National Library Amendment Act 1985
National Library Amendment Act 1985
National Library Amendment Act 1985
National Library Amendment Act 1985
Public Act |
1985 No 129 |
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Date of assent |
13 September 1985 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the National Library Act 1965
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 and commencement
(1)
This Act may be cited as the National Library Amendment Act 1985, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the National Library Act 1965 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
(2)
This Act shall come into force on the 1st day of October 1985.
2 Title amended
The Title to the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “the General Assembly Library”
.
3 Establishment of National Library of New Zealand
Section 3(2) of the principal Act is hereby repealed.
4 Officers to act under direction of National Librarian
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 5, and substituting the following section:
“5
“(1)
There shall be appointed from time to time, under the State Services Act 1962, a Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library, a Deputy National Librarian, a Director of the Extension Division of the National Library, and such other officers and employees as may be necessary to assist in providing the services specified in section 6 of this Act.
“(2)
The persons so appointed shall act under the direction of the National Librarian in the exercise and performance of the functions, duties, and powers conferred or imposed on them by this Act.
“(3)
No person shall hold substantively more than one of the following offices, namely, National Librarian, Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library, Deputy National Librarian, and Director of the Extension Division of the National Library.”
5 Functions and powers of National Librarian
Section 6(2)(b) of the principal Act is hereby repealed.
6 Delegation of powers by National Librarian
Section 7(1) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “(including the Chief Librarian of the General Assembly Library notwithstanding that he may also be an officer of Parliament)”
.
7 Constitution of the Trustees
(1)
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 9 (as amended by section 2(1) of the National Library Amendment Act 1976), and substituting the following section:
“9
“(1)
The Trustees of the National Library shall consist of the following trustees:
“(a)
Six trustees to be appointed by the Governor-General on the recommendation of the Minister, of whom one shall be so appointed as Chairman:
“(b)
Two members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Parliamentary Service Commission:
“(c)
The Director-General of Education:
“(d)
The Secretary for Internal Affairs:
“(e)
The General Manager of the Parliamentary Service:
“(f)
The Director-General of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
“(2)
Each trustee appointed under subsection (1)(b) of this section shall, unless that trustee sooner vacates office under section 10(1) of this Act, vacate office on the earlier of—
“(a)
Polling day for the general election that follows the trustee’s appointment:
“(b)
The day on which the trustee’s seat as a member of Parliament becomes vacant under section 32 of the Electoral Act 1956;—
but shall, if re-elected as a member of the House of Representatives, be eligible for reappointment from time to time.
“(3)
The trustees appointed under subsection (1)(a) of this section shall be persons who, in the opinion of the Minister, are possessed of some special knowledge or qualifications that will be of advantage to the Trustees in the performance of their functions.
“(4)
In respect of the appointment of 4 of the trustees appointed under subsection (1)(a) of this section, the Minister, before making a recommendation to the Governor-General, shall have regard to any representations made to the Minister by the Royal Society of New Zealand, the University Grants Committee, the New Zealand Library Association, the Friends of the Turnbull Library, and any other body concerned with the provision of library facilities for scholarship and research.
“(5)
Each of the trustees appointed under subsection (1)(a) of this section shall be appointed for a term not exceeding 5 years, and, subject to subsection (6) of this section, shall be eligible for reappointment from time to time.
“(6)
Upon the completion by any person of 10 consecutive years’ service as a trustee appointed under subsection (1)(a) of this section, that person shall cease to be eligible for reappointment until after the lapse of one year during which that person did not hold office as such a trustee:
“Provided that any person who has completed not more than 10 consecutive years’ service as a trustee appointed under subsection (1)(a) of this section (otherwise than as Chairman) may be appointed as Chairman of the Trustees for a further term not exceeding 5 years immediately following the date of the expiry of that person’s term of office as an appointed trustee.
“(7)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, every person appointed as a trustee under subsection (1)(a) of this section shall, unless that person sooner vacates office under section 10 of this Act, continue in office until the successor of that person comes into office.
“(8)
No person shall, by reason only of being a trustee appointed or holding office under this section or a member of any committee appointed by the Trustees, be deemed to be employed in the service of Her Majesty for the purposes of the State Services Act 1962 or the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956.”
(2)
Section 2(1) of the National Library Amendment Act 1976 is hereby consequentially repealed.
8 Extraordinary vacancies
Section 10 of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting from subsection (1), and also from subsection (2), the words “appointed trustee”
, and substituting in each case the words “trustee appointed under section 9(1)(a) of this Act”
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9 Meetings of Trustees
Section 12(7) of the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words “Clerk of the House of Representatives”
, and substituting the words “General Manager of the Parliamentary Service”
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10 Functions and powers of Trustees
Section 13(1)(b)(i) of the principal Act is hereby repealed.
11 Regulations
Section 31(c) of the principal Act is hereby repealed.
This Act is administered in the Department of Education.