7. Benefits and payments to members of the World Board and connected persons
7.1 General provisions No member of the World Board or connected person may:
7.1.1 buy or receive any goods or services from WAGGGS on terms preferential to those applicable to members of the public;
7.1.2 sell goods, services, or any interest in land to WAGGGS;
7.1.3 be employed by, or receive any remuneration from, WAGGGS;
7.1.4 receive any other financial benefit from WAGGGS; unless the payment or benefit is permitted by sub-clause 7.2 of this clause, or authorised by the court or the Charity Commission (the Commission). In this clause, a financial benefit means a benefit, direct or indirect, which is either money or has a monetary value.
7.2 Scope and powers permitting trustees’ or connected persons’ benefits
7.2.1 A member of the World Board or connected person may receive a benefit from WAGGGS as a beneficiary of WAGGGS provided that a majority of the trustees do not benefit in this way.
7.2.2 A member of the World Board or connected person may enter into a contract for the supply of services, or of goods that are supplied in connection with the provision of services, to WAGGGS where that is permitted in accordance with, and subject to the conditions in section 185 to 188 of the Charities Act 2011.
7.2.3 Subject to sub-clause 7.3 of this clause a member of the World Board or connected person may provide WAGGGS with goods that are not supplied in connection with services provided to WAGGGS by the member of the World Board or connected person.
7.2.4 A member of the World Board or connected person may receive interest on money lent to WAGGGS at a reasonable and proper rate which must be not more than the Bank of England bank rate (also known as the base rate).
7.2.5 A member of the World Board or connected person may receive rent for premises let by the trustee or connected person to WAGGGS. The amount of the rent and the other terms of the lease must be reasonable and proper. The member of the World Board concerned must withdraw from any meeting at which such a proposal or the rent or other terms of the lease are under discussion.
7.2.6 A member of the World Board or connected person may take part in the normal trading and fundraising activities of WAGGGS on the same terms as members of the public.
7.3 Payment for supply of goods only - controls WAGGGS and the World Board may only rely upon the authority provided by sub-clause 7.2.3 of this clause if each of the following conditions is satisfied:
7.3.1 The amount or maximum amount of the payment for the goods is set out in a written agreement between WAGGGS and the member of the World Board or connected person supplying the goods (the supplier).
117.3.2 The amount or maximum amount of the payment for the goods does not exceed what is reasonable in the circumstances for the supply of the goods in question.
7.3.3 The other members of the World Board are satisfied that it is in the best interests of WAGGGS to contract with the supplier rather than with someone who is not a member of the World Board or connected person. In reaching that decision the World Board must balance the advantage of contracting with a member of the World Board or connected person against the disadvantages of doing so.
7.3.4 The supplier is absent from the part of any meeting at which there is discussion of the proposal to enter into a contract or arrangement with him, her or it with regard to the supply of goods to WAGGGS.
7.3.5 The supplier does not vote on any such matter and is not to be counted when calculating whether a quorum of the World Board is present at the meeting.
7.3.6 The reason for their decision is recorded by the World Board in the minute book.
7.3.7 A majority of the World Board then in office are not in receipt of remuneration or payments authorised by clause 7.
7.4 In sub-clauses 7.2 and 7.3 of this clause:
7.4.1 WAGGGS includes any company in which WAGGGS:
7.4.1.1 holds more than 50% of the shares; or
7.4.1.2 controls more than 50% of the voting rights attached to the shares; or
7.4.1.3 has the right to appoint one or more of the members of the World Board to the board of the company;
7.4.2 ‘connected person’ includes any person within the definition set out in clause 34 (Interpretation).