4 MARCH
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
705

functions shall be to keep the council informed on local conditions affecting the institute and to investigate and advise the council on any matter of local importance.”

Bye-law 6
“The institute shall consist of honorary fellows, fellows, members and company members who shall be corporate members; and associates, graduates, students and visiting members.”

Bye-law 8
“Honorary fellows, fellows or members, having occasion to designate themselves as belonging to the institute, shall state the grade to which they belong according to the following abbreviated terms respectively: HonFAusIMM, FAusIMM, MausIMM.”

Bye-law 9
“Honorary fellows—The council may elect as honorary fellows any persons of distinction in the minerals and extractive industries, the public service, science or the arts. Persons who are elected to the grade of honorary fellow shall have the same rights as if they were fellows.”

Bye-law 10
“Fellow—All candidates for election or transfer to this grade shall—

(a) be qualified for election as members; and

(b) have been engaged in practising their profession in the minerals and extractive industries or in government, educational, research, professional or commercial organisations concerned with those industries for at least 10 years, during which period they shall have occupied a position of major responsibility for at least 5 years;

or

(c) have held a position of major responsibility in the minerals and extractive industries, government, educational, research, professional, or commercial organisations concerned with those industries for a minimum of 15 years during which time they have 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 45 years of age.”

Bye-law 11
“Member—All candidates for election or transfer to this grade shall—

(a) satisfy the council that they shall: either have a tertiary degree or equivalent approved by the council; or produce evidence satisfactory to the council that such degree or other qualification they may possess is equivalent to a degree approved by the council; and

(b) have been engaged in the minerals and extractive industries or in government, educational, research, professional or commercial organisations concerned with those industries in a capacity related to their area of tertiary study for a period of not less than 3 years subsequent to the award of the degree or to the acquiring of such qualification as may be accepted by the council as equivalent, provided that they have in the specified 3 years attained a position of professional responsibility . . . ., or

(c) have achieved professional status and a position of professional responsibility through a combination of formal post secondary education and experiential learning, over a period of at least 10 years whilst engaged in the minerals and extractive industries, or in government, education, research, professional or commercial organisations directly concerned with those industries.”

Bye-law 12
“Company member”
The council may elect as a company member any approved company or organisation whose activities have a substantial connection with the minerals and extractive industries.”

Bye-law 13
“Associate—All candidates for election or transfer to this grade shall—

(a) have been engaged in the minerals and extractive industries or in government, educational, research, professional or commercial organisations concerned with those industries . . . .

(b) hold such qualifications as may be approved by the council, or produce evidence satisfactory to the council that such qualifications they may possess are equivalent to those approved by the council, or have such experience as may be approved by the council but which shall be not less than 2 years.”

Bye-law 15
“Graduate—All candidates for election or transfer to this grade shall have attained the required educational standard for admission to corporate membership as approved by the council but lacks the period of experience and/or responsibility required to qualify for member, and further shall not continue as a graduate on becoming eligible for member except at the discretion of the council.”

Bye-law 16
“Student—All candidates for election to this grade shall either be students of a tertiary course of study approved by the council or shall satisfy the council that they are receiving such education and/or practical experience as will ultimately qualify them for either graduate or associate. Persons shall not continue as students if they cease to follow such education and/or practical experience nor 1 year after being eligible as graduates or members nor upon being eligible as associates, nor in any case after a period of 6 years after election except at the discretion of the council.”

Bye-law 17
“Visiting member—The council may elect as a visiting member any person of distinction in the minerals and extractive industries, the public service, science or the arts, or any person being a member of a kindred Institute recognised by the council, who is visiting the Commonwealth of Australia or New Zealand. The period of membership shall be at the discretion of the council.”

Bye-law 18
“Every proposal for admission as fellow, member, associate, graduate or student or for transfer from one grade to another, shall be in accordance with the prescribed form on which, over the signature of the candidate, the name, age, usual residence and qualifications shall be distinctly stated.

Every proposal shall contain an undertaking by the candidate, if elected or transferred, to conform to the charter, the Bye-laws, the code of ethics and other codes of