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Taranaki Scholarships Trust Board Amendment Act 1982

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Taranaki Scholarships Trust Board Amendment Act 1982

Public Act		1982 No 103
Date of assent		23 November 1982

	Title
1	Short Title
2	Taranaki Scholarships
	Administrative information

An Act to amend the Taranaki Scholarships Trust Board

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 Taranaki Scholarships Trust Board Amendment Act 1982, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Taranaki Scholarships Trust Board Act 1957 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).

2 Taranaki Scholarships

(1)

The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section 12, and substituting the following section:

“12

“(1)

For the purpose of bringing higher education within the reach of deserving scholars within the Provincial District of Taranaki, there shall be awarded, in accordance with this section, scholarships to be called Taranaki Scholarships.

“(2)

The Board may award 1 or more Taranaki Scholarships annually, as its income permits.

“(3)

No candidate shall be awarded a Taranaki Scholarship unless he has—

“(a)

Obtained an A award in the University Bursaries Examination, or attained a standard approved by the Board for the purpose in the Entrance Scholarships Examination, conducted by the Universities Entrance Board; or

“(b)

As a student enrolled at a tertiary institution at which such a scholarship is tenable, in any year been credited with passes, at a level of attainment acceptable to the Board for the purpose, in subjects or units that together constitute a full-time programme within the meaning of the Tertiary Assistance Grants Regulations 1980 or regulations passed in amendment of or substitution for those regulations.

“(4)

No candidate shall be awarded a Taranaki Scholarship unless, for a continuous period of at least 2 years, he either was enrolled at a school situated within the Provincial District of Taranaki, or was resident in that District and enrolled at a correspondence school established by the Minister of Education, and—

“(a)

In the case of a candidate qualified under subsection (3)(a) of this section, that period included the 31st day of July in the year in which he sat the examination concerned; or

“(b)

In the case of a candidate qualified under subsection (3)(b) of this section, that period either—

“(i)

Included the 31st day of July in the year before the year in which he first attended a tertiary institution; or

“(ii)

If the Board is satisfied that the candidate had good reason for delaying his enrolment at that institution, included the 31st day of July in the year 2 years before the year in which he first attended a tertiary institution.

“(5)

Notwithstanding subsection (4)(b) of this section, where the Board is satisfied that special reasons exist for doing so, it may award a Taranaki Scholarship to a candidate who is qualified under subsection (3)(b) of this section and who for any continuous period of at least 2 years either was enrolled at a school situated in the Provincial District of Taranaki or was resident in that District and enrolled at a correspondence school established by the Minister of Education.

“(6)

A Taranaki Scholarship shall be tenable—

“(a)

At any university within the meaning of the Universities Act 1961; or

“(b)

At any technical institute (within the meaning of the Education Act 1964); or

“(c)

At any tertiary education institution approved for the purpose by the Minister of Education by notice in the Gazette.

“(7)

A Taranaki Scholarship (other than a scholarship without emoluments) shall not be tenable with a University Junior Scholarship awarded by the Universities Entrance Board.

“(8)

Subject to subsection (7) of this section, the value and conditions of tenure of Taranaki Scholarships shall be specified by bylaws from time to time made by the Board.”

(2)

The following enactments are hereby consequentially repealed:

(a)

Section 2 of the Taranaki Scholarships Trust Board Amendment Act 1962:

(b)

Section 2 of the Taranaki Scholarships Trust Board Amendment Act 1969:

(c)

The Taranaki Scholarships Trust Board Amendment Act 1980.

This Act is administered in the Department of Education.

Taranaki Scholarships Trust Board Amendment Act 1982