PNGAA Rules:
Rule 9: Membership Subscriptions

 
  1. A member of the association shall pay to the association an annual membership subscription as determined by the committee from time to time:
    (a)    except as provided by paragraph (b), before 1 January in each calendar year, or
    (b)    if the member becomes a member on or after 1 January in any calendar year - on becoming a member and before 1 January in each succeeding calendar year; or
    (c)    should a person become a member on or after 30 September in any calendar year such member will be deemed to have also paid the succeeding year’s membership subscription;
  2. Any variation in  subscription rates approved by the committee in clause (1) of this Rule shall not take effect until the first of January in the calendar year after the meeting of the committee at which the variations were made.
  3. Payment of a membership subscription may be remitted at the discretion  of the committee. 
  4. A member may pay advance membership subscriptions for as many years as may be determined from time to time by the committee.