Section 15
Categories of Council members
of National Council of Social Service Act 1992
(1)
The Council consists of the following 3 categories of members:
full Council members;
associate Council members;
honorary Council members.
(2)
Any organisation whose aims and objects are consistent with those of the Council and which provides as its primary function a bona fide direct social service which helps to meet existing needs of the community may, in the prescribed manner and in accordance with the prescribed conditions, apply to the Council to be a full Council member.
(3)
Any organisation whose aims and objects are consistent with those of the Council and which has an active interest in social service but which does not provide a direct social service as its primary function may, in the prescribed manner and in accordance with the prescribed conditions, apply to the Council to be an associate Council member.
(4)
Where the Council is of the opinion that any organisation or person has rendered outstanding social service, the Council may invite such organisation or person to be an honorary Council member for such period as the Council thinks fit.