Constitution and Byelaws

Aberdeen University Students' Association (AUSA) is a registered charity in Scotland and as such, we are governed by a constitution. The AUSA Constitution along with the associated AUSA Byelaws are the fundamental rules and regulations by which AUSA operates. Our constitution and our byelaws can be accessed below. If you have any questions about any of these documents, you can email ausareps@abdn.ac.uk. 

Constitution 

You can find AUSA’s Constitution here.

Byelaws

The AUSA Byelaws are outlined below. You can download each document by clicking on the title.

Byelaw	Last Updated
Byelaw 1 - Membership	February 2017
Byelaw 2 - Referenda	February 2017
Byelaw 3 - Students' Association Council	March 2023
Byelaw 4 - Sabbatical Officer Roles	June 2021
Byelaw 5 - Standing Committees	June 2021
Byelaw 6 - Liberation and Section Forums	June 2021
Byelaw 7 - AUSA Societies Union	June 2020
Byelaw 8 - Aberdeen University Sports Union	June 2020
Byelaw 9 - Student Groups	April 2021
Byelaw 10 - Resignation and Removal of Officers or Duties	February 2017
Byelaw 11 - Code of Conduct for all Members	February 2017
Byelaw 13 - Election Regulations	December 2022
Byelaw 14 - Student Policy	February 2017
Byelaw 15 - AUSA Equality and Diversity Policy	February 2017

Who can change these documents?

Constitution

The AUSA Constitution is reviewed every five years to make sure it’s kept up to date and reflects the Association that students want to see. Outside this timescale, amendments to the Constitution may be affected by:

• a resolution of the Members passed at a general meeting by at least 75% of those present and voting; or
• a resolution passed by a 75% majority of the Members voting in a Referendum provided that at least 10% of Members cast a vote in the Referendum; or
• a resolution passed by the Board of Trustees

provided the Court of the University of Aberdeen approved the amendments.

Byelaws

The Trustees and the Student Council have the power from time to time to jointly make, repeal or amend Byelaws as to the management of the Association and its working practices provided that such Byelaws are not inconsistent with the Constitution. Byelaws can be amended at Student Council by a resolution passed by 75% of the Members present at the meeting; these changes must be ratified by the Trustee board.