Approving Amendments of the Bylaws of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy CATHERINE A. TIZARD, Governor-General ORDER IN COUNCIL At Wellington this 4th day of July 1994 Present: The Right Hon. D. C. McKinnon Presiding 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, 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 a general meeting of the Institute specially called for the purpose of which due notice had been given and held on the 15th day of November 1993. 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 33 Any member whose subscription is six 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 he be entitled to receive publications until such subscription is paid nor sign any reports implying membership of The Institute. These members 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 six months after the date of the said application, the Council shall have power to remove the name of the defaulter from the Register. He may be restored to membership on payment of all arrears. Where a person has been recorded as an ``Address Unknown'' in the records of The Institute for one year the Council may order that the member's name be removed from the Register. Bylaw 37 The Council shall consist of twenty-five (25) Corporate Members together with the President and Past President if they are not elected members of Council. The Council shall comprise: (a) Sixteen (16) Corporate Members to be elected by zones. Boundaries of zones shall be determined by Council. and (b) One (1) Corporate Member to be elected by each Preferred Interest Division. Council shall define such Divisions and reconsider their definition every four years. and (c) Not more than four (4) Corporate Members to be appointed by Council who shall be known as Councillors representing Australasia and whom Council deem may make a special contribution to the running of The Institute. and (d) The President, if not elected from amongst the members of Council. and (e) The most immediate Past President, if not an elected member of Council. Bylaw 41 (a) Notwithstanding Bylaws 40 and 41: (a) Councillors elected in 1993 to take office on 1 January 1994 shall be elected for a term of one year: (b) At the first meeting of the Council for the year 1995 the Council shall divide the Councillors into two groups, as nearly equal in number as practicable, and the Councillors of the first group shall be entitled to serve a term of two years, whilst the Councillors of the second group shall be entitled to serve a term of one year. The method of selection would be by an independent person selecting names and years of service from a sealed box. Bylaws 40 and 47 The words ``State'' and ``States'' wherever appearing in Bylaws 40 and 47 shall be replaced by the words ``zone'' and ``zones'' respectively. MARIE SHROFF, Clerk of the Executive Council.