Crown Entities Act 2004

7 Meaning of Crown entity and categories of Crown entities

• (1) In this Act, Crown entity means an entity within one of the following 5 categories:

  • (a) statutory entities:

    What are they?		Definition		Different types
    These are bodies corporate that are established by or under an Act		An entity or office named in Schedule 1		Crown agents (which must give effect to government policy when directed by the responsible Minister). These are named in Part 1 of Schedule 1
    				Autonomous Crown entities (which must have regard to government policy when directed by the responsible Minister). These are named in Part 2 of Schedule 1
    				Independent Crown entities (which are generally independent of government policy). These are named in Part 3 of Schedule 1

  • (b) Crown entity companies:

    What are they?		Definition
    These are companies incorporated under the Companies Act 1993 that are wholly owned by the Crown		A company named in Schedule 2

  • (c) Crown entity subsidiaries:

    What are they?		Definition
    These are companies incorporated under the Companies Act 1993 that are controlled by Crown entities		A company that, under sections 5 to 8 (except section 5(3) of the Companies Act 1993),— (a) is a subsidiary of another Crown entity; or (b) would be a subsidiary of other Crown entities if those Crown entities were treated as 1 entity (with their rights, entitlements, and interests in relation to the company taken together) for the purposes of those sections

  • (d) school boards of trustees:

    What are they?		Definition
    These are boards that are bodies corporate constituted under the Education Act 1989 (including correspondence schools)		A body that is a board of trustees constituted under Part 9 of the Education Act 1989 and includes a board of a school designated as a correspondence school by the Minister of Education under section 152 of the Education Act 1989

  • (e) tertiary education institutions:

    What are they?		Definition
    These are tertiary institutions (for example, colleges of education, polytechnics, specialist colleges, universities, or wananga) that are bodies corporate established under the Education Act 1989		An institution established under Part 14 of the Education Act 1989

  (2) The words in brackets in subsection (1) about the effect of the different types of statutory entities are intended only as a guide.