ \item Only members of the club who are students at The University of Western Australia and financial members of the Student Guild of The University of Western Australia may hold positions on the Executive.
\item The First Year Representative must be a student at The University of Western Australia in first year for the first time and an ordinary member of the Club.
\item Any members of the Club may hold a position of Ordinary Committee Member.
\item Any financial members of the Club may vote for the positions of Committee members.
+ \item Members may be elected to and hold at most one position on the Committee.
\end{enumerate}
\section{Duration of Office}
-The members of the Committee shall remain in office until the close of the succeeding Annual General Meeting, except as elsewhere provided in the Constitution.
+The members of the Committee shall commence office at the close of the meeting at which they are elected and remain in office until the close of the succeeding Annual General Meeting, except as elsewhere provided in the Constitution.
\section{Duties of the Committee}
The Committee shall be responsible to the Club in General Meeting for giving effect to the objects of the Club.
@@ -345,6 +350,10 @@ In addition to any other provisions set out in this Constitution, or in any regu
Any officer of the Club may resign from a position by giving written notification to the Secretary at least fourteen days before that Officer's resignation takes effect.
\subsection{Absence}
The Committee shall declare vacant the position of any member of the Committee if that member has been absent from two consecutive meetings of the Committee without giving a satisfactory explanation for that absence.
+\subsection{Cessation of Membership}
+The Committee shall declare vacant the position of any member of the Committee if that person ceases to be a member of the Club for any reason.
+\subsection{Acceptance of Other Positions}
+The Committee shall declare vacant the existing position of any member of the Committee who is elected to another Committee position that is not a temporary role.
\subsection{Election}
If any position on the Committee becomes vacant then the Committee shall call a General Meeting for the election of a member to that position within four weeks of that position becoming vacant.
If the vacant position is an executive role, the committee may choose to elect a member of the committee to temporarily fill that role until the General Meeting is held.