IWBF

NOTE: This Regulation gives effect to the application of Article 4 of the Constitution

D1 Applications for membership

D1.1 To become a member of IWBF, an NOWB must submit an application for membership to the Secretary General.

D1.2 The applicant NOWB must submit also a copy of its own statutes and regulations, and details of its internal organisation and the facilities for playing Wheelchair Basketball in its country.

D1.3 An application for membership shall contain an undertaking by the applicant NOWB to: a) conform at all times with the Constitution, Internal Regulations and decisions of IWBF and of the Zone to which it is assigned. b) observe the Official Wheelchair Basketball Rules of IWBF; and c) alter its statutes and regulations as required by IWBF.

D1.4 Once all the documentation is received the Secretary General shall submit the application including the supporting documentation, to the Executive Council for their decision.

D2 Associated Members

D2.1 A national federation which has not paid its fees or arrears for a period of three (3) years shall lose automatically its rights as an affiliated member of IWBF and become an associated member. The Executive Council and Zones must be informed.

D2.2 As soon as a member becomes associated, it cannot register its national ITOs for IWBF Clinics and it cannot pay the annual fees for its ITOs.

D2.3 To become a full member of IWBF with all member rights again, an associated member must:

a) Settle all arrears to IWBF owing at the date it became associated.

b) Pay (or have paid) the annual membership fee due in the meantime to IWBF and IWBF Zones.

c) Be subject again and with immediate effect to the progressive category fee it was paying before it became associated, if this is still justified (which will be decided by the Executive Council).

d) Register again its IWBF active ITOs immediately.

e) Register its ITOs for the various IWBF Clinics.

D2.4 If a Zone allows an associated NOWB to participate in an official international competition, this NOWB shall be reinstated with full rights as a member of IWBF. The respective Zone shall be liable for an associated NOWB’s debts with IWBF as soon as it allows that NOWB to participate in an official competition of the Zone.

D3 Suspended member.

D3.1 A suspended national federation has the same rights as an associated member in terms of Article D.2.

D4 Annual and progressive membership fees.

D4.1 Progressive fees are payable by each NOWB and shall be paid by 31st January each year. An NOWB becoming a member of IWBF for the first time shall pay a new member federation fee. (See P4).

D4.2 For purposes of assessment of progressive fees which are set out in P4, the member national federations are divided into the following categories:

D4.2.1 Category "A"

Australia, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, U.S.A.

D4.2.2 Category "B"

Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Czech Republic, China, People’s Republic of, Finland, Poland, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey.

D4.2.3 Category "C"

Bahrain, , Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Croatia, Denmark, Greece, Iraq, Ireland, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Morocco, New Zealand, Oman, Palestine, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Syria, Thailand, U.A.E., Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela

D4.2.4 Category "D"

Cameroon, Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Eritrea, Gabon, Guatemala, India, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Singapore, Sudan, Zimbabwe

D4.2.5 Category “E”

All other national federations.