UCU_Rules_2024-25_from_31.05.

9.2 Where, in the judgement of the General Secretary, a member no longer meets the criteria for membership set out in Rule 3, the union may notify the member by letter, sent to the address notified by the member to the union as their preferred mailing address, of its intention to terminate membership on the expiry of 28 days from the date of the letter. [...] 9.3 The termination of membership by the Union in accordance with rules 9.1 and 9.2 is without prejudice to the right of the union to recover any payment of arrears of subscriptions, or, in a case in which legal assistance has been provided to the member in the period when subscriptions were not properly paid, to recover as a debt the cost of the provision of such legal services in the said period. [...] 18 National Executive Committee 18.1 The National Executive Committee shall be the principal executive committee of the Union, and shall be responsible for the execution of policy and the conduct of the general business of the Union between meetings of National Congress, and shall abide by decisions passed at National Congress, subject to the Rules. [...] The person elected to that office will succeed to the office of President Elect, and then to the office of President, and then to the office of Immediate Past President, in accordance with the succession applicable to the original vacancy, subject to the provisions of rule 21.1. [...] 28 General Secretary 28.1 The General Secretary shall be the chief executive of the Union, responsible for duties specified by the Rules and Standing Orders of the Union, and duties allocated by the National Executive Committee, and shall be elected for terms of five years by the membership of the Union, under procedures agreed by the National Executive Committee.