(1) The principal functions of the Board of Management are—
(b) subject to, and in accordance with, any agreement from time to time entered into between the Board of Management and the Auckland City Council, to control, manage, and maintain any recreational, entertainment, cultural, conference, or civic premises or facilities that are owned or controlled by the Auckland City Council; and
(2) The Board of Management shall have all such powers, rights, and privileges as may be reasonably necessary or expedient to enable it to carry out those functions, and, in particular, it may from time to time—
(b) Acquire and hold, for the purposes of this Act, any on-licence within the meaning of the Sale of Liquor Act 1989 in respect of any premises or facilities under the control or management of the Board of Management, or authorise any tenant or lessee to acquire and hold any such licence:
(c) Use or allow to be used the facilities and equipment under its control in such manner as it thinks fit for the purpose of promoting and assisting in the development and carrying on of the arts, educational, cultural, and civic pursuits, and in its discretion grant concessions, discounts, and other preferential privileges to individuals or groups in the community considered by the Board of Management to be deserving of the same:
(e) Organise, or arrange for or authorise the holding of, exhibitions, conferences, conventions, and functions of a like nature:
(f) Exercise as the agent of the Auckland City Council and on its behalf the powers of letting conferred by section 227 of the Act:
Provided that any proposal to enter into a lease for a term exceeding 5 years shall require the prior written approval of the Auckland City Council:
(g) Publish or arrange for the publication of such periodicals, pamphlets, or other publications as it considers to be of interest to the general public relative to the administration and affairs of the Board of Management, the facilities offered by the Centre and any other premises or facilities under the control or management of the Board of Management, and the concerts and entertainments organised and presented by the Board of Management or by any person authorised by it to do so:
Subsection (1) was substituted, as from 9 October 2001, by section 4(1) Auckland Aotea Centre Empowering Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 4(L)).
Subsection (2)(b) was amended, as from 1 April 1990, by section 230(1) Sale of Liquor Act 1989 (1989 No 63) by substituting the words “on-licence within the meaning of the Sale of Liquor Act 1989”
for the words “restaurant licence or food and entertainment licence within the meaning of the Sale of Liquor Act 1962”
.
Subsection (2)(b) was further amended, as from 9 October 2001, by section 4(2)(a) Auckland Aotea Centre Empowering Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 4(L)), by substituting the words “any premises or facilities under the control or management of the Board of Management”
for the words “the premises”
.
Subsection (2)(c) was amended, as from 9 October 2001, by section 4(2)(b) Auckland Aotea Centre Empowering Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 4(L)), by substituting the words “, educational, cultural, and civic”
for the words “and educational and cultural,”
.
Subsection (2)(g) was amended, as from 9 October 2001, by section 4(2)(c) Auckland Aotea Centre Empowering Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 4(L)), by inserting the words “of Management”
after the word “Board”
in both places where it appears.
Subsection (2)(g) was amended, as from 9 October 2001, by section 4(2)(d) Auckland Aotea Centre Empowering Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 4(L)), by inserting the words “and any other premises or facilities under the control or management of the Board of Management”
after the word “Centre”
.