New Zealand Legislation: Regulations

8 Adoption of amendments and replacements

• (1) The Teachers Council may adopt an amendment or replacement that has been notified under rule 5 only after it has considered any submissions received on the proposed amendment or replacement.

  (2) The amendment or replacement adopted need not be in exactly the same form as the proposed amendment or replacement.

  (3) Every amendment to a rule forms part of the rule it amends.

  (4) Section 139AJ(4) of the Act requires that, when rules (which includes amendments (including technical amendments) and replacements) are made,—

  • (a) notice of them must be given in the Gazette; and

  • (b) the notice must say where copies of the rules may be obtained free of charge; and

  • (c) the notice must give the date on which the rules come into force, which must be a date on or after the date of the Gazette notice; and

  • (d) the Teachers Council must take all reasonable steps to ensure that those affected by the rules hear of them and are able to obtain copies of them.

  (5) For the purpose of complying with the obligation to make copies of the rules available free of charge, the Teachers Council must ensure that every rule, and every amendment to a rule, is freely available on its website.

  (6) The Teachers Council must also make available on its website, as soon as practicable after any rule is amended or replaced, a copy of an up-to-date version of the rules that incorporates the amendments or replacements.