Whilst CHCS is basically a professional society for those working in Great Britain and does not therefore aim to have overseas members, a number of persons in other countries (for example Belgium, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Poland in Europe, and also in USA and Australia) have seen the advantages of membership.

The main reason for this seems to be related to the fact that in many of these countries no equivalent professional Society is known to exist.

Some overseas members remain purely 'postal' members, but a number have seen benefit in travelling to England to attend the events that are run by the Society; since these offer such excellent value for money that they offset the cost of travel. It would also appear that some of the CHCS events have no equivalents in some other countries.

It should be noted that the language of the Society is English, with no translation facilities being provided.

No subscription reduction is made for overseas members - on the basis that the cost of administering these memberships is the same as for members based in the UK.

Subscription invoices will include UK VAT, unless:

• the member or applicant is domiciled in an EU country outside the UK and at the time the invoice is raised, we hold on file a valid VAT Registration Number for the person (real or legal) paying the invoice; or
• the member or applicant is domiciled in a country outside the EU.

CHCS Training Modules, CHCS Seminars, and all other CHCS Events, are all services 'delivered' in the UK, and by law everyone (regardless of
domicile) must pay UK VAT on the fees charged by CHCS.

All CHCS invoices, including those for Membership fees, are due for the full value of the invoice and must be remitted for value in pounds sterling. All transmission charges must be paid by the sender. CHCS will pay only those charges levied by CHCS's bank for receipt of the funds.

Any shortfall in the amount received by CHCS's bank will be held as the personal responsibility of the member or applicant regardless of who actually makes the payment.

Access to the public areas of the CHCS Web site at http://www.chcs.org.uk , and to the e-mail based 'Questions and Answers' Forum, are free, and currently are not conditional on CHCS membership, though CHCS reserves the right to make it so. CHCS members can access other useful information on the password protected member’s area of the web site.

Revised March 2007