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Thomas Cawthron Trust Amendment Act 1966

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Thomas Cawthron Trust Amendment Act 1966

Public Act		1966 No 91
Date of assent		20 October 1966

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Constitution of Board
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Thomas Cawthron Trust Act 1924

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

1 Short Title

This Act may be cited as the Thomas Cawthron Trust Amendment Act 1966, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Thomas Cawthron Trust Act 1924 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Constitution of Board

(1)

The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing sections 3 to 6 (as amended by section 34 of the Statutes Amendment Act 1942), and substituting the following section:

“3

“(1)

The Board shall consist of—

“(a)

The persons holding for the time being the respective offices of Mayor of Nelson, Chairman of the Waimea County Council, member of Parliament for the Electoral District of Nelson, Anglican Bishop of Nelson, and Chairman of the Nelson Harbour Board:

“(b)

Three members to be appointed by the Minister of Science on the recommendation of the National Research Advisory Council:

“(c)

Two members, being persons resident in the Provincial District of Nelson, to be appointed by the Governor-General in Council.

“(2)

Except as otherwise provided in this section, each of the appointed members shall hold office for a period of three years from the date of his appointment, but may from time to time be reappointed.

“(3)

Every appointed member, unless he vacates his office otherwise than by effluxion of time, shall continue to hold office until his successor comes into office.

“(4)

A member appointed by the Governor-General in Council shall vacate office if he ceases to reside permanently within the Provincial District of Nelson.

“(5)

Any appointed member may at any time be removed from office by the Governor-General in Council for disability, bankruptcy, neglect of duty, or misconduct, proved to the satisfaction of the Governor-General in Council, or may at any time resign his office by writing addressed to the Minister of Science.

“(6)

The office of any appointed member shall become vacant if he dies, resigns, or is removed from office.”

(2)

Section 34 of the Statutes Amendment Act 1942 is hereby repealed.

This Act is administered in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.

Thomas Cawthron Trust Amendment Act 1966