1348

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 60

(b) By deleting from the said regulation of the principal regulations the last sentence thereof and substituting the following sentence:

“Such a non-subscribing member shall be designated a ‘Retired Fellow’ or a ‘Retired Associate’ as the case may be, and the name of such member shall appear on the Register of Members or on any list as ‘Retired Member (F)’ or as ‘Retired Member (A)’.”

9. The principal regulations are hereby amended by renumbering regulation 9A thereof (as enacted by regulation 7 of the New Zealand Institute of Architects Regulations 1937, Amendment No. 2) as regulation 8 of the principal regulations (with the words “Life Members” appearing as a heading thereto).

10. The principal regulations are hereby amended by inserting as regulation 9 thereof the following new regulation:

“9. Honorary or retired members shall be entitled to be present at meetings and to take part in the discussion on papers read thereat, but shall not be entitled to vote on any question, or to nominate or be nominated for office; nor shall they be required to pay any annual subscriptions. Life members elected under regulation 8, if not retired, shall be entitled to continue in practice, to vote on any questions, and to nominate or be nominated for office; but they shall not be required to pay any annual subscription.”

11. The principal regulations are hereby amended by revoking regulation 16 thereof and the amendments thereto namely regulation 4 of the New Zealand Institute of Architects Regulations 1937, Amendment No. 1, regulation 2 of the New Zealand Institute of Architects Regulations 1937, Amendment No. 5, and regulation 2 of the New Zealand Institute of Architects Regulations 1937, Amendment No. 4, and substituting the following regulation:

“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 (i) (a) of the New Zealand Institute of Architects Act 1913, provided that the person concerned makes application to join the Institute within 12 months after his or her arrival in the Dominion of New Zealand. The foregoing entrance fee of £5 5s. shall be reducible to £2 2s. on applications received from persons who have completed the examinations of the New Zealand Institute of Architects and provided that application for admission to membership is made within 12 months after passing the qualifying examinations.

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

£ s. d.
Fellows ............................................ 10 10 0
Associates ......................................... 8 8 0
Associates with less than five years’ qualification as a member ........... 4 4 0
Members residing overseas for not less than 12 months .................... 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:

12. The last paragraph of regulation 29 of the principal regulations is hereby made a separate regulation and numbered regulation 30.

13. Regulation 30 of the principal regulations is hereby revoked.

14. Regulation 31 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting the words “Code of Ethics”, and substituting therefor the words “Code of Professional Conduct and Practice”.

15. Regulation 45 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by substituting the words “but not” for the word “or”.

16. Regulation 85 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting all the words after the word “Institute”.

17. Regulation 86 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting all the words after the word “Council” where the latter word first appears in the said regulation.

18. Regulation 100 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting the words “Code of Ethics”, and substituting therefor the words “Code of Professional Conduct and Practice” and by inserting the words “and other breaches of” between the words “ethics” and “professional”.

19. Regulation 131 of the principal regulations is hereby amended by deleting the words “at least five being Fellows, and”.

20. Bylaw 7 of the District Branch Bylaws as amended is hereby revoked, and the following substituted therefor:

“7. Each District Branch shall be governed by a District Committee which shall consist of the Chairman and Vice-chairman (referred to in clause 3), the District Secretary and Treasurer and at least four, and not more than seven, other members, all of whom shall be elected at the annual meeting. In the case of the decease or resignation of any member of the District Committee, the members thereof shall have power to fill up such vacancy or vacancies. Any member of the District Committee who, without leave, absents himself from any regularly summoned meeting of the District Committee on three (3) occasions during any one year ipso facto ceases to be a member of the District Committee.”

21. Appendix B of the principal regulations is amended by substituting for the words which follow the recital of regulation 4 (c) of the principal regulations, in the form of application for advancement from Associate to Fellow, the following words:

“For the furtherance of these objects the form of nomination for advancement to Fellowship to be used by a District Branch Committee in making nominations and recommendations is set out hereunder:

Name of Nominee in Full: ........................
Address: ........................................
Date: ...........................................

To the President and Council of the
New Zealand Institute of Architects,
Wellington.

The Committee of the ................ District Branch, being of the opinion that the work of ................ Associate of ................ is of a standard of merit justifying his advancement to the status of Fellow of the Institute, and that the nature of his practice (or of his conduct in his official position as an architect) is in accord with the best traditions of the profession, hereby nominates him for advancement to the status of Fellow of the Institute, and, in so doing, submits the following information in support thereof:

1. Name in full, date and place of birth: ................
2. Date of commencing public practice (alone or in partnership) with name of firm and address: ................
3. Date or dates of appointment to official position as ................ architect in responsible executive position in the Department of ................ (or as architect to the ................ Board) (or other appointment, as the case may be).
4. List of typical buildings erected from designs by the nominee, where this evidence is applicable ................
5. Working drawings and photographs of some or all of the buildings above listed (except that if the nomination is accompanied by a recommendation signed by any six Fellows of the Institute, that drawings and photographs are not necessary, the submission of such shall not be required.)
6. Details of any literary or artistic works of which the nominee is the author ................
7. University degrees, examination qualifications, certificates or diplomas held by the nominee ................ with dates thereof.

Recommended by the ................ District Branch at a meeting held on the ................ day of ................ 19....

..................................................
Chairman.

I hereby declare that the information in the nomination above given is true and correct in every detail, and that the buildings listed above and of which drawings and photographs are submitted have been designed by me.

Signature of Nominee: ................

Date: ................

Recommended by Executive Committee—
Date: ................

..................................................
Chairman.

Granted by the Council
Date: ................

..................................................
President.”

22. Appendix G of the principal regulations (Code of Ethics) is hereby revoked and the following is substituted therefor:

“APPENDIX G

CODE OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT AND PRACTICE

The New Zealand Institute of Architects, in fulfilment of its function and of other purposes of its constitution as a body corporate under the New Zealand Institute of Architects Act 1913, ‘for the general advancement of civil architecture and for promoting and facilitating the acquirement of the knowledge of the various arts and sciences connected therewith’ has regulations for control of the conduct and practice of architects with which all its members are required to comply.

In amplification of these regulations this appendix sets forth the general principles of professional conduct and practice in the relations of architects with other architects, with engineer consultants, with clients whom they serve, and with master builders and other contractors in the building trade who undertake their work. Such general principles include more specific instances of their application.

The principles enunciated in this appendix are ‘the Fundamental Rules’ of the Institute referred to in regulations Nos. 28 to 31 inclusive and shall be binding on every member of the Institute. The statement of the rights, duties, obligations, or responsibilities herein set forth shall not be construed as a limitation of other equally applicable principles not specifically included herein. Such instances of principles not specifically covered may be dealt with by the Council under the circumstances of each case; particular notice being taken of any departure from or failure to comply with the specific provisions as given in the mandatory clauses of this Code, which are numbered 3 to 9 (both inclusive), 11, 14, 15, 18 to 23 (both inclusive), 26, 27 (d), 29, and 30 in Section 1 and upon evidence of the breach of which, the Council may have investigation made and may take such action as in the regulations provided.