New Zealand Legislation: Acts

254 General powers of Authority

• (1) [Repealed]

  (2) [Repealed]

  (3) The Authority shall not consent to the granting of an award that is described as a degree unless it is satisfied that the award recognises the completion of a course of advanced learning that—

  • (a) is taught mainly by people engaged in research; and

  • (b) emphasises general principles and basic knowledge as the basis for self-directed work and learning.

  (4) The Authority shall not withhold its consent to the use of any particular term or the granting of an award that, or whose name or description, includes any particular word, unless satisfied on reasonable grounds that it should do so.

  (5) The Authority may delegate its power to consent to the award of a qualification described as a degree to any body referred to in section 260(2) (other than the Vice-Chancellors Committee); and if it does so,—

  • (a) subsections (3) and (4), and section 264, apply to every body to whom that power is delegated as if it were the Authority; and

  • (b) the Authority may revoke any such delegation.

  Section 254: added, on 23 July 1990, by section 42 of the Education Amendment Act 1990 (1990 No 60).

  Section 254(1): repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

  Section 254(2): repealed, on 25 January 2005, by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).

  Section 254(5): added, on 25 October 2001, by section 52 of the Education Standards Act 2001 (2001 No 88).