"AusIMM" means The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
"Association" means Mineral Industry Consultants Association Incorporated.
"Board" means the Board of Management of the Association.
"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Association.
"Code for Consultants" means the Code for Consultants of the Association as varied from time to time and which must be adopted by each member upon becoming a member of the Association.
"Consultant" is a person, whether or not meeting the criteria for membership of the Association, who is hired by a client primarily to provide independent counsel and expert professional opinion to the client, and who accepts full responsibility for the advice given.
"Contractor" is a person with or without the qualification and level of experience for membership of the Association, who is hired primarily to apply professional skills in undertaking a program of work set out and directed by the client.
"Director" means a member of the Board of Management of MICA.
"Member" means a person who has been admitted to membership of the Association and who is financial.
"Presiding Member" means the person elected by the members present to preside as Chairman of any general meeting if the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman are absent or unwilling to act.
"Register" means the Register of Consultants maintained and published by the Association which lists all Individual Members of the Association and the field or fields of consulting for which each Member is registered.
"Rules" means the Rules of the Association.
"Secretary" means the person holding office under these Rules as Secretary of the Association; and until otherwise determined shall be the person who was appointed public officer of the Association. Thereafter upon the Secretary being appointed that person shall also be the public officer of the Association.
"Senior Consultant" means a consultant as defined above, who is a member of the Association and who, in the opinion of the Board, has rendered meritorious service to the consulting profession over a period of 25 years.
"the Act" means the Associations Incorporation Act 1984 of New South Wales.
"the Regulation" means the Associations Incorporation Regulation 1994 of New South Wales.
"Vice-Chairman" means the person holding office under these Rules as Vice-Chairman of the Association.

2.2 A reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty.

2.3 A reference to the exercise of a function includes, if the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.

2.4 The provisions of the Interpretation Act 1987 of New South Wales apply to these Rules in the same manner as those provisions would so apply if these Rules were an instrument made under the Act.

3. Objectives

The objectives of the Association, an organisation in partnership with the AusIMM, are to further the aims and purposes of its members who practise as Consultants and for that purpose:

3.1 To provide a service to those persons or organisations requiring competent, reputable, reliable and unbiased professional advice in the mineral, extractive and resource related Industries.

3.2 To protect its members from the actions of persons or organisations that might erode its standards of professional conduct and/or the ability of its members to consult.

3.3 To maintain a Register of its members.

3.4 To act for members in matters of common concern.

3.5 To promote the interests of its members by maintaining and enhancing their status.

3.6 To work with kindred organizations on matters of mutual interest and to enhance the public standing of the profession.

3.7 To undertake on behalf of its members such commercial or financial activities that are for the benefit of the membership.