Queen Elizabeth the Second Technicians' Study Award Act 1970

Queen Elizabeth the Second Technicians' Study Award Act 1970

Public Act1970 No 127
Date of assent1 December 1970
Note

This Act is administered in the Department of Education.

An Act to establish the Queen Elizabeth the Second Technicians' Study Award and to make provision with respect to the Award

  • Preamble

    WHEREAS Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, has graciously agreed to accept a gift from the people of New Zealand to be devoted, in accordance with the wishes of Her Majesty, to encourage and promote the pursuance of full-time study in disciplines such as engineering, science, building, quantity surveying, commerce, management, design, agriculture, dairy technology, forestry, mining, and technologies associated with tourism, so that all the people of New Zealand may benefit: And whereas the gift is to take the form of an Award to be known, in accordance with the gracious approval of Her Majesty, as the Queen Elizabeth the Second Technicians' Study Award:

    And whereas the principal terms relating to the Award are contained in a Memorial, of which a copy is set out in the Schedule to this Act, presented to Her Majesty at Auckland on the 26th day of March 1970: And whereas it is necessary to make provision for the Award:

1 Short Title

  • This Act may be cited as the Queen Elizabeth the Second Technicians' Study Award Act 1970.

2 Interpretation

  • For the purposes of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, a course of full-time study includes any course of study that comprises alternate periods of full-time study and work experience.

3 Award established

  • There is hereby established an Award to be known as the Queen Elizabeth the Second Technicians' Study Award (in this Act referred to as the Award).

4 Award to be granted annually

  • The Award shall be granted annually by the Minister of Education to persons recommended to receive the Award by the Selection Committee appointed under section 5 of this Act.

    Section 4 was amended, as from 30 March 1987, by section 2 Queen Elizabeth the Second Technicians' Study Award Amendment Act 1987 (1987 No 52) by substituting the figure “5” for the figure “4”.

    Section 4 was further amended, as from 16 December 1988, by section 2(1) Queen Elizabeth the Second Technician's Study Award Amendment Act 1988 (1988 No 209) by substituting the word “persons” for the words “each of not more than 5 persons who shall be”.

5 Selection committee

  • (1) For the purposes of this Act, there is hereby established a Selection Committee, comprising—

    • (a) The Chairperson of the body that, on the commencement of the Queen Elizabeth the Second Technicians' Study Award Amendment Act 1991, was known as the Association of Polytechnics of New Zealand; and

    • (b) The chief executive of the new Ministry, or a representative; and

    • (c) The Chairperson of the body that, on the commencement aforesaid, was known as the Vice-Chancellors Committee, or a representative; and

    • (d) The chief executive officer of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority, or a representative.

    (2) The members of the Selection Committee shall from time to time appoint one of their number (not being a representative) to be Chairman.

    The words “Director-General of Agriculture and Fisheries”, in subsection (1)(d) of the original section 5, were substituted, as from 1 September 1972, for the words “Director-General of Agriculture” pursuant to section 3(6)(c) Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Amendment Act 1972 (1972 No 3).

    The words “responsible Ministry” were substituted, as from 1 July 1995, for the words “Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries” pursuant to section 6(1)(b) Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (Restructuring) Act 1995 (1995 No 31). Those words were in turn substituted by the words “new Ministry”, as from 1 March 1998, pursuant to section 5(1)(c) Ministries of Agriculture and Forestry (Restructuring) Act 1997 (1997 No 100).

    This section was substituted, as from 1 January 1992, by section 2 Queen Elizabeth the Second Technician's Study Award Amendment Act 1991 (1991 No 137).

6 Meetings and procedure of Selection Committee

  • (1) The first meeting of the Selection Committee shall be held on a day to be appointed by the Minister of Education.

    (2) Subsequent meetings of the Selection Committee shall be held at such times and places as the Committee determines.

    (3) At any meeting 3 members shall form a quorum.

    (4) The Chairman shall preside at all meetings at which he is present. In his absence, the members present shall appoint one of their number to preside as Chairman at that meeting.

    (5) All questions arising at any meeting shall be decided by a majority of the valid votes recorded thereon.

    (6) At any meeting the Chairman of the meeting shall have a deliberative vote and, in the case of an equality of votes, shall also have a casting vote.

    (7) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the Selection Committee may regulate its procedure in such manner as it thinks fit.

7 Purpose of Award

  • The Award shall be granted for the purpose of enabling holders of it to undertake at any university, college, technological institute, or other institution providing higher education or advanced technical education, in New Zealand or any other country of the Commonwealth, a course of full-time study in engineering, science, building, quantity surveying, commerce, management, design, agriculture, dairy technology, forestry, mining, technologies associated with tourism, or any other discipline.

8 Tenure of Award

  • (1) Every grant of the Award shall be made for such term as in the opinion of the Selection Committee shall be requisite to complete the course of full-time study to be undertaken by the holder of the Award, and on the recommendation of the Selection Committee may be extended by the Minister of Education for that purpose; but no grant shall be made for any term that, including any extension thereof but excluding any period or periods of work experience comprising the course, exceeds a period of 2 years.

    (2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) of this section, any grant of the Award may be terminated at any time by the Minister of Education if, in his opinion, the holder of the Award fails to make satisfactory progress in his course of full-time study.

9 Value of Award

  • The value of each grant of the Award shall comprise—

    • (a) An amount equal to the cost of tuition fees, books, materials, student union fees, and other charges necessarily incurred by the holder of the grant in undertaking the course of full-time study, exclusive of any work experience required by the course, for which the grant is made; and

    • (b) A maintenance allowance payable in respect of time spent in full-time study, exclusive of any period or periods of work experience, as determined by the Minister of Education; and

    • (c) Travelling expenses reasonably incurred by the holder of the grant in travelling to the university, college, technological institute, or other institution to undertake the course of full-time study and by way of return on completion of the course; but not including any travelling expenses incurred in obtaining any work experience required by the course.

10 Terms and conditions of Award

  • Each grant of the Award shall be subject to such terms and conditions not inconsistent with this Act as may be determined by the Minister of Education.

11 Travelling allowances
12 Administration

  • All expenses incurred in establishing and maintaining the Award, and all travelling allowances and expenses payable under this Act, shall be provided out of money to be appropriated by Parliament for the purpose.

Schedule

THE QUEEN ELIZABETH THE SECOND TECHNICIANS' STUDY AWARD

  • Preamble

    TO Her Majesty Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom, New Zealand and of Her Other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith.

    With humble duty,

    GREETINGS:

WHEREAS YOUR Majesty is visiting Your loyal subjects in New Zealand and, in commemoration of Your visit, has graciously agreed to accept a gift that can be utilised for the benefit and in the interests of Your people in New Zealand:

AND WHEREAS YOUR Majesty has also graciously agreed that the gift could fittingly take the form of the establishment of a Technicians' Study Award to encourage and promote the pursuance of full-time study in disciplines such as engineering, science, building, quantity surveying, commerce, management, design, agriculture, dairy technology, forestry, mining, and technologies associated with tourism which, in accordance with the gracious approval of Your Majesty heretofore duly given, shall be called the Queen Elizabeth the Second Technicians' Study Award:

NOW THEREFORE the Government of New Zealand respectfully advises Your Majesty that it has approved the establishment of the above described Study Award to be known as the Queen Elizabeth the Second Technicians' Study Award.

In witness whereof the Prime Minister of New Zealand has signed this present Memorial. Dated at Wellington this 5th day of March 1970.

K. J. HOLYOAKE,

Prime Minister.