SECTION 5(b)

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STATEMENT OF PURPOSES

1.      The name of the incorporated Association is        

      THE IRISH SETTER CLUB OF VICTORIA INCORPORATED.

2.      The purposes for which the incorporated Association is established are:

(a)                to affiliate with the Victorian Canine Association or its successor at law;

(b)               to promote and raise the standards and exhibition of registered pure bred dogs, particularly the Irish Setter;

(c)                to promote the holding of Exhibitions under the V.C.A. (or its successor at law) Rules and Regulations and to conduct Exhibitions and/or to promote Obedience training and to conduct Obedience Trials, Tracking Tests, and Field Trials:

(d)               to foster, promote and protect the interest of exhibitors of dogs at exhibitions and particularly the exhibitors of the Irish Setter;

(e)        to collect, verify and publish information relating to dogs and the breeding and                                                                                                                                                                                                   exhibition of dogs;

(f)                 to educate and encourage members, breeders and judges to abide by the requirements and the standards approved by the Victorian Canine Association or its successor at law for the conduct of Exhibitions and Shows;

(g)                to promote good fellowship and sportsmanship amongst members and those participating in or attending Exhibitions and Shows;

(h)                to inform members of and make known to them the Laws and Regulations of the State relating to the ownership and care of dogs, and the responsibility of owners for the conduct and actions of their dogs;

(i)            to hold functions and lectures relating to dogs and to the purposes of the Club generally;

(j)                 to provide awards and donate prizes for competition at Exhibitions and for the competition by breeders and exhibitors of dogs;

(k)               to foster relations with other Clubs and bodies having similar aims;

(l)                  to promote and assist worthy causes, as agreed at a General Meeting of the members of the Club;

(m)              to invest the funds of the Club not immediately required in such manner as the members or the Committee in lieu thereof shall determine;

(n)                to purchase, hire, lease, etc. and do such tings as are conductive or incidental to promoting and achieving the purposes of the Club;

(o)               to carry on such other activities and to do all such other things as may be necessary or conductive to carrying out the objects of the Club;