10 NOVEMBER
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
3943

The said supplementary integration agreement will come into effect on 21 October 1983. Copies of the supplementary integration agreement are available for inspection without charge by any member of the public at the Department of Education, Head Office, National Mutual Building, Featherton Street, Wellington and at regional offices.

Dated at Wellington this 1st day of November 1983.

J. R. WILLIAMSON,
for Director-General of Education.

Auckland Teachers Colleges Council Notice 1983

PURSUANT to section 67B of the Education Act 1964, the Minister of Education hereby gives the following notice:

NOTICE

1. (1) This notice may be cited as the Auckland Teachers Colleges Council Notice 1983.

(2) This notice shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette.

2. (1) There shall be a governing body for the Auckland Teachers Colleges which shall be known as the Auckland Teachers Colleges Council and shall comprise the following members:

(a) The principal or principals of the Auckland Teachers Colleges;

(b) Two officers of the Department of Education to be nominated by the Director-General of Education;

(c) Two members of the Auckland Education Board to be appointed by the Minister of Education on the nomination of the Auckland Education Board;

(d) Two members to be appointed by the Minister of Education on the nomination of the Council of the University of Auckland;

(e) Two members to be appointed by the Minister of Education on the nomination of the Northern Region of the New Zealand Secondary School Boards Association and who shall be members of that Association;

(f) One member to be appointed by the Minister of Education on the nomination of the National Executive of the New Zealand Post Primary Teachers Association;

(g) One member to be appointed by the Minister of Education on the joint nomination of the Local Free Kindergarten Associations of Ward No. 1 of the New Zealand Free Kindergarten Union Incorporated;

(h) Two members of the academic staff of Auckland Teachers Colleges, elected by the academic staff of the Auckland Teachers Colleges;

(i) Two members being students of the Auckland Teachers Colleges, elected by the students of the Auckland Teachers Colleges;

(k) Two members to be appointed by the Minister of Education on the nomination of the Auckland Teachers Colleges Council, each being a person who in the opinion of the Council has special knowledge and experience of education or who has a special interest in cultural and educational activities.

(2) In addition to the members specified in subclause (1) of this clause, the Minister of Education may appoint additional members to the Auckland Teachers Colleges Council.

(3) The members of the Auckland Teachers Colleges Council elected or appointed to hold office in accordance with this notice shall do so in the manner prescribed by sections 67E, 67F, 67G, and 67H of the Education Act 1964.

3. The following provisions will apply with regard to members serving on the Council immediately prior to the publication of this notice.

(a) Elected staff and student members shall serve out their terms of office;

(b) Members appointed on the nomination of the organisations which will reduce their representation shall retain membership until new appointments are made;

(c) Notwithstanding (b) above, no appointed member shall retain membership beyond the normal expiry date of his or her appointment without being reappointed by the Minister.

4. The Auckland Teachers Colleges Notice 1978* is hereby revoked.

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Dated at Wellington this 4th day of November 1983.

M. L. WELLINGTON, Minister of Education.

*Gazette No. 6, 2 February 1978, p. 207

Direction Not to Disclose Information

PURSUANT to section 32 (4) of the Official Information Act 1982, the copy direction to the Secretary of Labour made under section 32 (1) (a) of that Act and set out in the Schedule below, together with the grounds for the direction and the source and purport of the advice on which the direction was based (which are also set out in the Schedule below) are hereby published.

SCHEDULE

SECRETARY OF LABOUR

1. This is to advise you that I have decided that the information sought by Mr H. Schouten and recommended to be released by the Chief Ombudsman, pursuant to section 30 (1) of the Official Information Act 1982, concerning labour market forecasts, should not be made available to him and accordingly direct you pursuant to section 32 (1) (a) of the Official Information Act 1982 not to release it.

2. The grounds for the direction are that pursuant to section 9 of the Official Information Act, and notwithstanding the opinion of the Chief Ombudsman, the release of the information sought would undermine the constitutional conventions as to the neutrality of officials and the confidentiality of their advice. It would also undermine the free and frank expression of opinion between Ministers and officials and the protection of officials from improper pressure or harassment.

3. More specifically:

(a) In the matter of forecasts, the opinions of departmental officials on the labour market outlook and, implicitly on the effectiveness of current policies for dealing with it, could well be at variance with those of the Government. This would be likely to draw officials into the public debate; whereas the distancing of officials from such debate is an important constitutional convention designed to maintain their political neutrality.

(b) By virtue of the fact that existing policy forecasts imply a commentary on the effectiveness of those policies, release of the forecasts would necessarily breach the constitutional convention which protects the confidentiality of advice tendered to Ministers of the Crown by officials.

(c) Occasions are envisaged when, under conditions of particular uncertainty officials may refrain from preparing forecasts if there exists a possibility that they would be misrepresented in the political arena or used for purely political purposes. This would clearly serve to constrain the “free and frank expression of opinions” by officials of the department to its Minister and would thereby undermine the effective conduct of public affairs.

(d) Circumstances are envisaged under which departmental officials may be replaced under some pressure during the course of the public debate to modify their opinions as to the labour market outlook.

4. The question of whether there are other considerations which render it desirable, in the public interest, to make that information available has also been considered. No such considerations have become identifiable.

5. The advice on which this direction is based has been received from the Secretary of Labour in the form of a summary of the department’s position in relation to its labour market forecasts and their use. The purport of the advice is as set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 above.

DAVID THOMSON, for Minister of Labour.

Direction Not to Disclose Information

PURSUANT to section 32 (4) of the Official Information Act 1932, the copy direction to the Secretary of Labour made under section 32 (1) (a) of that Act and set out in the Schedule below, together with the grounds for the direction and the source and purport of the advice on which the direction was based (which are also set out in the Schedule below) are hereby published.

SCHEDULE

SECRETARY OF LABOUR

1. This is to advise you that I have decided that the information sought by Dr M. Cullen, M.P. and recommended to be released by the Chief Ombudsman, pursuant to section 30 (1) of the Official Information Act 1982, on the number of people seeking work who are not registered as unemployed (i.e., the department’s estimates