sch-sec.17What a membership agreement must state

sch-sec.17 What a membership agreement must state

A supplier entering into a membership agreement with a client must ensure the agreement states each of the following— the supplier’s name and address; the supplier’s and the client’s rights and obligations, including, for example, a requirement that, if the client believes there is a risk to the client’s health by participating in a fitness service at the supplier’s fitness centre, the client must inform the supplier in writing about the risk; each fee the client must pay to the supplier under the membership agreement; for what fitness service or fitness services each fee is payable; if there are no fees payable for a part of the term of the agreement—the part of the term; when each fee is payable; the total amount of fees payable under the agreement; that the agreement is subject to a cooling-off period; when the cooling-off period starts and when it ends; if the supplier enters into the agreement with the client before the supplier’s fitness centre opens—the proposed opening day; that the client is entitled to terminate the agreement because of the client’s permanent sickness or physical incapacity; the circumstances under which the client is entitled to terminate the agreement before the membership term ends, other than during the cooling-off period or because of the client’s permanent sickness or physical incapacity; how the client terminates the agreement; the circumstances under which the supplier may terminate the agreement.

• (a) the supplier’s name and address;
• (b) the supplier’s and the client’s rights and obligations, including, for example, a requirement that, if the client believes there is a risk to the client’s health by participating in a fitness service at the supplier’s fitness centre, the client must inform the supplier in writing about the risk;
• (c) each fee the client must pay to the supplier under the membership agreement;
• (d) for what fitness service or fitness services each fee is payable;
• (e) if there are no fees payable for a part of the term of the agreement—the part of the term;
• (f) when each fee is payable;
• (g) the total amount of fees payable under the agreement;
• (h) that the agreement is subject to a cooling-off period;
• (i) when the cooling-off period starts and when it ends;
• (j) if the supplier enters into the agreement with the client before the supplier’s fitness centre opens—the proposed opening day;
• (k) that the client is entitled to terminate the agreement because of the client’s permanent sickness or physical incapacity;
• (l) the circumstances under which the client is entitled to terminate the agreement before the membership term ends, other than during the cooling-off period or because of the client’s permanent sickness or physical incapacity;