New Zealand Legislation: Acts

7 Matters to which Minister must have regard before recognising organisations

• The matters to which the Minister must have regard before recognising an applicant organisation are—

  • (a) the extent to which the organisation represents and is funded by employers of people engaged in the industry in respect of which the organisation wishes to be recognised; and

  • (b) the organisation’s—

    • (i) knowledge of; and

    • (ii) likely responsiveness to the level of demand within that industry for industry training that will enable trainees to attain,—

    the skills, and the levels of performance in those skills, that that industry needs; and

  • (c) the organisation’s resources of skill and knowledge generally; and

  • (d) the organisation’s intentions in relation to the involvement of people employed in that industry in the doing of the things referred to in section 6(a) to (c); and

  • (e) the desirability of avoiding unneccessary duplication of effort in the doing of those things; and

  • (f) the extent to which the organisation intends that the industry training whose delivery is to be arranged should extend through a range of levels in the framework for national qualifications in post-school education and training developed by the qualifications authority under section 253(1)(c) of the Education Act 1989; and

  • (g) whether the organisation has performed satisfactorily at other times when the organisation has been recognised or provisionally recognised; and

  • (h) whether the organisation has taken reasonable steps to avoid fragmentation and to provide a clear and representative industry focus for each organisation; and

  • (i) [Repealed]

  Section 7 heading: amended, on 1 January 2004, by section 7(1) of the Industry Training Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 51).

  Section 7: amended, on 1 January 2004, by section 7(2) of the Industry Training Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 51).

  Section 7(d): amended, on 1 January 2003, by section 20 of the Industry Training Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 51).

  Section 7(g): substituted, on 1 January 2003, by section 7(3) of the Industry Training Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 51).

  Section 7(h): added, on 1 January 2003, by section 7(3) of the Industry Training Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 51).

  Section 7(i): repealed, on 1 January 2004, by section 7(4) of the Industry Training Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 51).