Hon Tony Ryall
Government Bill
193—2
As reported from the Education and Science Committee
Commentary
Key
1 Title
2 Commencement
Part 1Provisions relating to research, science, and technology
3 Purpose
4 Interpretation
5 Meaning of specified RS&T funding
6 Part binds the Crown
Subpart 1—Allocation of funding
Purposes
7 Purposes for which specified RS&T funding may be allocated
Criteria for assessing RS&T funding
8 Minister to set, and boards to adhere to, criteria
Decision making on specified RS&T funding
9 Chief executive to refer proposals to boards
Boards
10 Establishment, functions, and duties of boards
11 Board may reconsider funding decisions
12 Board may delegate functions
Subpart 2—Abolition of Foundation and transfer of assets, liabilities, and staff from Foundation, and staff from former department, to Ministry
13 Abolition of Foundation
14 Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology Act 1990 repealed
15 Transfer of functions of former department and Foundation to Ministry
16 Vesting of assets and liabilities of Foundation
17 Transfer of employees of Foundation to Ministry
18 Transfer of employees of former department to Ministry
19 Transferred employees
20 Consequential amendments
Part 2Amendments to National Library of New Zealand (Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa) Act 2003
21 Principal Act amended
Subpart 1—Amendments to principal Act
22 Purpose
23 Interpretation
24 National Librarian
25 Functions and powers of National Librarian
26 New section 9A inserted
9A Delegations by National Librarian
27 Continuation of Alexander Turnbull Library
28 Chief Librarian of Alexander Turnbull Library
29 New section 14 substituted
14 Functions, duties, and powers of Chief Librarian
30 Documents may be made available for public exhibition
31 Reports
32 Administration
33 Administration
34 Use of public documents in National Library
Subpart 2—Transfer of employees of National Library and related matters
35 Transfer of National Library employees to department
36 Consequential amendments
Part 3Amendments to Public Records Act 2005
37 Principal Act amended
38 Interpretation
39 Continuation of Archives New Zealand
40 Chief Archivist
41 New section 12 substituted
12 Chief Archivist to act independently
42 Delegations by Chief Archivist
43 Function of Archives Council
44 Administrative matters
45 Registers
46 Authority to dispose of public records
47 Mandatory transfer of public records
48 Deferred transfer of public records
49 Discharge of public records
50 Approval of repositories
51 Audit of Archives New Zealand
52 Prescribed records
53 Basis for determining access status
54 Public inspection of open access records
55 Application of Official Information Act 1982
56 Protection of names
57 Savings
58 Transitional provisions
Subpart 2—Transfer of employees of Archives New Zealand and related matters
59 Transfer of Archives New Zealand employees to department
60 Consequential amendments
Schedule 1 Provisions relating to boards, chairpersons, and members
Schedule 2 Consequential amendments
Schedule 3 Consequential amendments
Schedule 4 Consequential amendments
Legislative history
The Parliament of New Zealand enacts as follows: