Pursuant to section 170 of the Education Act 1989, the Minister of Education gives the following notice.
N o t i c e
1. This notice may be cited as the UNITEC Institute of Technology Notice 2002, and shall come into force on the date of its publication in the New Zealand Gazette.
2. There shall be a council, to be known as the UNITEC Institute of Technology Council, which shall govern the UNITEC Institute of Technology.
3. The UNITEC Institute of Technology Council shall be constituted as follows:
(a) Four members appointed by the Minister of Education.
(b) The Chief Executive of the UNITEC Institute of Technology.
(c) One permanent member of the academic staff of
the UNITEC Institute of Technology elected by the permanent members of that staff.
(d) One permanent member of the general staff of the UNITEC Institute of Technology elected by the permanent members of that staff.
(e) One member who is or who has been a student of the UNITEC Institute of Technology elected by the students of the UNITEC Institute of Technology.
(f) One member appointed by the council, after consultation with the relevant organisation of employers, from nominations from those employer organisations listed in the First Schedule to this notice.
(g) One member appointed by the council, after consultation with the relevant organisation of workers, from nominations from those employee organisations listed in the Second Schedule to this notice.
(h) No more than five members appointed by the council, after consultation with the professional bodies which are listed in the Third Schedule to this notice and which reflect the principal areas of teaching and research within the UNITEC Institute of Technology.
(i) One member appointed by the council after consultation with the Maori Runanga of the UNITEC Institute of Technology.
(j) No more than four members co-opted by the council, each of whom shall be appointed for such term, being not less than one year nor more than four years, as may be determined by the council at the time of their appointment.
4. Unless the council is satisfied that one or more of the members appointed in accordance with clauses 3 (a) to 3 (h) inclusive can give appropriate expression to the perspectives of the Maori community, the council shall take the earliest opportunity to appoint a person so qualified in accordance with clause 3 (j), after consultation with the organisations listed in the Fourth Schedule to this notice.
5. Unless the council is satisfied that one or more of the members appointed in accordance with clauses 3 (a) to 3 (h) inclusive can give appropriate expression to the perspectives of the Pasifika community, the council shall, subject only to clause 4, take the earliest opportunity to appoint a person so qualified in accordance with clause 3 (j), after consultation with the Fono Faufautua of the UNITEC Institute of Technology.
6. Other than those persons appointed or elected pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c), (d) and (e) of clause 3 of this
notice, no person who is a permanent member of staff
of UNITEC Institute of Technology or who is a student of UNITEC Institute of Technology shall be eligible for election, appointment or co-option as a member of council.
7. The term of office of members of council, vacation of office, disclosure of members' interests and casual vacancies are covered in sections 173-176 of the Education Act 1989. Subject to section 173 of that Act, the maximum term for any member, other than the Chief Executive Officer, shall be 3 consecutive 4-year terms.
8. The UNITEC Institute of Technology Council shall have the power from time to time to add or delete organisations from the First, Second, Third and Fourth Schedules.
9. The power of the UNITEC Institute of Technology Council shall not be affected by vacancy in the membership thereof.
10. The notice constituting the Council of UNITEC Institute of Technology and appearing in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 171, 28 November 1996, page 4490, is hereby revoked.
First Schedule
The employer organisations as referred to in sub-clause
3 (f) of this notice are as follows:
Auckland Employers Association
Boating Industry Association of New Zealand
Furniture Manufacturers Association, Auckland Branch
Joinery Manufacturers Association, Auckland Branch
Master Plumbers and Gasfitters Association, Auckland Branch
Motor Trade Association, Auckland Branch
Painting Contractors Association of New Zealand
Second Schedule
The employee organisations as referred to in sub-clause 3 (g) of this notice are as follows:
The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Service Workers Union of Aotearoa, Northern Regional Office
TradeSec Inc
Building Trades Union, Auckland Branch
New Zealand Nurses Organisation, Auckland Branch
New Zealand Plumbers, Gasfitters and Related Trades Industrial Union of Workers, Auckland Branch
Amalgamated Workers Union, Northern Branch
Third Schedule
The professional bodies as referred to in sub-clause 3 (h) of this notice are as follows:
NZ Institute of Architects
Design Institute of New Zealand
NZ Institute of Building
NZ Institute of Quantity Surveyors
Institute of Professional Engineers New Zealand
Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand
New Zealand Computer Society
Public Relations Institute of New Zealand
Telecommunications Users of New Zealand
NZ Certified Builders Association
Society of Automotive Engineers
New Zealand Teachers Council
Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers
New Zealand Bridging Educators Association
College of Nursing Aotearoa New Zealand
New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architecture
New Zealand Society for Horticultural Science
Royal Society of New Zealand
New Zealand Institute of Medical Radiation Technology
New Zealand Register of Osteopaths
NZ Academy of Sport
Sport Science New Zealand
Fourth Schedule
The organisations as referred to in sub-clause 3 (j) of this notice are as follows:
Te Whanau o Waipareira Trust
The Runanga of Waitakere City Council
Ngati Whatua o Orakei Trust
Nga Iwi Whanui o Tamaki Makau Rau
Dated at Wellington the 24th day of March 2002.
STEVE MAHAREY, Associate Minister of Education (Tertiary Education).