NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 98

Crimes Amendment (No. 5)

Amends the Crimes Act 1961 to provide that the maximum term of imprisonment for all forms of sexual violation, as defined in section 128 (1), will be 20 years.

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Government Notices

Agriculture and Fisheries

Noxious Plants Act 1978

Notice Declaring Senegal tea (Gymnocoronis spilanthoides) a Class B Noxious Plant (No. 5250; Ag 1570-03-3)

1. Pursuant to section 19 of the Noxious Plants Act 1978, the Noxious Plants Council hereby declares Senegal tea (Gymnocoronis spilanthoides) to be Class B noxious plant in that part of New Zealand lying within the boundaries of the regions of Auckland Regional Council District Noxious Plants Authority.

2. This notice shall come into effect on the day after its date of notification in the Gazette.

Dated at Wellington this 21st day of June 1993.

J. L. RANDALL, Secretary, Noxious Plant Council.

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Commerce

Letters Patent

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

CATHERINE A. TIZARD, Governor-General

ORDER IN COUNCIL

At Wellington this 28th day of June 1993

Present:
Her 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, by the said Governors-General 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 by the Charter: And whereas the said bylaws as 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 16th day of August 1989 and the 17th day of July 1992.

Now therefore, Her 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 as set out under each respective heading in the Schedule hereto.

Schedule

Bylaw 10 (c)—

(c) have held a position of major responsibility in the mining and/or metallurgical industries, government, educational or research organisations for a minimum of 15 years during which time he has achieved distinction by some definite personal contribution to the science and practice of these industries either through personal participation in technical activities or through administrative direction and leadership of qualified technical personnel, and be not less than forty-five years of age.

Bylaw 24—

24. Every person or organisation shall become a member of the Institute in the grade to which they are elected upon receipt of ballots as defined in Bylaw 23.

Bylaw 28—

28. (1) In this Bylaw, “Ethics complaint” means a complaint that a member of The Institute has breached the Code of Ethics or Code for Consultants prevailing at the relevant time and “Ethics Committee” means a committee of not less than five members of the Council appointed by the Council from time to time to hear and determine ethics complaints.

(2) An ethics complaint shall be referred to the Ethics Committee for hearing and determination as expeditiously as is reasonable.

(3) A member against whom an ethics complaint is made shall be entitled to notice in writing of the grounds of the complaint and to a reasonable opportunity to be heard in respect of such complaint before the Ethics Committee, and the procedure to be adopted in respect of an ethics complaint shall be in the discretion of the Ethics Committee.

(4) At the conclusion of the hearing of an ethics complaint, the Ethics Committee may find that the complaint has not been established, or may find that the complaint has been established, in which case the Ethics Committee may decide to take no further action, or it may warn or reprimand the member concerned or suspend the membership of the member.