NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

No. 27

the institute and the rules made by council now in force or as they may be from time to time be altered or enlarged."

Bye-law 19

"Every proposal for admission as fellow, member, company member, associate or graduate, or for transfer from one grade to another shall be signed by not less than 3 corporate members each of whom must certify to personal knowledge of the candidate, and to a full conviction of the candidate’s qualifications, experience and character. In special circumstances where the candidate cannot obtain 3 signatures of corporate members possessing personal knowledge, the council may admit the candidate on production of satisfactory evidence as to qualifications, experience and character.

In the case of a proposal for admission or transfer as fellow, the 3 corporate members must be fellows or honorary fellows."

Bye-law 23

"All elections and transfers other than for student shall take place by ballot of members of the council, and if the majority of the council voting be in favour of the candidate, the candidate shall be declared elected and shall be so notified by letter by the secretary. The manner of election of a student shall be determined by the council, and without prejudice to the foregoing such election may be delegated to a committee of council."

Bye-law 24

"All persons or organisations shall become members of the institute in the grade to which they are elected upon receipt of ballots as defined in Bye-law 23."

Bye-law 27

"Members of any grade in the institute may resign their membership by a written communication to the secretary, and their resignation shall be accepted by the council when all dues and other indebtedness have been paid as provided by the Bye-Laws."

Bye-law 28 (1)

"In this Bye-law, ‘Ethics complaint’ means a complaint that a member of the institute has breached any obligation in the Bye-laws, the code of ethics or any other code of the institute, or any rule published by the council prevailing at the relevant time or any alleged unprofessional conduct by a member. ‘Ethics Committee’ means a committee of not less than 5 members of the council appointed by the council from time to time to hear and determine ethics complaints. Three members shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of the ethics committee."

Bye-law 28 (4)

"At the conclusion of the hearing of an ethics complaint, the ethics committee may find that the complaint has not 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 concerned for a period not exceeding 12 months, or resolve that the member be expelled from the institute or impose a fine."

Bye-law 28 (16)

"The ethics committee or the council may make an order that a member against whom an ethics complaint has been established, shall pay all or any portion of the legal and other costs and expenses incurred by the institute relating to dealing with the complaint or any subsequent appeal.

A certificate as to the legal costs, provided by the solicitors for the institute, shall be good evidence of the amount of legal costs properly incurred in respect of any such complaint and subsequent appeal."

Bye-law 30

"Every member of the institute shall observe and be bound by the terms of the Bye-laws and the code of ethics or any other code of the institute and any rule published by the council prevailing at the relevant time."

Bye-law 33

"Any member whose subscription is 3 months in arrears shall not be entitled to receive notice of any meeting, attend, participate or vote at any meeting or business of the institute nor shall they be entitled to receive publications until such subscription is paid nor sign any reports implying membership of the institute. Such member shall be reported by the secretary to the council, who may direct application to be made for immediate payment, and in the event of the subscription continuing in arrears for 3 months after the date of the said application, the council shall have power to remove the name of the defaulter from the register. The member may be restored to membership on payment of all arrears."

Bye-law 37

"The council will determine the number of councillors, between fifteen (15) and thirty (30), representative of regions, preferred interest divisions and societies, formed within the institute, together with the president, and the immediate past president if not elected members of council. In addition four corporate members will be appointed by council who shall be known as councillors representing Australasia and who council may see as making a special contribution to the running of the institute."

Bye-law 37 (A)

"Council (and all other institute committees) may conduct its meetings, either wholly or partly, by using the modern means of communication, including video link and telephone conference hook-up, or the like, in ‘real time’, with votes being able to be cast in this manner."

Bye-law 38

"President. The president of the institute for the ensuing year shall be elected annually by the council. The president shall hold office for 1 year and may be re-elected for the succeeding year, but shall then not be eligible for re-election as president until after an interval of 1 year.

A president elected under Bye-law 45 to fill a vacancy during a presidential term shall be eligible for re-election for both the succeeding year and the next."

Bye-law 40

"Election and retirement of councillors

(a) Subject to Bye-law 47 councillors shall be elected for a term of 2 years. Retiring councillors shall be eligible for re-election provided they do not serve beyond 4 successive terms, after which they may offer themselves again for election after a break of 1 term."

Bye-law 41 (A)

Omit the Bye-law.

Bye-law 45

"If through any cause the office of President becomes vacant, the council shall elect a successor from among the vice-presidents for the unexpired portion of the term."

Bye-law 48

"Any member of the council who is unable to attend a meeting of the council as defined in Bye-law 56, may