NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 102 — 5 OCTOBER 2017

Eligibility criteria

Section 103 of the Education Act 1989 lists the categories of persons who are not eligible to be elected, appointed or co-opted as trustees. The list is set out below.

A person who:

• is an undischarged bankrupt; or
• is prohibited from being a director or promoter of, or being concerned or taking part in the management of, a company under sections 382, 383 or 385 of the Companies Act 1993; or
• is a permanently appointed member of the Board staff, unless they are standing for election as a staff representative; or
• contracts or sub-contracts with the Board without the approval of the Secretary of Education and receives payments exceeding $25,000 in any financial year (this provision is set out in section 103A of the Education Act). This would also cover situations where a person has a 10% or more shareholding in the contracting company or a company that controls the contracting company; or
• is subject to a property order under the Protection of Personal and Property Rights Act 1988; or
• is a person in respect of whom a personal order has been made under that Act that either the person is not competent to manage his or her own property affairs, or does not have the capacity to communicate/make decisions relating to his/her welfare/personal care; or
• is a person who has been convicted of an offence punishable by imprisonment for 2 years or more, or who has been sentenced to imprisonment for any other offence, unless that person has obtained a pardon, served the sentence, or otherwise suffered the penalty imposed on the person; or
• is not a New Zealand citizen, and is —
  • a person to whom section 15 or 16 of the Immigration Act 2009 applies; or
  • a person obliged, by or pursuant to that Act, to leave New Zealand immediately or within a specified time, being a time that was less than 12 months;
  • or deemed for the purposes of that Act to be in New Zealand unlawfully.

No person who has been appointed returning officer for an election of trustees is eligible to be nominated as a candidate in the election.

A student representative is a student (other than an adult student) enrolled full-time in year 9 or above at a school administered by the Board.

Section 103B Requirements before Appointment

Before a person is elected, co-opted or appointed as a trustee, the person must confirm to the governing board that he or she is, to the best of his or her knowledge, eligible to be a trustee, having regard to the grounds of ineligibility in section 103.

Please note: This information has been prepared as general advice and it is not intended to be legal advice in relation to any specific circumstances.

For more information about persons ineligible to be trustees, refer to section 103 of the Education Act 1989, or call:

NZSTA Helpdesk 0800 782 435

Kei te Wāhanga 103 o te Ture Mātauranga 1989 e rārangi ana ō ngā momo tāngata kāore e whakaaetia ana kia pōtitia, kia whakaturia, kia tonoa rānei hei mema o te Poari. Kei raro nei te rārangi.

Ko tētehi tangata:

• e tāhau ana kāore anō kia whakaaetia/tāria rānei;
• kua aukati i a ia tēnei rangatiratanga, hei kaihāpai rānei o tētahi kamupene, tōna pānga ki tētahi kamupene, me tōna whai wāhi rānei ki te whakahaere i tētahi kamupene i raro i ngā wāhanga 382, 383, 385 rānei o te Ture Kamupene 1993; tēra rānei
• he pūmau tōna whakaturanga hei mema kaimahi o te Poari, engari ka kite tū ia ki a ia pōtitia hei māngai kaimahi; tēra rānei
• he kirimana, he kirimana tuarua rānei tāna ki te Poari kāore he whakaaetanga o te Hēkeretari o te Mātauranga, ā, e whiwhi utu ana o te $25,000 neke atu i te tau pūtea (kerēme tēnei whakatakotoranga 103A o te Ture Mātauranga (te whakatakotoranga)). E kapi hoki āna i tāngai nā,
• whakaaetanga ina he 10% neke atu ngā hea a tētahi i roto i te kamupene whai pānga, kamupene kirimana rānei; tētahi kamupene rānei e whakaaere ana i te kamupene kirimana; tēra rānei
• e whakahaerehia ana e ia tētahi raruraru ki raro i te Ture ā-Rohe o ngā Tika Tangata me ngā Tika Ōhanga 1988; tēra rānei
• kei te herea e tētahi whakataunga raruraru ā-rohe i raro i te Ture Tiaki Motika 1908;
• he tangata mōhio whakaaetanga whakatau, i raro i tētahi ture ā-rohe kāore e āhei ana ki te whakahaere i ngā mea e pā ana ki ōna rawa, ōna whakataunga rānei
• i whakahaua ki tētahi hara ka whiua ki te mauheretanga mō te 2 tau neke atu rānei, tētahi rānei kua whiua ki te mauheretanga mō tētahi hara kē, ā, kāore anō kia whakataungia, kua ea te whakataunga, kua ea te utu rānei a te tangata i whakataungia ai;
• ehara i te kirirarau o Aotearoa; engari ia —
  • he tangata ka pāia e te wāhanga 15, 16 rānei o te Ture Manene 2009; tēra rānei
  • he tangata e whakahaua ana kia wehe atu i Aotearoa, i roto rānei i te 12 marama;
  • he tangata kua herea e taua Ture kia wehe inamata, i roto rānei i te 12 marama;
• he tangata rānei i whakahauahia mō ngā kaupapa o taua Ture he takahi ture tāna noho ai i Aotearoa.

E kore e whakaaetia tētahi tangata kua whakaturia hei āpiha whakahoki mō te pōtitanga o ngā kaitiaki kia pōtitia hei kaitiaki.

E kōrero ana tēnei momo āpiha mō te ākonga (ehara i te ākonga pakeke) e rāranga ana i te tau 9 neke ake rānei i tētahi kura e whakahaerehia ana e te Poari.

Wāhanga 103B Ngā Whakaritenga mō mua i te Whakaturanga

I mua i te pōtitia, te tono, te whakaturia rānei hei mema o te poari, me whakaū te tangata ki te Poari, e ai ki ōna mōhiotanga, he āhei tōna noho hei mema poari, he whakatau rānei tērā e pā ana ki ngā kaupapa kore āheinga i te wāhanga 103.

Kia mahara: I whakaritea tēnei mōhiohio hei āwhina noa, kāore e hāngai ana ki ngā āhuatanga motuhake katoa.

Mō ētahi mōhiohio anō mō ngā tāngata kāore e āhei ana ki te noho hei kaitiaki, tirohia te wāhanga 103 o te Ture Mātauranga 1989, me waea rānei ki:

NZSTA Tepuwhakina 0800 782 435