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| Public Act | 1990 No 60 |
| Date of assent | 23 July 1990 |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Education.
9 Director-General of Social Welfare may recommend that student should attend particular school [Repealed]
An Act to reform further the administration of education and, in particular, to reform tertiary education and training with a view to—
(a) Giving tertiary institutions as much independence and freedom to make academic, operational, and management decisions as is consistent with the nature of the services they provide, the efficient use of national resources, the national interest and the demands of accountability; and
(b) Establishing a consistent approach to the recognition of qualifications in academic and vocational areas: and
(c) Encouraging greater participation in tertiary education and training, in particular by removing barriers to access for those groups of persons who have previously been under-represented; and
(d) Contributing to a dynamic and satisfying society by promoting excellence in tertiary education, training, and research
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:
(1) This Act may be cited as the Education Amendment Act 1990, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Education Act 1989 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
(2) Section 50(2) of, and Schedule 3 to, this Act shall come into force on the 1st day of October 1990.
(3) Section 50(3) of, and Schedule 4 to, this Act shall come into force on the 1st day of November 1990.
(4) Section 37 of this Act (except in so far as it inserts sections 168 to 172 into the principal Act), sections 38, 39, 50(4), and 51(4) of this Act, and Schedule 5 to this Act, shall come into force on the 1st day of January 1991.
(5) Section 51(5) of this Act shall come into force on the 1st day of February 1991.
(6) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into force on the day on which this Act receives the Royal assent.
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(2) Every reference in any enactment passed before the commencement of Part 1 of the Education Amendment Act 1990 to an education authority within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Education Act 1964 shall be read as a reference to a body that is a Board, or the governing body of a college of education, a polytechnic, or a wananga, established under this Act.
(3) Section 19(1) of the Education Amendment Act 1989 is hereby consequentially amended by repealing the definitions of the terms domestic student and foreign student, and substituting the following definitions:
“Domestic student, at any time, means a person who is then—
“(a) A New Zealand citizen; or
“(b) The holder of a residence permit under the Immigration Act 1987; or
“(c) By virtue of paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) or paragraph (f) of section 112(1) of that Act, exempt from the requirement to hold a permit granted under that Act; or
“(d) Exempted under section 12 of that Act from the requirement to hold a permit granted under that Act; or
“(e) A person of a class or description of persons required by the Minister, by notice in the Gazette, to be treated as if they are not foreign students:
“Foreign student, at any time, means a person who is not then a domestic student:.”
(2) The schools concerned are—
(a) In the former Auckland Education Board district, Ahipara Primary School, Grey Lynn Primary School, Leigh Primary School, Onewhero Area School, Otangarei Primary School, Te Tii Primary School, Totara North Primary School, and Waima Primary School; and
(b) In the former Hamilton Education Board district, Bethlehem School, Kawhia School, Matakana Island School, Murupara School, Huiarau School, Waimiha District School, Matapuna School, Knighton Normal School, and Ruatoki School; and
(c) In the former Hawke's Bay Education Board district, Bridge Pa School, Omahu School, Pakipaki School, Manutahi Primary School, and Riverslea School; and
(d) In the former Wanganui Education Board district, Raetihi School, Maxwell School, and Marton Junction School; and
(e) In the former Wellington Education Board district, Mount Cook School; and
(f) In the former Canterbury Education Board district, Tuahiwi School, Te One School, and Owenga School.
[Repealed]
Sections 8 and 9 were repealed, as from 19 December 1998, by section 60(c) Education Amendment Act (No 2) 1998 (1998 No 118).
[Repealed]
Sections 8 and 9 were repealed, as from 19 December 1998, by section 60(c) Education Amendment Act (No 2) 1998 (1998 No 118).
Subsection (1) was repealed, as from the effective date (being 28 February 2002), by section 86(3) Education Standards Act 2001 (2001 No 88).
Subsection (2) was repealed, as from 6 April 2004, by section 5(3)(a) Education (Disestablishment of Early Childhood Development Board) Amendment Act 2004 (2004 No 14).
(1) This subsection inserted sections 65A to 65G of the principal Act.
(2) Sections 65A to 65G of the principal Act (as inserted by subsection (1) of this section) shall have effect in respect of the year 1991 as if—
(a) The number of half days on which schools must be open in that year; and
(b) The means for ascertaining the terms schools must observe during that year; and
(c) The days during that year (in addition to those specified in section 65C(1) of the principal Act) on which Boards may close the schools they administer,—
specified in the Education (Terms and Holidays) Regulations 1984 (in the form in which those regulations were in force immediately before the day on which this Act received the Royal assent) had (respectively) been prescribed by the Minister in respect of that year under sections 65A(1), 65B(1), and 65C(3) of the principal Act.
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(2) Section 12(1) of the Education Amendment Act 1989 is hereby consequentially repealed.
[Repealed]
Section 32 was repealed, as from 19 December 1998, by section 41(2) Education Amendment Act (No 2) 1998 (1998 No 118).
Section 43 was repealed, as from 1 January 2003, by section 59 Education (Tertiary Reform) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 50).
Section 45 was repealed, as from 1 January 2003, by section 59 Education (Tertiary Reform) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 50).
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(6) The repeal by subsection (5) by this section of section 9(3) of the Education Amendment Act 1977 does not affect the validity of anything validated by it.
Schedule 1 | Section 47 |
Schedule 2 | Section 47 |
Schedule 2 was amended, as from 1 January 2003, by section 59 Education (Tertiary Reform) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 50) by omitting the item that inserts paragraph (cb) into the Government Superannuation Act 1975.
Schedule 2 was amended, as from 1 January 2003, by section 59 Education (Tertiary Reform) Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 50) by omitting the item that inserts the Education Training and Support Agency into Part 2 of the Ombudsmen Act 1975.
Schedule 2 was amended, as from 18 September 2004, by section 175(4) Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003 (2003 No 48) by repealing so much as relates to the Psychologists Act 1981. See sections 178 to 227 of that Act as to the transitional provisions.
Schedule 2 Law Practitioners Act 1982: repealed, on 1 August 2008, by section 349 of the Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (2006 No 1).
Schedule 3 | Section 50(2) |
Schedule 4 | Section 50(3) |
Schedule 5 | Section 50(4) |
Schedule 6 | Section 50(5) |
Schedule 7 | Section 51(1) |
Schedule 8 | Section 51(1) |
1General
2About this eprint
3List of amendments incorporated in this eprint (most recent first)
This is an eprint of the Education Amendment Act 1990. It incorporates all the amendments to the Education Amendment Act 1990 as at 1 August 2008. The list of amendments at the end of these notes specifies all the amendments incorporated into this eprint since 3 September 2007. Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that contain transitional, savings, or application provisions are also included, after the Principal enactment, in chronological order.
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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 (2006 No 1): section 349
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