For a full briefing on ultra vires, try these:
http://resource.nusonline.co.uk/medi...travires06.pdf http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1994...40030_en_1.htm www.free-education.org.uk/ultraviresbriefing.pdf
"Alongside the tiny number of high profile cases which actually made it to court, there must,over the years, have been many thousands of instances of SUs finding ways round the law andmany hundreds of SUs spending (usually small) amounts of money illegally, with no legalconsequences whatsoever.In most cases, particularly today when student confidence is low and willingness to openlydefy the law limited, breaking the law in this way will not be the best strategy."
Geniuses, really.
Also, it's not technically illegal for the Union to have a stance on it, they just can't have an official one. They certainly could not support it, but that is because it doesn't affect students, just people. Or, you know, the reverse.
The NUS isn't constrained by it because it isn't a charity. I won't say anything on that subject in case it is construed as campaigning.
