Terms of Membership
AEMT Ltd Terms and Conditions of Membership
These Terms and Conditions form the basis of the contract through which AEMT Ltd will deliver a service to you as a member. On becoming a member of the AEMT, you are automatically agreeing to these Terms and Conditions, including our use of email for essential member communications and meeting notices (see section 6), and you are providing us with the appropriate consent to handle your personal information in accordance with the UK General Data Protection Regulation and the Data Protection Act 2018.
AEMT's registered office is Tower House Business Centre, Fishergate, York, YO10 4UA. The association is governed by its Articles of Association.
The AEMT is the trade association for the rewind and repair industry. Application for membership is open to any engineering organisation involved with, or supplying, the rewinding, repairing and renewing of rotating electro-mechanical equipment and ancillaries to enhance and reuse them.
1. Membership benefits
Membership of the AEMT will provide you with:
- Directory listings
- Technical support
- Legal and Employment Helpline (UK members only)
- Access to discounted standards
- Access to the AEMT Standards Portal (additional fees apply)
- Access to member-only training webinars
- The opportunity to attend member-only events and other events, which may be free of charge or at preferential rates
- Access to members-only areas of the AEMT website
- Copies of AEMT technical publications
- Opportunities to meet and work with other members of the industry
The AEMT reserves the right to change the benefits that apply to membership at any time and without prior notice.
Any external partner providers of any benefit which may be included within your membership will have absolute discretion in relation to the provision of such services, and membership of the AEMT does not guarantee that the external partner provider will accept an application from a member for the provision of services.
Services supplied from an external partner provider will be subject to the provider's own Terms and Conditions, and the AEMT does not accept any liability for loss or damage suffered as a result of a fault, error or omission in the provision of these services.
The AEMT reserves the right to change our external partner providers without prior notice and our decision on such services provided is final.
2. The membership contract
When you submit your application, you are making an offer to subscribe to the AEMT which, if accepted by us, will result in a legally binding contract.
At the point of your membership renewal, your renewal payment is confirmation of the continued acceptance of this contract. The AEMT is mandated to increase membership subscriptions by UK inflationary rates each year. You may not transfer any of your rights and obligations under these Terms and Conditions to another person or organisation without prior written agreement from the AEMT.
For all applications, the contract between us will be confirmed when we acknowledge receipt of your subscription payment.
3. Cooling off period
There is a fourteen working day cooling off period for new members, effective from the day the application is dated. This will allow for cancellation of any subscription payment without any penalty. If you wish to cancel your new member subscription, you must notify the AEMT within these fourteen working days in writing, by letter or by email. The AEMT is not liable for any of your associated costs with this cancellation.
4. Right to refuse membership
The AEMT reserves the right to cancel your membership if we are unable to obtain your subscription payment.
A member may be excluded from the Association pursuant to our Articles of Association in the event that its continued participation is deemed likely to cause significant damage to the interests of the Association or bring the Association into serious disrepute.
If you are accepted into membership, but it subsequently turns out that any or all of the information provided by you was misleading or false, the AEMT reserves the right to revoke the membership with immediate effect, without the right of appeal.
5. Renewal, cancellation and refunds
Your AEMT membership is a rolling agreement which will automatically renew upon our membership year renewal date. You will receive a renewal notice by email either just before or upon the anniversary of the AEMT's membership year, which is currently 1 January.
If you wish to cancel your membership, you must inform us of your intention to do so at least six months before the renewal date, currently 1 January of each year. This notice must be provided directly to the AEMT in writing, either by letter or by email.
Once renewal of your membership has occurred, it is still possible to cancel your membership with immediate effect, but the AEMT is not obliged to offer any refund if proper notice has not been given under these Terms and Conditions.
6. Meeting notices and essential member communications
Agreement to receive communications by email
By applying for or renewing membership, you agree that the AEMT may send you essential member communications, including notices of general meetings, by email. This agreement forms part of your membership contract and is given for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006, which allows a company to send notices and documents to its members in electronic form where they have agreed to receive them that way.
You cannot opt out of essential member communications while you remain a member, because we need them to administer your membership and to run the Association in line with our Articles of Association.
What counts as an essential member communication
Essential member communications include:
- Subscription invoices, payment reminders and renewal notices
- Notice of any change to subscription rates
- Notice of any change to these Terms and Conditions
- Notices of general meetings, including the Annual General Meeting and any extraordinary general meeting
- Proposed resolutions, voting papers, proxy forms, nominations for election to the Board and any written resolutions
- Accounts, reports and other documents the Association is required to circulate to members
- Matters relating to your membership status, including any Codes of Practice verification or audit requirements
- Important service announcements about member benefits, systems or the AEMT website
Notices of general meetings
Notices of general meetings, and any documents that go with them, will be sent by email to the primary contact we hold for your organisation. We may also publish meeting documents on the AEMT website and email you to tell you they are available and where to find them.
Notice will be given within the periods set out in our Articles of Association and the Companies Act 2006. A notice sent by email to the address we hold for you is treated as received 48 hours after it was sent, whether or not it is opened.
Accidental failure to send a notice of a meeting, or non-receipt of a notice by any member, does not invalidate the proceedings at that meeting.
Your responsibilities
To make sure our communications reach you, you agree to:
- Give us at least one email address for a named primary contact who is authorised to receive notices on behalf of your organisation
- Tell us promptly if that person leaves or the email address changes
- Add emails from the domain @theaemt.com to your organisation's safe senders list (whitelist), so that our messages are not blocked or sent to spam or quarantine
The AEMT is not responsible for any consequence, including a missed renewal deadline, vote or meeting, that results from an email not being received because the address we hold is out of date or because our messages have been blocked or filtered by your systems.
If you have a genuine need to receive a particular notice by post, please contact us and we will consider your request.
Marketing communications
Essential member communications are separate from marketing. Newsletters, event promotions and offers from our external partner providers are marketing communications, and you can unsubscribe from these at any time using the link in the email or by contacting us. Unsubscribing from marketing does not stop essential member communications.
7. Liability
The AEMT's liability does not extend to any membership-related benefits, goods or services provided by any external partner provider. We specifically exclude liability for any loss or damage suffered by you as a result of your involvement in whatever manner with an external partner provider.
8. Information services
You agree to exercise diligence and care when using the information and guidance provided to you as part of your membership benefit. All services are subject to copyright law and may not be reproduced unless express permission is given by the AEMT.
The AEMT uses best endeavours to ensure that all information and guidance provided by us is as up to date as possible. However, you should not rely solely on the information provided as a basis for making all business, legal or other decisions. It is advised that you seek appropriate independent advice before making any such decisions.
The content of all AEMT information, guidance and other publications reflects the opinion of the author unless stated otherwise.
9. Data protection and use of personal data
Any data you supply, whether personal or otherwise, will be used to process your membership subscription. As a member of the AEMT this data will also be used for marketing, statistical and analytical purposes and to administer your membership. You will receive essential member communications as described in section 6 and, from time to time, we may let you know about promotions with our external partner providers. It is your responsibility to ensure that the AEMT has the correct details for your organisation. If you believe that any of the information we hold on you or your organisation is incorrect or out of date, please provide us with the accurate information.
The AEMT will never pass on your data to any third party.
All personal data supplied will be held and processed in accordance with data protection rules; further details can be provided on request.
10. The AEMT website
The AEMT will make every effort to ensure that the information on our website is accurate. However, we cannot guarantee this and accept no liability for any information given via our website or those which are linked to it.
Even when data encryption is used, the security of information transmitted via the internet cannot be guaranteed. The AEMT is not liable for any losses, whether whole or in part, incurred or sustained by users who transmit information by electronic means.
Please see our published Use of Website Terms and Conditions for further information.
11. Events
Members may be invited to book places at events, training and seminars organised by us or our partners, to enable members to gain information and meet others working in the industry.
Once a booking has been accepted by the AEMT, a legally binding agreement is formed subject to the full Terms and Conditions for event bookings published on our website. All fees are payable in advance of the event taking place and the AEMT reserves the right to refuse entry to any delegate in the event of non-payment. Organising and financing associated travel and accommodation costs are the sole responsibility of the delegate.
Members whose subscription is outstanding at the time of booking will be charged an administration fee of £90 + VAT which may, at the AEMT's discretion, be offset against the subscription payment once it has been received. In all other cases, this administration fee is non-refundable.
The views expressed by third party organisations or individuals speaking at AEMT events, conferences or training courses are solely those of the presenter or their organisation and are not necessarily those of the AEMT. The AEMT does not guarantee the accuracy or reliability of the information provided.
Suggestions or advice contained in the Content should not be relied upon in place of professional or other advice. Whilst we take reasonable care to ensure that the Content created by us is accurate and complete, some of it is supplied by third parties and we are unable to check its accuracy or completeness. You should verify the accuracy of any information (whether supplied by us or third parties) before relying on it. The Content is provided on an "as is" basis without any warranties of any kind (express or implied). We hereby exclude to the fullest extent permitted by law all liabilities, costs, claims, damages, losses and/or expenses arising from any inaccuracy or omission in the Content or arising from any infringing, defamatory or otherwise unlawful material in the Content.
The AEMT reserves the right to amend any event programme, date, venue or speakers from those advertised if it becomes necessary.
Please see the AEMT's Event Booking Terms and Conditions for further information.
12. Variation
These Terms and Conditions were first effective from 1 January 2022 and were last revised in October 2026. They may be subject to change at any time. Any change will be published on our website and notified to members by email, and the latest version will be binding upon you.
13. Governing law and jurisdiction
These Terms and Conditions are governed by English law. You hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts notwithstanding the jurisdiction where you are based.
If any court or competent authority decides that any of the provisions of these Terms are invalid, unlawful or unenforceable to any extent, the term will, to that extent only, be severed from the remaining terms, which will continue to be valid to the fullest extent permitted by law.
14. Entire agreement
These Terms and Conditions override any contrary terms or conditions published by us previously in relation to any membership subscription between you and us.
15. AEMT branding
Use of the AEMT Member Logo is permitted for all paid-up members for the duration of the membership year. Upon renewal, the right to continued use of the Member Logo is secured.
AEMT's external partners may use the AEMT branding only with the express permission of the AEMT.
All usage of the Member Badge and AEMT's logo is subject to the AEMT's Branding Guidelines.
In the event of your resignation or failure to pay a subscription, you forfeit your right to use the logo and you agree to remove all claims of AEMT membership from your website and advertising material.
16. Queries, comments and complaints
The AEMT will endeavour to respond to any complaint or query received within three working days. This may be in the form of an acknowledgement whilst further investigations or research are carried out. If you have any queries, comments or complaints about your membership, please contact us.