(I) The promotion, for the benefit of the public in general, of the art, science, technology, profession and practice of Plumbing and/or its Associated Callings and
(II) The advancement of education in the said art, science, technology, profession and practice; and for those purposes, but for no other purposes to do any of the following things:-
(a) To hold meetings and provide facilities for the reading of papers, the delivery of lectures and the holding of discussion and debate upon subjects relating to Plumbing and Associate Callings.
(b) To facilitate the interchange of ideas respecting Plumbing and Associate Callings and to provide for the publications, dissemination and acquisition of information connected with such professions.
(c) To hold classes, conduct examinations, establish scholarships, grant premiums and prizes for papers, essays or theses and by any similar means to assist persons studying to become proficient in the skills of Plumbing and/or Associate Callings and/or carrying out research into, and/or to enlarge the knowledge of such professions.
(d) To undertake, superintend, administer and contribute to any charitable or benevolent fund from which may be made donations or advances (i) to persons at any time employed by the Institute and who are not members of the Institute (ii) to necessitous members of the professions and widows and dependants of such members, or (iii) other deserving persons who may have been connected with the profession.
(e) To establish, form and maintain a library and collection of models, designs, drawings and other articles of interest in connection with the development and improvement of the health of the community by means of Plumbing and its Associate Callings.
(f) To establish and operate Chapters within Australia or elsewhere.
(g) To protect and improve the professional standards of proficiency and training in Plumbing and Associate Callings and to lay down rules of discipline for the promotion of honourable practice by members of the professions in general and in particular to oblige every member of the Institution to order his or her conduct so as to uphold the dignity, standing and reputation of the profession and practice of Plumbing and/or Associate Callings and in his or her responsibilities to his or her employer and to the profession to have full regard to the public interest and to discharge his or her duties to his or her employer with integrity and not to injure or attempt to injure, maliciously or indirectly the professional reputation of another member of the professions.
(h) To invest the moneys of the Institute not immediately required for its purposes in or upon such investments, securities or property as may be thought fit, subject nevertheless to such conditions (if any) and such consents (if any) as may for the time being be imposed or required by law and subject also as here-in-after provided.
(i) To do all other things incidental or conducive to the attainment of the above objects or any of them.
Provided that if the Institute shall take or hold any property which may be subject to any trusts, the Institute shall only deal with or invest the same in such manner as allowed by law, having regard to such trusts.
Provided also that the Institute shall not support with its funds, any object, or endeavour to impose on, or procure to be observed by its members or others, any regulations, restriction or condition which, if an object of the Institute, would make it a Trade Union.