New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 1 January 2008
| Public Act | 1992 No 55 |
| Date of assent | 19 June 1992 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Education.
1 Short Title and commencement
3 Training contracts to have effect as employment agreements
Part 2
Recognition of industry training organisations and funding of training activities
5 Minister may recognise certain organisations
6 Minister must be satisfied of organisation’s abilities
7 Matters to which Minister must have regard before recognising organisations
9 Expiry and cancellation of recognition
10 Industry training organisation’s proposed plan must identify activities for which it seeks funding
10A Power to fund if employer switches industry training organisation
11 Matters to which Commission must have regard in determining whether to give funding approval to proposed plan
12 Commission may require industry training organisation to provide information [Repealed]
13 Additional functions of Commission
Part 3
Technicians Training Act 1967 and Apprenticeship Act 1983
14 Technicians Training Act 1967 and Apprenticeship Act 1983 repealed
16 Certain repealed provisions deemed to form part of existing contracts
17 Powers of Commission in relation to existing contracts
18 Powers of Commission in relation to other training programmes
Part 4
Industrial Training Levies Act 1978 and Vocational Training Act 1982
[Repealed]
20 Commencement of provisions deferred for 2 years [Repealed]
22 Industry training boards dissolved [Repealed]
23 Employers may be levied to meet shortfall in assets of dissolved board [Repealed]
26 Governor-General may impose levy
27 Restrictions on making of levy orders
28 Matters to be specified in levy orders
29 Purposes for which levy may be required
30 Levy order may require provision of information
31 Independent returning officer must conduct ballot
32 Industry training organisation must identify potential members of levy group
33 Returning officer must notify potential members of levy group
34 Commission resolves coverage disputes
36 Requirements of ballot papers
37 Returning officer must count votes
38 Returning officer must keep ballot papers, etc
39 Levy is payable by qualifying members to industry training organisation
42 Levy order may provide for collection by agent
43 Collection of levy if person switches industry training organisation
Duties of industry training organisations and others in relation to levies
44 Levy funds must be kept in separate bank accounts and used only for authorised purposes
46 Duty to provide annual report
47 Duty to protect commercially sensitive information
48 Arbitration or mediation system must be established
Confirmation and expiry of orders
Schedule 1
Consequential repeals
Schedule 3
Consequential revocations
An Act to—
(a) provide for the recognition and funding of organisations (to be known as industry training organisations) setting skill standards for, and administering the delivery of, industry-based training; and
(b) encourage and improve industry-based training; and
(c) repeal the Technicians Training Act 1967 and the Apprenticeship Act 1983, and provide for the continued administration of contracts under those Acts; and
(d) provide for the protection of people receiving industry-based training under certain training arrangements in the nature of apprenticeship, or under contracts under the Technicians Training Act 1967 or the Apprenticeship Act 1983; and
(e) provide for other related matters
