The 2001 membership fee is based on headcount within the UK which includes full time staff and full time equivalents for part time staff. The Board has approved another class of membership, Network membership, for Institutions and Individuals wishing to establish links with the BioIndustry Association to participate in, and benefit from, its growing information and expert committee networks. Network membership is also intended to provide access to the business start-up advice offered by the Association's sponsors. However, individuals within entities which qualify for any category of Associate or Corporate membership do not qualify to be Individual Network members. Corporate and Associate members have the right to stand for election to the Board and to vote on the affairs of the Association but Network members do not.
All members have the right to participate in the expert committees.
8PS Membership Fee Payment Membership of the Association runs from 1st January to 31st December each year and the membership fee is payable within 30 days of date of invoice. Members who fail to pay membership fees within three months of the invoice date will lose membership privileges, as stipulated in the Articles of Association. Companies, Institutions or Individuals joining the Association during the year will be invoiced pro rata from the end of the month they are accepted by the Board as members until the end of the year.