3 AUGUST 2006

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 91

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(c) A candidate who has obtained a degree or equivalent
by study over an extended period and who has
attained a position of professional responsibility
before completing the experience requirements for
membership, may be admitted at the discretion of
the Board after a shorter period than the specified
one.

11. COMPANY MEMBER. The Board may elect as a
    Company Member any company or organisation whose
    activities have a substantial connection with the minerals
    and extractive industries. A Company Member shall
    nominate one representative who will have full voting
    rights, and shall be entitled to the privileges referred to
    in By-Law 6.

12. ASSOCIATE. All candidates for election or transfer to
    this grade shall have been engaged in the minerals and
    extractive industries or in government, educational,
    research, professional or commercial organisations
    concerned with those industries for a period of not less
    than two years.

13. GRADUATE. All candidates for election or transfer to
    this grade shall have attained the required educational
    and technological standard for admission to Corporate
    Membership as approved by the Board but lack the
    period of experience and/or responsibility required to
    qualify for Member. A Graduate Member shall not
    continue as a Graduate on becoming eligible for Member
    except at the discretion of the Board.

14. STUDENT. All candidates for election to this grade
    shall either be undergraduate students undertaking their
    first tertiary program of Board approved study or shall
    satisfy the Board that they are receiving such education
    and/or practical experience as will ultimately qualify
    them as either Graduate or Associate. Persons shall cease
    to be Students:

(a) if they cease to engage in their first tertiary program
of study and/or practical experience;

(b) one year after becoming eligible to be a Graduate or
Member;

(c) upon becoming eligible to be an Associate; or

(d) after a period of six years after election, except at the
discretion of the Board.

15. VISITING MEMBER. The Board 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 Board, who is
    visiting Australia or New Zealand. The period of
    a visiting membership shall be at the discretion of the
    Board.

ADMISSION, TRANSFER AND RESIGNATION

16. Every proposal for admission as Fellow, Member,
    Associate, Graduate or Student, or for transfer from one
    grade to another, shall be made on and in accordance
    with the application form prescribed from time to time
    by the Board.

Every proposal for admission as Company Member
shall be made on and in accordance with the application
form prescribed from time to time by the Board. The
Company shall nominate a representative and may
change such nomination from time to time, however
any change must be notified to The AusIMM.

Every proposal shall contain an undertaking by the
candidate or Company, if elected or transferred, to
conform to the Charter, the By-Laws, the Code of Ethics
and other Codes of The AusIMM and the rules made by
the Board.

17. Every proposal for admission as Fellow, Member,
    Associate, Graduate, or Company Member, or for
    transfer from the grade of Graduate or Member to
    another shall be signed by not less than three Corporate
    Members, each of whom must certify to personal
    knowledge of the candidate’s professional experience. In
    special circumstances where the candidate cannot obtain
    three signatures of Corporate Members possessing
    personal knowledge, the Board may admit the candidate
    on production of satisfactory evidence as to experience.

In the case of a proposal for admission or transfer to
Fellow grade, at least two of the signatory Corporate
Members must be Fellows.

18. Every proposal for admission as Student shall be signed
    by the appropriate person under whom the Student is
    studying, or by one Corporate Member of The AusIMM.

19. All elections and transfers shall take place by a ballot of
    Board members, and if the majority of Board members
    vote in favour of the candidate, the candidate shall be
    declared elected and shall be so notified by letter.

20. All persons or organisations shall become members of
    The AusIMM in the grade to which they are elected
    upon approval of their application by the Board.

21. The Board may reject or defer any application for
    admission or transfer, and the Applicant shall be so
    advised. The Applicant may request a statement of
    reasons for such rejection or deferral, and the reasons
    shall be advised by letter. The Applicant may appeal the
    decision by requesting that the application be determined
    by an independent third party acceptable to both the
    Board and the Applicant.

The Board shall accept the decision of the independent
third party.

22. A candidate whose application for admission or transfer
    has been rejected may be renominated when the matter
    which caused the rejection has been remedied.

23. Members of any grade in The AusIMM may resign their
    membership by written advice to The AusIMM, and
    their resignation shall be accepted by the Board.

24. The rights and privileges of a member shall cease
    immediately upon removal of a member’s name from the
    Register.

25. Every member of The AusIMM shall observe and be
    bound by the terms of the By-Laws, the Code of Ethics
    or any other Code of The AusIMM and any rule
    published by the Board prevailing at the relevant time.

Any alleged breach of the By-Laws, the Code of Ethics,
any Code of The AusIMM or any rule published by the
Board prevailing at the time a complaint is lodged shall
be investigated and, if proved, shall be dealt with in
accordance with By-Law 26.

COMPLAINTS

26. (1) In this By-Law, "complaint" means any complaint
    that a member of The AusIMM has breached an
    obligation in the By-Laws, the Code of Ethics or
    any other Code of The AusIMM, or any rule
    published by the Board prevailing at the time of the
    alleged incident which constitutes the basis for
    the complaint.

(2) The Board will establish a Complaints Committee
and an Ethics Committee to which responsibility for
processing and adjudicating complaints will be
delegated.

The Complaints Committee will consist of three
Fellows selected from a panel established for that
purpose, by the Board following its call for