Associates shall be elected by Council and every candidate for election shall fulfill the following conditions in that he/she: -

(1)	be proposed and seconded by Fellows or Members of the Institute.
(2)	satisfies the Council that he/she is fit in all respects to be a proper person for admission and not one who had been convicted of any criminal offence by the courts of law.
(3)	be engaged in a profession, occupation or calling in which there is recourse to arbitration directly or indirectly.
(4)	be over twenty-one years of age at the date of submitting an application for membership.
(5)	has obtained a degree or equivalent qualification from a university or tertiary educational body acceptable to the Council; and
(6)	be a member of a professional, commercial, trade, industrial, or Government body acceptable to the Council e.g. architects, engineers, quantity surveyors, lawyers, accountants.

Provided that : -

(a) where a candidate fulfills conditions 1 to 4 and fulfills either condition 5 or condition 6, the Council shall have the discretion to elect the candidate to be an Associate of the Institute if he/she has considerable training or experience in the conduct of arbitrations or arbitration-related matters or if he/she is an active member of another national or international institute of arbitrators, or if he/she satisfies the Council as to his/her proficiency in the law and procedure relating to arbitration.

(b) where a candidate fulfills conditions 1 to 4 but does not fulfill any of the conditions 5 or 6, the Council shall have the discretion to elect the candidate to be an Associate of the Institute if he/she has considerable experience as an arbitrator for not less than three (3) years before the date of application and has published at least two (2) written awards.