New Zealand Legislation: Acts

30 Qualifications of members

• (1) A natural person who is not disqualified by this section may be a member of a statutory entity.

  (2) The following persons are disqualified from being members:

  • (a) a person who is an undischarged bankrupt:

  • (b) a person who is prohibited from being a director or promoter of, or being concerned or taking part in the management of, an incorporated or unincorporated body under the Companies Act 1993, or the Securities Act 1978, or the Securities Markets Act 1988, or the Takeovers Act 1993:

  • (c) a person who is subject to a property order under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988:

  • (d) a person in respect of whom a personal order has been made under that Act that reflects adversely on the person's—

    • (i) competence to manage his or her own affairs in relation to his or her property; or

    • (ii) capacity to make or to communicate decisions relating to any particular aspect or aspects of his or her personal care and welfare:

  • (e) a person who has been convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment for a term of 2 years or more, or who has been sentenced to imprisonment for any other offence, unless that person has obtained a pardon, served the sentence, or otherwise suffered the penalty imposed on the person:

  • (f) a member of Parliament:

  • (g) a person who is disqualified under another Act.

  (3) However, subsection (2)(f) does not disqualify a person who is elected (rather than appointed) to office as a member under any other Act.

  Section 30(2)(b): substituted, on 25 October 2006, by section 25 of the Securities Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 46).