3378 No. 132

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

Bye-law 65
“A Chair and a Secretary of each Branch and/or Society shall be elected annually by the Committee of such Branch and Society respectively.”

Bye-law 71
“The election of Directors or any matter which in the opinion of the Board affects the welfare or policy of The Institute shall be decided by postal ballot of all Corporate Members. In the latter case a statement prepared by the Board giving the arguments for and against shall be posted to each Corporate Member together with a ballot paper.”

Bye-law 77
“NOTICES OF MEETINGS. There shall be at least two (2) meetings of The Institute in the course of the year, viz:
(a) an Annual Meeting; and
(b) one Congress Meeting.

At least thirty (30) days’ notice of Annual and Congress Meetings shall be sent to members by the Secretary. The non-receipt of a notice by or the accidental omission to give notice to any of the members of the meeting shall not invalidate any resolution passed by such meeting.”

Bye-law 79
Omit the Bye-law.

Bye-law 80
“CONGRESS MEETINGS. Congress Meetings may be called by either:
(a) the Board; or
(b) a simple majority of those members of Congress who are not Directors.

The quorum for a Congress Meeting shall be eight members of Congress who are not Directors.”

Bye-law 81(i)
“The Board or Congress may at any time call an Extraordinary General Meeting of Corporate Members for a specific purpose relative to the concerns of The Institute; and the Board shall be bound to do so within sixty (60) days of the receipt by the Secretary of a requisition in writing from not fewer than twenty-five (25) Corporate Members. This requisition shall specify the nature of the business to be transacted. Notice of an Extraordinary General Meeting shall be posted to all Corporate Members (subject to Bye-law 33) at least forty (40) days before the date on which it is to be held, together with a form of proxy for such Corporate Members to sign. The notice shall state the business for which the meeting is called, and no other business shall be transacted at such Meeting.

Twenty (20) Corporate Members present in person shall constitute a quorum; and in the event of a quorum not being present within thirty (30) minutes of the hour fixed for the commencement of the Meeting, the Meeting shall be adjourned for one week at a time and place to be determined at the Meeting, when the Corporate Members present, whatever their number, shall constitute a quorum.”

Bye-law 82
“The President shall take the chair at all meetings of The Institute when present. In the absence of the President the meeting may elect any member of the Board or in the absence of such any Corporate Member present to take the chair.”

Bye-law 89
“No duplicate copies of the Proceedings nor any portion of them shall be issued to any member or others unless by permission of the Board.”

Bye-law 94
“An author wherever practicable shall have an opportunity to personally correct proofs of the paper before it is printed. For multi-authored papers, proofs need to be sent only to the person who submitted the paper. If proofs have not been returned within fourteen (14) days of the date of postage by The Institute, it may be considered that the author or any co-author has no corrections to make.”

Bye-law 101
Omit the Bye-law.

Bye-law 103
“If the Board or any member thereof or any officer of The Institute shall become personally liable for the payment of any sum primarily due from The Institute, the Board may execute or cause to be executed any mortgage, charge or security over or affecting the whole or any part of the assets of The Institute by way of indemnity to secure the persons or person so becoming liable as aforesaid from any loss in respect of such liability.”

Bye-law 104
“Every Director, Auditor, Chief Executive Officer, Secretary and other officer for the time being of The Institute shall be indemnified out of the assets of The Institute against any liability incurred by any of them arising out of the conduct of their office in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, in which judgment is given in their favour or in which they are acquitted or in connection with any application in relation thereto in which relief is granted by the Court.”

Other amendments
The following Bye-laws are amended by substituting “Board” for “Council”:
9, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28(5), 28(6), 28(8), 28(9), 28(10), 28(12), 28(13), 28(14), 28(16), 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 42, 48, 50, 51, 55, 58, 60, 62, 69, 72, 75, 76, 78, 81(ii), 83, 85, 87, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 96, 97, 98, 99, and 100.

MARTIN BELL, for Clerk of the Executive Council.

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Education

Education Act 1989

Merger of Oamaru South School (3786) and Awamoa Primary School (3707)
Pursuant to section 156A (1) of the Education Act 1989, I hereby declare that

Oamaru South School (3786) and
Awamoa Primary School (3707)

will merge on 30 January 2001 and become a contributing primary school.

Awamoa Primary School (3707)
will be the continuing school.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of September 2000.
TREVOR MALLARD, Minister of Education.

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Closure of Te Aroha West School (2000) Notice
Pursuant to section 154 of the Education Act 1989, I hereby declare that

Te Aroha West School (2000), Te Aroha,

will close on 22 September 2000, and will cease to be established on that day.

Dated at Wellington this 14th day of September 2000.
TREVOR MALLARD, Minister of Education.

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