Reprint as at 1 December 2014
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
Title
Preamble
1 Short Title and commencement
Interpretation
2 Interpretation
The Royal Society of New Zealand
3 Constitution of Society
4 Honorary Patron
5 Object
6 Functions
7 Powers of Society
8 No dividend or profit to members
Membership of Society
9 Membership of Society
10 Fellows
11 Ordinary Members
12 Companions
13 Constituent Organisations
14 Regional Constituent Organisations
15 Affiliate Organisations
16 Honorary Members
17 Honorary Fellows
18 Revocation of membership or fellowship
19 Register of members
Council of Society
20 Council of Society
21 Electoral Colleges
22 Elected Councillors
23 Appointed Councillor
24 Co-opted Councillors
25 President
26 Powers of Council
27 Council to regulate own procedure
28 Council may appoint committees
29 Delegations to committees
30 Vacation of office of Councillors
31 Vacation of office of President
Rules of Society
32 Rules of Society
33 Further provisions relating to rules
Professional standards and ethics
34 Code of professional standards and ethics
Further provisions relating to Society and Council
35 Protection of officers and members
36 Further provisions relating to management of Society
Academy Executive Committee
37 Academy Executive Committee
38 Membership of Academy Executive Committee
39 Bylaws of Academy Executive Committee
Miscellaneous provisions
40 Repeal of Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1965
41 Private Act
Transitional provisions
42 Membership and staff
43 Transitional provisions
ScheduleProvisions relating to management of Society
Reprint notes
An Act—
(a) to continue the Royal Society of New Zealand by way of private Act; and
(b) to modernise and reorganise the structure of the Royal Society of New Zealand; and
(c) to repeal the Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1965
Whereas:
A with the gracious approval of His late Majesty King George the Fifth there is a body called the Royal Society of New Zealand:
B the Royal Society of New Zealand, constituted under the Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1965, is the same body as the body of that name existing immediately before the commencement of that Act under the Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1933, which body was originally established under the name of the New Zealand Institute by the New Zealand Institute Act 1867:
C the members of the Royal Society of New Zealand desire—
(a) that the Royal Society of New Zealand continue under the existing name of the “Royal Society of New Zealand”; and
“Royal Society of New Zealand”
(b) that the structure of the Royal Society of New Zealand be modernised and reorganised; and
(c) that the Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1965 be repealed:
D legislation is necessary to repeal the Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1965 and the object of this Act cannot be efficiently or conveniently attained without legislation.