The following rule has been changed to now read:

2.2       APPLICATION FOR AFFILIATION

2.2.1   A Specialist or General Club MUST, in the first instance, apply for recognition as a 'Social Club

2.2.2   Prior to application for affiliation, intending affiliates should form a club on unofficial lines, appointing office bearers.

(a)       A Specialist Club for a breed or group of breeds shall have not less than ten (10) voting members at all times, and

(b)       An All Breeds [general club] shall have not less than fifteen (15) voting members at all times.(04/15)