THE IMPORTANCE OF HAVING A QUORUM
For those of you who are involved in meetings of organisations you might be interested in the rules relating to quorums.
A quorum is the minimum number of members that must be present at a meeting.
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WHERE DOES YOUR EFFLUENT GO?
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Regional Councils are constrained by the Resource Management Act when developing regional plans, and are required to consider activities that may affect the environment. This is the reason resource consent must be obtained by farmers in all regions before discharging treated effluent into a waterway.
A trap for charities
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If they are not careful, charities can loose their right to be registered as a charity - through the actions of just one person.
How do you reduce the chance of this happening to your charity?
Expensive mistakes in preparation of a Will
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Did you know that for a will to be valid there needs to be a statement on the will that the witnesses were present with the will maker when the will was signed?
In a recent case in the High Court in Invercargill a will was considered where this statement had been omitted. As the will did not comply with the Wills Act the will was found to be invalid.
Not paying the rent?
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In these tough economic times it is worthwhile knowing where you stand with your lease if you are a tenant who has not been keeping up with rent payments or if you are a landlord and your tenant has not been paying the rent.