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LIFE Health & Fitness Club
- Membership
- Duration
- Notice to terminate
- Associate members
- Membership card
When you join the Club you are agreeing to remain a member for a Commitment Period. For administrative reasons this period covers the rest of the calendar month in which you join (if you join after the first day of the month) and the following 12 full months. This Commitment Period is a core term of membership necessary to allow us, as a private club, to commit to the level of investment required in providing equipment and facilities to the standard expected by our members. If you choose to pay your membership fees monthly your Club membership will continue automatically after the Commitment Period. If you choose to join the Club by paying your Commitment Period membership fee in advance your Club membership will terminate automatically on expiry of the Commitment Period.
You may terminate your membership of the Club for convenience by giving the Club at least 3 complete calendar months' notice, so that your membership will end at the end of the third complete calendar month after notice was given: for example, if you give notice on 1 June it will expire on 31 August, if you give notice on 8 June it will expire on 30 September. You can give notice to terminate at any point during the Commitment Period but this cannot end your membership before the end of the Commitment Period (unless a shorter period of notice is permitted under these terms or the Club rules). The Club may also terminate your membership after expiry of the Commitment Period by giving you at least 3 complete calendar months' notice (unless a shorter period of notice is permitted under these terms or the Club rules).
Associate members are restricted to the Primary member's spouse/partner living at the same address. If the spouse/partner of the Primary member is or becomes an Associate member of the Primary member he/she will be an Associate Partner member. Associate Partner members have all the rights and obligations of other adult Associate members except that they have a Commitment Period and are jointly and severally liable under clause 3.6. Adult Associate members are full members of the Club and must observe these membership terms in full (except any which relate only to Primary or Associate Partner members). Should an existing Associate member succeed a Primary member they will assume all the rights and obligations of the previous Primary member, including as to fees.
You will be issued with a LIFE health and Fitness Club membership card, which will be personal to you and remain the property of the Club and you must return it to the Club on your membership coming to an end. You must present your membership card to the Club reception on each visit before using the facilities and report any loss of your card to the Club immediately- Any misuse of your membership card may lead to our terminating your Club membership immediately.
- The facilities
You will only be permitted to use the Club facilities provided your membership is current and fully paid up or you have made payment arrangements acceptable to the Club.
Details of the Club's current opening hours and facilities are displayed on notices at the Club. We may sometimes need to change opening hours or the facilities available, for example for maintenance or refurbishment. If we need to do this we will, wherever possible, display notices at the Club reasonably in advance. However, if we make a significant change to the opening hours and/or facilities available you may have the right to cancel your membership under clause 6 of these terms.
- Fees
The Membership Application form sets out the joining fee and membership fee payable on joining. If you pay membership fees monthly, they are payable in advance by Standing Order.
If your membership comes to an end, the joining fee will be payable on any renewal of membership.
All Club membership fees and other fees are reviewed periodically and any changes to these are generally implemented on 1st January each year (including during your Commitment Period). We will give you at least 1 month's notice of any change in membership fees. If your membership fee is increased by more than the official Consumer Price Index plus 5% over any consecutive 12 month period you may cancel your membership by giving three complete calendar months' notice, which must be received by the Club no later than one month after notification of the price increase was given if you are within your Commitment Period. You must however continue to pay the membership fee at the previous rate until the end of this notice period.
Primary and Associate Partner members are jointly and severally responsible for each other's and all Associate members' fees. Where Associate members' fees are paid by direct debit they must be paid from the same bank account as that of the Primary member and where we have appointed a direct debit processing agent. This will be subject to the direct debit processing fee charged by such agent as there described.
The Club reserves the right to require satisfactory confirmation of the name and address of any member and to restrict the amount of cash it will accept in settlement of fees or other amounts due.
- Club rules
As a member you must comply with the Club rules. These will be displayed prominently in the Club and principally relate to the use of the facilities and members' conduct. We may (unless stated elsewhere in these terms) make reasonable changes to the Club rules from time to time. A copy of the Club rules will be supplied to you on joining and further copies will be made available on request.
- Use of equipment and facilities
Your use of any of the Club's equipment or facilities is entirely at your own risk, except to the extent that there is any negligence or breach of any legal duty by the Club or its staff.
Induction sessions explaining the safe and proper use of relevant equipment will be made available to you on joining the Club. It is your responsibility to arrange appropriate induction - you must not use any equipment or undertake any activity unless you are satisfied that you are competent to do so safely and properly.
You must take care to safeguard your own health and safety and that of other people whilst using the equipment and facilities.
You will be responsible for any harm or injury that you cause to yourself or another person or to the Club to the extent that it is caused through your unsafe or improper use of the equipment or facilities.
The Club will not be responsible for any loss, harm or injury to you to the extent that this is caused by your unsafe or improper use of the equipment or facilities or your failing to advise Club staff of a medical condition relevant to your use of these.
- Termination
- Termination by the Club
- you commit a serious or repeated breach of these terms or the Club's rules (in particular, if you do not adhere to the safe and proper use of the Club's equipment or facilities as instructed by our staff or in Club notices):
- any part of your membership fee remains unpaid 30 days after its due date;
- you provide us with false details when applying for membership: or
- you misuse your LIFE Club membership card.
- Termination by you
- How to terminate
- Joining fees not refundable
We may terminate your membership immediately if:
If we terminate your membership for any of these reasons (or you terminate without giving the due notice period) you will remain liable to pay the membership fees for the due notice period and, if applicable, the remainder of any unexpired Commitment Period. The only exceptions to this are that the Club will allow a reduction for any Operating costs saved through your not using the Club (though such savings are likely to be minimal) or for any membership fees recovered from a replacement member (but only if the Club has a waiting list for membership).
You may terminate your membership immediately on giving notice to the Club: ' if we commit a serious or repeated breach of these terms; or • on grounds of the unavailability of facilities where the unavailable facilities comprise either a substantial part of any particular facilities or a substantial part of the Club's overall facilities In either case such unavailability must have a material adverse effect on your use of the Club and the whole or greater part of the affected facilities must be unavailable for at least 20 days in any period of 60 days {or for at least 60 days in any period of 365 days). If the unavailability is less than this (in effect, time or extent) then you may be entitled to compensation, but not to terminate your membership. If you terminate your membership in these circumstances, you will be entitled to an appropriate refund of membership fees paid in advance and/or compensation as a matter of law. The Club may (also in its reasonable discretion) agree to terminate your membership if you suffer a medical condition which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on your ability to continue with your usual usage of the Club facilities. The Club may require reasonable evidence of your medical condition, such as a doctor's certificate
You must give written notice of termination to the Club to terminate your membership. Cancelling your direct debit instruction for the payment of fees is not sufficient
Joining fees are not refundable on termination Of membership under any circumstances. This is because your joining fee goes to the initial costs on your joining in relation to undertaking your health check, induction, training programme assessment and new member administration.
- Accidents and injuries
- Miscellaneous fees
- Valuables and liability
The Club provides lockers for the storage of personal items and uses all reasonable efforts to provide a secure environment at the Club. Nevertheless the Club cannot eliminate entirely the risk of theft, damage or loss of members personal possessions and we advise you not to bring valuable items such as jewellery or large amounts of cash to the Club. Please note that although we do not limit liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, the Club will not be responsible or liable to you (except to the extent that we are negligent or in breach of any legal duty) for:
- any loss or damage to any of your possessions not locked into one of the lockers provided:
- the items you choose to place in the Club's lockers (and it is strictly your responsibility to check that the locker is properly locked and secure before leaving possessions in it);
- the criminal acts of any person on the Club premises such as theft of lockers or vehicles or their contents:
- any loss or damage to your possessions in excess of £200 in total;
- loss or damage caused through misuse under any circumstances of stolen keys, wallets, purses, credit cards, debit cards or cheque books:
- loss or damage caused through a third party providing independent services or facilities to members on Club premises;
- damage to or loss of or from vehicles and bicycles left in the Club's car park or premises; or
- events which we could not have foreseen or forestalled even if we had taken all reasonable care.
- CCTV
- Contractual changes
- Sale of Club
- Notices
You must report any accident or injury you may have at the Club as soon as possible and in any event within 48 hours. We need this information in order to comply with our health and safety obligations and for insurance purposes.
We may charge a reasonable fee of up to £25 for any of the following: replacing lost membership cards, processing failed due direct debit payments, recovery of unpaid fees, removing or adding Associate members, changing membership category and transferring membership.
In the interests of security and the health and safety of members and staff, the Club may operate CCTV cameras at various points inside and outside its premises. Access to recorded images will be restricted to authorised members of staff only.
The Club may from time to time change or add to these terms for security, legal or regulatory reasons. Where reasonable, we will provide at least one month's notice of any significant changes by displaying them on Club notice boards. If any change has a material adverse effect on your use of the Club you may terminate your membership at any time on giving the Club 30 days' notice.
In the event of the sale or disposal of the Club to another group/ Company or to any other person we may transfer your membership to the new owner and you will continue as a member of the Club and continue to pay your membership fees provided no changes to these terms or the Club rules having a material adverse effect on your use of the Club are made by the new owner. Any such disposal will not affect your contractual or statutory rights.
Notices from you to the Club must be in writing and addressed to the general manager at the Club. The Club reserves the right to require evidence of posting or delivery where it has no record of receipt or the date of any notice appears inconsistent with the date of receipt. In these cases the notice will be deemed not given unless such evidence is produced. Any notice handed to the Club must be receipted.
Notices from the Club to you will be posted to you at your address in the membership records (or, where these terms permit, displayed on notice boards at the Club).
