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1. In this Act
"board" means the board of directors of the society;
"society" means The British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-2.
2. (1) The British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects, incorporated under the Society Act, and its members, are continued as a corporation under that name.
(2) The society shall have a common seal and perpetual succession and has power to acquire property and may sell, and exchange, mortgage, lease, let, improve and develop, the property and may erect and maintain buildings on it.
(3) The Society Act, except those provisions of it contained in sections 15, 16, 18 to 20, 24, 37, 38, 39, 42 to 53 and 59 of of the Societies Act, R.S.B.C., 1960, chapter 362, applies to the society. Where there is a conflict or inconsistency between this Act and the Society Act, this Act prevails.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-3.
3. The society may sue and be sued, and may contract and be contracted with, in its corporate name.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-4.
4. The society may, subject to any conditions required by its bylaws,
(a) borrow or raise or secure the payment of money; and
(b) draw, make, accept, endorse, discount, execute and issue promissory notes, bills of exchange, and other negotiable or transferable instruments.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-5.
5. (1) The head office of the society shall be in the City of Vancouver.
(2) The society may establish and maintain branch societies which shall have the powers the society may confer.
(3) On the establishment of a branch society, the society shall immediately notify the Registrar of Companies of the date of the establishment and of the title, location and powers of the branch society and furnish any other information required by the Registrar of Companies.
(4) The Registrar of Companies shall not incorporate any branch of the society unless he is first furnished with a certificate made under the common seal of the society consenting to the incorporation nor unless any other requirements set forth in the certificate are fulfilled.
(5) A branch of the society shall not exercise any power the exercise of which would be in conflict with any bylaw of the society or with any requirement of the certificate furnished under subsection (4), without the prior consent in writing of the society.
(6) To the extent that the certificate furnished under subsection (4) provides, the bylaws of the society shall be the bylaws of the branch society.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-6.
6. (1) The board shall, on payment of the specified fee, if any, and written application, register as a member of the society a person who satisfies the board that he has passed the examinations set by the board of examiners.
(2) The board may, on payment of the specified fee, if any, and written application, accept as a member of the society a person who satisfies the board that he
(a) has passed examinations outside the Province equivalent to those set by the board of examiners for candidates in the Province; or
(b) is or has been practising landscape architecture outside the Province and is a member in good standing of a similar society or other entity or group in the jurisdiction in which he is or has been practising, the membership qualifications for which are at least equivalent to the qualifications required for candidates for membership within the Province.
(3) The board of directors may also register persons as junior members, student members, honorary members and associate members, in accordance with and subject to the bylaws of the society.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-7; 1983-10-21, effective October 26, 1983 (B.C. Reg. 393/83).
7. (1) The affairs of the society shall be managed by the board.
(2) The board shall be elected and appointed and shall hold office in accordance with the bylaws of the society.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-8.
8. (1) The Lieutenant Governor in Council shall appoint a board of examiners of not less than 5 persons, among whom shall be
(a) a person nominated by the Principal of the British Columbia Institute of Technology;
(b) a person nominated by the Director of the School of Architecture of The University of British Columbia;
(c) a person nominated by the Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture of The University of British Columbia;
(d) a person nominated by the President of the society; and
(e) a person to represent the public interest in the furtherance and maintenance of proper standards of professional practice in landscape architecture in the Province.
(2) The board of examiners shall set and hold regular examinations in the Province at least once in each year at the place and the time specified by the board of examiners.
(3) The board of examiners may set and hold special examinations on the terms and conditions regarding the defraying of the expenses of them as the board of examiners may specify in each instance.
(4) The board of examiners shall prescribe the rules of procedure to be followed and enforced at all examinations.
(5) The board of examiners may appoint one or more of its members to preside at any regular or special examination or part of them.
(6) The board of examiners shall, as soon as feasible after the holding of an examination, notify the board of the results.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-9; 1983-10-21, effective October 26, 1983 (B.C. Reg. 393/83).
9. (1) The bylaws of The British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects, so far as not inconsistent with this Act, are the bylaws of the society.
(2) The bylaws of the society shall not be altered or added to except by an extraordinary resolution of the society.
(3) Every extraordinary resolution of the society altering or adding to the bylaws shall be filed in duplicate with the Registrar of Companies, who shall register one copy and return the other copy, certified as having been registered by him.
(4) Nothing that is in conflict with this Act shall be included in the bylaws, and the bylaws shall not contain anything contrary to law.
(5) The bylaws of the society and any amendments to them shall be published in one issue of the Gazette.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-10.
10. (1) Subject to section 9 (2), the board may make bylaws for all purposes relating to the affairs, business, property and objects of the society.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the power of the board to make bylaws includes the
(a) registration of members, issue of membership certificates, and qualifications for registration of junior members, student members, honorary members and associate members;
(b) holding, place and conduct of annual meetings and other meetings of the society, notices and consents prerequisite to the meetings, quorums, voting rights at meetings, and all other matters connected with the meetings;
(c) qualifications of directors, their numbers, term of office, and all matters relating to their election and appointment;
(d) filling of vacancies in the board;
(e) matters relating to meetings of the board;
(f) appointment, functions, duties and removal of officers and servants of the society and their remuneration, if any;
(g) establishment of executive, membership and other committees of the society, membership in them, and their powers and duties;
(h) keeping of records and making of reports for and by the society;
(i) making of contracts for and by the society and the signing and issuance of cheques, drafts or other orders for payment of money, notes or other evidences of indebtedness by the society;
(j) custody and use of the society seal;
(k) establishing, levying, paying, remitting and collecting of membership and registration fees, their amounts, and requirements regarding payment; and
(l) conduct generally of the affairs of the society.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-11.
11. The objects of the society shall be
(a) the advancement of the education of persons in the art of landscape architecture;
(b) promotion of the welfare of the members of the society; and
(c) the furtherance and maintenance of proper standards of professional practice in landscape architecture in the Province.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-13.
12. Every person who is a member in good standing of the society is entitled to use the designation "Landscape Architect", and no person who is not a member in good standing of the society shall assume or use that designation in any manner or represent that he or she is entitled to do so.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-14.
13. Where it appears to the Registrar of Companies that the society has failed for any period of 2 years to make or send or file any return, notice or document required to be made or sent or filed to the Registrar of Companies pursuant to the Society Act, or where the Registrar of Companies has reasonable cause to believe that the society is not in operation, the registrar may report his belief to the Attorney General, and on receipt of the report of the Registrar of Companies, the Lieutenant Governor in Council may revoke and cancel the incorporation of the society and declare the society to be dissolved, anything in this Act to the contrary notwithstanding.
Historical Note(s): 1968-65-15.
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