NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 154

N.Z. Army Legal Service

Major Ronald George Mills, LL.B (HONS), 2 February 1988.

Royal N.Z. Nursing Corps

Major Constance Mary Noel Robertshawe, 29 December 1987.

Dated at Wellington this 4th day of August 1988.

R. J. TIZARD, Minister of Defence.

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Honorary Staff of His Excellency the Governor-General

His Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to approve the following appointment to His Excellency’s Honorary Staff in Christchurch for the period 4 July 1988 to 31 October 1989, replacing Wing Commander R. J. Metcalfe, RNZAF.

Honorary Aide

Christchurch.

Wing Commander N. R. McKenzie, RNZAF.

Dated at Wellington this 11th day of July 1988.

N. E. RICHARDSON,
Comptroller, Government House.

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Energy

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Approving Amendments of the Bylaws of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

PAUL REEVES, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At Wellington this 15th day of August 1988

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL

Whereas by Letters Patent of Her Majesty The Queen, dated the 16th day of September 1955, the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (hereinafter called the Institute) was, by Charter passed under the Great Seal, established, created, and incorporated into a body corporate and public: And whereas by clause 15 of the said Charter it is provided that the majority of the corporate members present in person or by proxy and voting at a general meeting of the Institute specially called for the purpose of which due notice has been given shall have power from time to time to make such bylaws as shall seem requisite and convenient for the regulation, government, and advantage of the Institute its members and property and for the furtherance of its objects and purposes, and from time to time to revoke, alter, or amend any bylaw or bylaws previously made but so that the same be not repugnant to the Charter or to the laws and Statutes of Australia and New Zealand or any State or Territory thereof: And whereas it is further provided by clause 15 of the said Charter that no such bylaws, revocation, alteration, or amendment shall take effect until approved by the Governors-General-in-Council of Australia and New Zealand: And whereas certain bylaws were made in accordance with the provisions of the said Charter on the 30th day of November 1956 and were approved, as required by the Charter, on the 25th day of September 1957: And whereas the said bylaws subsequently have been amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the said Charter and the amendments approved as required: And whereas the said bylaws are so amended were further amended in accordance with the provisions of the said Charter by resolution of general meetings of the Institute specially called for the purpose of which due notice had been given and held on the 24th day of October 1984 and the 18th day of May 1987.

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, hereby approves the said further amendments of the bylaws of the Institute set out in the Schedule hereto.

Schedule

1. In these By-Laws, unless there be something in the subject or context inconsistent therewith—

"The Institute" shall mean The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

"The Charter" shall mean the Charter bearing the date the 16th day of September, 1955, by virtue of which The Institute was incorporated, and any Supplemental Charter repealing, amending or adding to the provisions of the same.

"Minerals" shall include all metalliferous and non-metalliferous minerals, and shall include coal, shale, petroleum, mineral oils and gases, bitumens, asphaltis and the like, rocks, sands, earths, water and also metals and their compounds and alloys.

"Mining" shall include surface and underground mining and shall embrace the search for and extraction of all minerals and shall include the geosciences.

"Metallurgy" shall include metallurgical chemistry, metal physics, chemical engineering, materials science, and materials engineering.

"State" shall mean each State of the Commonwealth of Australia, taken individually except that New South Wales shall include the Australian Capital Territory; the Territories of Australia (excepting the Australian Capital Territory) being taken collectively as one State: New Zealand and its Territories taken collectively as one State, and all other places taken collectively as one State.

"The Register" shall mean the register of members to be maintained at the headquarters of The Institute in the keeping of the Council.

"Year" shall mean calendar year.

"Month" shall mean calendar month.

"Headquarters" shall mean the registered office for the time being of The Institute.

Words importing the singular include the plural and vice versa, and each gender includes each other gender.

3. Branches may be formed throughout the Commonwealth of Australia and New Zealand and in any other country or place, with the approval of the Council, upon the request of a sufficient number of Corporate Members.

4. Members may be organised by the Council into Preferred Interest Divisions which shall be groups of members whose primary interest is one of similar professional discipline or activity within The Institute in order to carry out more effectively all or any of the objects of The Institute. Regional Sub-Divisions of Preferred Interest Divisions may be created as required. Members may register their preferred interest in a Division as shall be defined by Council from time to time.

5. The Institute shall consist of Honorary Fellows, Fellows, Members and Company Members who shall be Corporate Members; and Associates, Affiliates, Graduates, Students and Visiting Members.

6. Any Honorary Fellow, Fellow or Member, having occasion to designate himself as belonging to The Institute, shall state the grade to which he belongs; according to the following abbreviated forms respectively: HonFAusIMM, FAusIMM, MAusIMM.

7. Honorary Fellows—The Council may elect as an Honorary Fellow any person of distinction in the mining and/or