3446
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 115

tioner as mentioned in the last preceding paragraph; or
Completed a course of study in architectural subjects at any college, school, or educational institution, and has in addition to either of the foregoing qualifications had such practical experience either in building or architecture as, in the opinion of the Council, will fit him to be a member of the Institute, and who makes application for registration within five years after the commencement of the Act; or
(iii) Any person who has, in the opinion of the Council, attained great eminence in the profession of architecture and as to whom the Council considers it just and fitting that he be registered as a member of the Institute; or
(iv) Any person who passes either the examination entitling him to admission as an Associate of the Royal Institute of British Architects or any examination held in New Zealand under the authority of the University of New Zealand or the Council in the subjects and in accordance with the standard set out in appendix J hereto attached.
(v) Any person desiring admission as an Associate shall make application in the form prescribed in appendix A, and shall accompany such application with a certificate of character as in such form prescribed.
(c) All members shall be subscribing members except such persons as shall not be professionally engaged in practice as Architects but who, by reason of their eminence in art, science or literature, or their experience in matters relating to architecture, may appear to the Council to be able to promote the objects of the Institute and as to whom the Council resolves to admit them as Honorary Fellows or Associates. An Honorary Fellow or Associate shall be entitled to be present at and to take part in the discussion on papers read at meetings, but shall not be entitled to vote on any question or to nominate or to be nominated for office.
Honorary Fellows or Associates shall not be called upon to pay any fees or subscriptions to the Institute.

6. Every proposal for the election of an Honorary Fellow or Associate must be made either by the Council or on the nomination of a District Branch, in the form prescribed in appendix “C” and must give the Christian name, surname, titles and address of the candidate, with a statement of the grounds on which he is recommended.
7. The Council may elect any qualified person or member of any kindred Institute to be an Honorary Corresponding Member of this Institute. Such appointment to be a copy of the resolution of the Council bearing the common seal of the Institute.
8. Every proposal for the election of an Honorary Corresponding Member must be made either by the Council or on the nomination of at least three Fellows, in the form prescribed in appendix “D” and must give the Christian name, surname, titles, and address of the candidate with a statement of the grounds on which he is recommended.
9. Any Fellow who has been a member for not less than twenty-five years and has retired from practice may, subject to the approval of the Council, be transferred, without election, to the non-subscribing class of Honorary Fellows of the Institute.
10. Every member of the Institute shall, without election, be in addition a member of the District Branch nearest to his location or as the Council may direct, and shall hold rank in the District Branch in the same class that he occupies in the Institute.
11. It shall not be obligatory on the Council to furnish any reason for refusing to admit any person to membership.
12. Every Fellow and every Associate and such other subscribing members as the Institute may hereafter determine shall be entitled to obtain a certificate of membership of such form and design as the Council may from time to time prescribe, and subject to such conditions and on payment of such subscriptions or other sums as the Regulations may from time to time prescribe.
13. The Certificate of Membership, which shall bear the common seal of the Institute, shall remain the property of the Institute, and shall be tenable by the member only so long as he remains a member. When the holder shall cease to be a member he shall, within seven days of demand made in writing by the Secretary, return the certificate to the Institute, but should he or his legal representative fail to do so, or to explain his or their inability to do so to the satisfaction of the Council, the

Council shall be entitled to cancel the said certificate and to recover the same from any person detaining the same, and a notice of such cancelling shall be forthwith sent by the Secretary of the Institute to the secretary of each District Branch, and may be inserted in the Journal of Proceedings, and shall be gazetted.
14. No subscribing member shall be entitled to any of the rights and privileges of the Institute until he has signed a Declaration in the form prescribed in appendix “E.”
15. Every new member shall, within 14 days after the receipt by the Secretary of the Declaration above referred to, duly executed, have forwarded to him a certificate of membership and a copy of these Regulations.
16. On and after the commencement of these regulations the Fees payable on admission to the Institute, or on change of status, and the annual subscriptions shall be as follows:—
(a) Entrance Fees:
(1) Every person who is admitted as a Fellow without becoming an Associate shall, on admission, pay the sum of £5 5s. as entrance fee.
(2) Every Associate on being advanced to the status of a Fellow shall pay the sum of £2 2s. as additional entrance fee.
(3) Every person who is admitted as an Associate shall, on admission, pay the sum of £3 3s. as entrance fee.
(b) Annual Subscription:
(1) Fellows in practice, £3 3s.
(2) Fellows not in practice, £2 2s.
(3) Associates in practice, £2 2s.
(4) Associates not in practice, £1 1s.
For the purposes of this section a Fellow or Associate shall be deemed to be in practice who, being in the employ of any other person or body engages in any architectural work, whether or not such work is in addition to his other occupation; and it shall be upon any member claiming not to be in practice to satisfy the Council he is, or is not, in practice, and the decision of the Council shall be final and conclusive.
17. Students other than articled pupils shall pay to the Institute a fee of £1 1s. for the registration of their names as prescribed in Regulation No. 140.
18. Annual subscriptions shall be paid in advance at the registered office of the Institute and shall be due on the tenth day of January in each year. Every subscribing member elected after the first day of October in any year shall not, after having paid his entrance fee or contribution and his first annual subscription as here-in-before provided, be required to pay any further subscription before the tenth day of January twelve months subsequent to his election.
19. Every subscribing member shall be liable for the payment of his annual subscription until he shall have ceased to be a member.
20. No person shall become a member of the Institute unless he shall have paid the entrance fee and annual subscription prescribed by these regulations; and if he does not pay such entrance fee and subscription within two months after notice given by him by post to pay the same, the admission or election shall be void.
21. The Council may remove from the register the name of any member who is in arrear for twelve months in the payment of any fees payable by him, and on notice in the form prescribed in appendix “F” of such removal under the hand of the Secretary being delivered to that member or posted to his last-known postal address, he shall cease to be a member of the Institute.
22. Any member whose name is so removed from the register may, at any time within twelve months after the date when notice thereof is so delivered or posted to him, pay to the Council all fees which are in arrear, together with all fees which would have accrued due had he remained a member, and he shall thereupon be entitled to have his name restored to the register. On such restoration he shall be deemed to have been readmitted as a member of the Institute as from the date of such payment, but he shall not be entitled to the benefit of the exemption provided by Paragraph 18 hereof.
23. All members shall at all times use the designation “Registered Architect,” and in addition thereto Fellows may use after their names the initials F.N.Z.I.A., and Associates may use after their names the initials A.N.Z.I.A.
24. A member may resign his membership by sending his resignation in writing to the Council, accompanied by his certificate, and paying up all arrears of subscriptions or other moneys due by him to the Institute.
25. Every person who ceases to be a member of the Institute ceases also to be a member of a District Branch.
26. If any person cease for any cause whatever to be a member of the Institute he shall not nor shall his legal