(1) Subject in the case of the first members committee to section 21 of the Act, the committee is to consist of:

(a) the office-bearers of the association; and
(b) 8 ordinary members or such other number as determined by an annual general meeting each of whom is to be elected at the annual general meeting of the association under Rule 16.

(2) The office-bearers of the association shall be:

(a) the president;
(b) the treasurer;
(c) the secretary; and
(d) the editor.

(3) The President may not hold that office for more than four consecutive years.

(4) Each member of the committee is, subject to these Rules, to hold office for two years until the conclusion of the annual general meeting following the date of the member’s election but is eligible for re-election.

(5) In the event of a casual vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee, the committee may appoint a member of the association to fill the vacancy and the member so appointed is to hold office, subject to these Rules, until the Annual General Meeting when the next biennial elections are held.

(6) The Management Committee has the power to establish or recognise regional groups of members within Australia or in Papua New Guinea and that such groups will be governed by the Rules of the association.