955 Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services
This group contains the following ANZSIC classes:
9551 Business and Professional Association Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in promoting the business interests of their members (except of organised labour associations and union members).
Primary activities
- Accountants’ association operation
- Architects’ association operation
- Bankers’ association operation
- Builders’ association operation
- Chamber of Commerce operation
- Chamber of Manufacturers operation
- Chemists’ association operation
- Dentists’ association operation
- Employers’ association operation
- Engineers’ association operation (except trade union)
- Farmers’ association operation
- Lawyers’ association operation
- Manufacturers’ association operation
- Medical association operation
- Mining association operation
- Retail traders’ association operation
- Surveyors’ association operation
- Trade association operation (except trade union)
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in promoting the professional interests of labour and union employees such as trade unions are included in Class 9552 Labour Association Services.
9552 Labour Association Services
This class consists of units mainly engaged in promoting the interests of organised labour and union employees. Also included are units of associations and councils promoting such interests.
Primary activities
- Employees’ association operation
- Industrial union operation
- Trade union operation
- Union association operation
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in promoting the business interests of their members (except religious services) are included in Class 9551 Business and Professional Association Services.
9559 Other Interest Group Services n.e.c.
This class consists of units mainly engaged in activities which promote the interests of their members (except religious, business and professional, and labour association services). Included in this class are units providing a range of community or sectional interests or in providing civic and social advocacy services not elsewhere classified.
Primary activities
- Accident prevention association operation
- Animal (including wildlife) welfare association or league operation
- Association operation (for promotion of community or sectional interests)
- Automobile association operation
- Civil liberty service
- Club operation (for the promotion of community or sectional interests)
- Community association operation
- Conservation (including wildlife) association operation
- Consumers’ association operation
- Disease research (including cancer and heart disease) fundraising
- Human rights association operation
- Interest group service n.e.c.
- Marae operation (NZ only)
- Parent-teachers’ association operation
- Pensioners’ association operation
- Political party operation
- Social club operation
- Veterans’ association operation
- Welfare fundraising
- Women’s interest group association operation
- Youth club/association (including girl guides and scouts) operation
Exclusions/References
Units mainly engaged in:
- promoting the business interests of a range professional associations are included in Class 9551 Business and Professional Association Services;
- promoting the professional interests of labour and union employees such as trade unions are included in Class 9552 Labour Association Services;
- organising and conducting fundraising campaigns on a contract or fee basis are included in the appropriate classes of Division N Administrative and Support Services;
- conducting medical research are included in Class 6910 Scientific Research Services; and
- providing legal services for social advocacy, environment, wildlife and other similar associations are included in Class 6931 Legal Services.