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(b) The following persons shall, subject to the approval
of the Branch Committee of the district in which they reside,
be eligible for admission as Associates:—

(i) Any person who has attained the age of twenty-one
years and has been a pupil or apprentice for a
period of not less than three years to an architectural practitioner who upon the commencement of the Act either becomes a member of the Institute or possesses any of the qualifications prescribed by the Act sufficient to entitle such architectural practitioner to have become a member of the Institute if due application had been made by him: Provided that no such pupil or apprentice shall be entitled to become a member of the Institute unless he satisfies the Council of due diligence during such apprenticeship and makes application for registration within five years after the commencement of the Act; or

(ii) Any person who has attained the age of twenty-one years and has either—

Served for a period of not less than three years as pupil or apprentice to an architectural practitioner 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.

Honorary Members.

(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 or Retired Fellows in terms of Regulation 9.
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.

Honorary Corresponding Members.

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.

Retired Fellows.

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, but shall be permitted to retain his classification with the Institute.

Member of Institute also Member of District Branch.

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.

Council may refuse to admit any Applicant.

11. It shall not be obligatory on the Council to furnish any reason for refusing to admit any person to membership.

Certificate of 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.

Declaration.

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 fourteen 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.

Entrance Fees and Annual Subscriptions.

16. The entrance fee payable on admission to membership of the Institute shall be £5 5s. The foregoing entrance fee shall be reduced to £2 2s. on an application received from a person who is eligible under section 8 (1) (a) of the New Zealand Institute of Architects Act, 1913, provided that the person concerned makes application to join the Institute within twelve months after his or her arrival in the Dominion. The foregoing entrance fee of £5 5s. shall be reducible to £2 2s. on applications received from persons who have completed the examinations of New Zealand Institute of Architects, provided that application for admission to membership is made within twelve months after passing the qualifying examinations.

The annual subscriptions payable by members of the Institute shall be as follows:

Fellows in practice
Associates in practice
Fellows not in practice
Retired Fellows
Associates not in practice
Members residing overseas for study provided their absence from the Dominion covers a period of not less than six months
£ s. d.
6 6 0
6 6 0
3 3 0
2 2 0
2 2 0
1 1 0

The Council shall have power, subject to such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, to grant a reduction by way of rebate or otherwise in the amount payable as annual subscription.

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 that he is or is not in practice, and the decision of the Council shall be final and conclusive.