(1) The principal functions of the Commission shall be to develop and encourage sport, fitness, and leisure.
(2) In performing those functions the Commission shall have regard to the value of—
(a) Promoting the fullest use of leisure; and
(b) Facilitating equal opportunities for participation by all New Zealanders; and
(c) Encouraging persons to make the most effective use of their abilities and aptitudes; and
(d) Facilitating the physical, mental, and social wellbeing of New Zealanders, and enhancing their quality of life; and
(e) Promoting attitudes and behaviour that are conducive to good conduct and fair play among all persons involved in or associated with sport, fitness, and leisure; and
(f) Promoting community-based and group fitness and leisure activities, and appropriate indigenous and ethnic forms of sport, fitness, and leisure.
This Act was repealed as from 1 January 2003, by section 63 Sport and Recreation New Zealand Act 2002 (2002 No 38). See clause 2 Sport and Recreation New Zealand Act Commencement Order 2002 (SR 2002/376).
Subsection (1) was substituted, as from 1 July 1992, by section 7(1) Sport, Fitness, and Leisure Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 18).
Subsection (2)(e) was amended, as from 1 July 1992, by section 7(2) Sport, Fitness, and Leisure Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 18) by substituting the words “fitness and leisure”
for the words “and recreation”
.
Subsection (2)(f) was amended, as from 1 July 1992, by section 7(3)(a) and (b) Sport, Fitness, and Leisure Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 18) by substituting the words “group fitness and leisure activities”
for the words “group recreation”
; and substituting the words “, fitness, and leisure”
for the words “and recreation”
.