New Zealand Legislation: Acts

31 Constitution of Council of Legal Education

• (1) There shall continue to be a Council of Legal Education.

  (2) The Council shall comprise—

  • (a) Two Judges of the High Court, nominated by the Chief Justice:

  • (b) A District Court Judge, nominated by the Chief District Court Judge:

  • (c) Five members nominated by the New Zealand Law Society:

  • (d) The Dean of the Faculty or School of Law of each of the following Universities, namely, the University of Auckland, the University of Waikato, Victoria University of Wellington, the University of Canterbury, and the University of Otago:

  • (e) Two members nominated by the Council of the New Zealand Law Students' Association Incorporated:

  • (f) One member (not being a practitioner or a law student) nominated by the Minister of Justice:

  • (g) Not more than one member nominated by the Council.

  (3) All members of the Council other than those referred to in subsection (2)(d) of this section shall be appointed by the Governor-General, on the advice of the Attorney-General.

  This section was substituted, and sections 31A and 31B were inserted, as from 23 July 1990, by section 50(1) Education Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 60).