53 (1) The Council may pass by-laws, 1.  fixing the number of members to be elected to the Council under clause 6 (2) (a) and defining constituencies along regional, occupational and other lines for the purpose, and prescribing the number of representatives of each constituency; 2.  respecting the qualifications, nomination, election and term or terms of office of the members to be elected to the Council, disputed elections, and governing the filling of vacancies created by the departure of elected members of the Council; 3.  prescribing the conditions disqualifying elected members from sitting on the Council and governing the removal of disqualified members of the Council; 4.  respecting the calling, holding and conducting of meetings of the Council, the duties of members of the Council and prescribing the quorum of the Council; 5.  respecting the selection of members from the Council for membership on the Executive Committee, the Registration Committee, the Complaints Committee, and the Discipline Committee; 6.  respecting the selection of members from the Association who are not members of the Council for membership on the Registration Committee, the Complaints Committee, and the Discipline Committee; 7.  respecting the practice and procedure, the filling of vacancies, the duties of members, the calling, holding and conduct of meetings for any committee required by this Act; 8.  providing for the establishment, composition, selection of members, powers, duties, quorums, filling of vacancies, practices and procedures of committees other than those required by this Act; 9.  providing for the establishment of panels of any committee required by this Act and providing that a panel of a committee may exercise the powers and carry out the duties of the committee, subject to the restrictions, if any, specified in the by-law; 10.  respecting indemnification by the Association of members of the Council, of members of committees and of officers and employees of the Association; 11.  respecting conflict of interest rules for members of the Council, for members of committees and for officers and employees of the Association; 12.  providing for the remuneration of members of the Council and members of committees other than members appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, and providing for payment of necessary expenses of the Council and committees in the conduct of their business; 13.  delegating to the Executive Committee the powers and duties set out in the regulations or by-laws, but this paragraph does not authorize the delegation of the power to make, amend or revoke a regulation or by-law; 14.  respecting the duties and authority of the Registrar; 15.  providing for the appointment of an individual as an acting Registrar who has all the powers and performs all of the duties of the Registrar under this Act and the by-laws when the Registrar is absent or unable to act or when there is a vacancy in the office of the Registrar; 16.  respecting the reporting and publication of decisions of the Association, the Council and the committees; 17.  prescribing classes or categories of membership, including classes of membership that are temporary, provisional or otherwise limited, the rights and obligations which may attach to such classes or categories of membership, prescribing the terms, conditions and limitations which may be imposed in a certificate of registration and providing for exemptions from any term or condition of a class or category of membership; 18.  respecting conditions or requirements of eligibility for membership, including standards, qualifications, examinations, experience and character requirements for the issuance of certificates of registration, and providing for exemptions from those requirements; 19.  providing for the designation of members as specialists, prescribing the qualifications and requirements for designation as a specialist, providing for the suspension or revocation of such a designation and for the regulation and prohibition of the use of the designation by specified members; 20.  providing for the re-examination of applicants and for the procedure and conditions of restoring registration where such registration has been cancelled or suspended under this Act; 21.  respecting the accreditation of forestry education programs offered by post-secondary educational institutions and on-going education programs for foresters offered by post-secondary educational institutions and other bodies; 22.  prescribing a quality assurance program and requiring members and employers of members to participate in and co-operate with the program; 23.  requiring members to have professional liability insurance satisfying prescribed requirements and to give proof of the insurance to the Registrar in the prescribed manner; 24.  prescribing a continuing education program and requiring members and employers of members to participate in and co-operate with the program; 25.  establishing processes and criteria for suspending certificates of registration and for removing such suspensions for members who fail to participate in and co-operate with the quality assurance program, or who fail to meet the continuing education or professional liability insurance requirements; 25.1  designating or establishing a body to provide an internal review of or appeal from any decision of the Registration Committee with respect to a certificate of registration for the purposes of the Fair Access to Regulated Professions and Compulsory Trades Act, 2006, including a proposal for the issuance or non-issuance of such a certificate or for the imposition of conditions on such a certificate and including the variation of such a certificate under section 22, and specifying all necessary matters in connection with designating or establishing the body, including the number and appointment of its members; 25.2  specifying the persons who may apply for an internal review or appeal described in paragraph 25.1, the procedure for so applying, including the time limits for so applying, the parties to the internal review or appeal and the rights and obligations of those parties, including requirements that an applicant must meet as a condition for so applying; 25.3  specifying the powers of the body for the internal review or appeal described in paragraph 25.1 and all matters necessary for the body to carry out its functions described in that paragraph; 26.  respecting any matter ancillary to this Act with regard to the issuance, expiry, renewal, amendment, cancellation, suspension, revocation and reinstatement of certificates of registration; 27.  requiring the making of returns of information by members of the Association in respect of names, addresses, telephone numbers, professional associates, partners, employees and professional activities, and any other information which, in the opinion of Council, is necessary for the administration of this Act, the regulations and the by-laws; 28.  authorizing entries in, and the form of maintenance of, registers of members and former members of the Association and prescribing the information that must be kept in the register and the information that may be removed from the register, and providing for the issuance of certificates of standing by the Registrar; 29.  prescribing and requiring the making and keeping of records by members of the Association in respect of the practice of  professional forestry; 30.  requiring the payment of fees and levies by members including penalties for late payment, prompt payment discounts and interest on late payments and fees for anything the Registrar is required or authorized to do, and prescribing the amounts of such fees, levies, penalties, discounts and interest or providing that the amount be set by a prescribed person; 31.  prescribing and governing standards of practice for the practice of professional forestry; 32.  prohibiting the practice of professional forestry where there is a conflict of interest and defining conflict of interest for that purpose; 33.  governing the use of names and designations in the practice of professional forestry by members of the Association; 34.  prescribing the seal and other insignia of the Association and providing for their use; 35.  requiring and governing the signing and sealing of documents and plans by members of the Association, specifying the form of seals and respecting the issuance and ownership of seals; 36.  providing for the method of service of any document or class of documents for the purposes of clause 55 (1) (c); 37.  exempting any member of the Association from any provision of the by-laws under such special circumstances in the public interest as the Council considers advisable; 38.  authorizing the communication of material that comes to a person’s knowledge in the course of duties, employment, review or investigation under this Act, to specified classes of persons or for specified purposes; 39.  requiring and providing for the inspection and examination of premises used in connection with the practice of the profession and of equipment, books, accounts, reports and records of members relating to their practices; 40.  respecting the managing, regulating and discharging of the business affairs of the Association; 41.  providing procedures for the making, amending and revoking of regulations and by-laws.  2000, c. 18, s. 53 (1); 2009, c. 33, Sched. 22, s. 8 (4); 2017, c. 2, Sched. 9, s. 9. Unanimous by-laws (2) A by-law or resolution of the Council signed by a majority of the members of the Council is as valid as if passed at a meeting of the Council held for that purpose.  2000, c. 18, s. 53 (2). Confirmation (3) A by-law passed by the Council is not effective until confirmed by the members at a meeting or by means of a vote conducted by mail.  2000, c. 18, s. 53 (3). Exception (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a by-law passed within four months after this Act comes into force.  2000, c. 18, s. 53 (4).  Note: This Act came into force on May 1, 2001. Copies of by-laws (5) The Council shall, (a)  forward a copy of each by-law confirmed under subsection (3) to the Minister and to each member; and (b)  keep a copy of each by-law confirmed under subsection (3) available for public inspection in the office of the Association.  2000, c. 18, s. 53 (5). Same (6) The Registrar shall provide to any person, on payment of a reasonable charge, a copy of any by-law made under this section.  2000, c. 18, s. 53 (6). Section Amendments with date in force (d/m/y) 2009, c. 33, Sched. 22, s. 8 (4) - 15/12/2009 2017, c. 2, Sched. 9, s. 9 - 22/03/2017