New Zealand Legislation: Acts

14 Further criteria for appointment of Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner

• In recommending a person for appointment as the Equal Employment Opportunities Commissioner, the Minister must have regard not only to the criteria stated in section 11 but also to the person's—

  • (a) understanding of principles relating to equal employment opportunities:

  • (b) appreciation of issues, trends, and developments in the promotion of equal employment opportunities in other countries and internationally, and the relevance of those issues, trends, or developments in New Zealand:

  • (c) ability to perform the functions stated in section 17.

  Section 14 was substituted, as from 1 July 2002, by section 5 Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96). See section 2(2) of that Act.