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Gambling Act 2003

Institutions - Gambling Commission

221: Membership

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"Who can be on the Gambling Commission team and what their job involves"

The Governor-General can appoint up to 5 Gambling Commissioners on the recommendation of the Minister. You can think of the Governor-General as a representative of the Queen in New Zealand. The Minister is a person in charge of a government department. The Governor-General can also choose one of these Commissioners to be the Chief Gambling Commissioner. A Gambling Commissioner is appointed for a term of up to 3 years, which is specified in their appointment papers. You can be reappointed as a Gambling Commissioner after your term ends.

If you are a Gambling Commissioner, you can hold other jobs at the same time. Some decisions might be made without all the correct people in place, but that does not make them invalid, for example if a Commissioner did not meet the requirements of section 222, or if there was a problem with their appointment. Even if a Commissioner's term has ended, they stay in the job until someone new is appointed, unless they leave the job sooner under section 223.

Just because you are a Gambling Commissioner, it does not mean you are a government employee for things like superannuation, which is money the government helps you save for when you retire. This is according to the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 or the Public Service Act 2020.

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Part 3Institutions
Gambling Commission

221Membership

  1. The Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Minister, appoint up to 5 Gambling Commissioners.

  2. The Governor-General may, on the recommendation of the Minister, appoint 1 Gambling Commissioner as the Chief Gambling Commissioner.

  3. A Gambling Commissioner is appointed for a term of up to 3 years as specified in the instrument of appointment.

  4. A Gambling Commissioner may be reappointed.

  5. A person appointed as a Gambling Commissioner may hold that office concurrently with other appointments.

  6. No function or decision of the Gambling Commission is invalidated because—

  7. a Gambling Commissioner did not meet the requirements of section 222; or
    1. there was a defect in the appointment or reappointment of a Gambling Commissioner; or
      1. there is a vacancy in the membership of the Gambling Commission.

        1. Unless the Gambling Commissioner sooner vacates office under section 223, a Gambling Commissioner continues in office until a successor is appointed, despite the expiry of the Gambling Commissioner’s term of office.

        2. A Gambling Commissioner is not employed in the Government service for the purposes of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 or the State services for the purposes of the Public Service Act 2020 only because the person is a Gambling Commissioner.

        Notes
        • Section 221(8): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).