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Gambling Act 2003

Institutions - New Zealand Lottery Grants Board - Distribution committees

280: Distribution committees

You could also call this:

"The Minister sets up groups to help decide how to share money, with 3-5 people in each group."

The Minister can establish as many distribution committees as they think fit by giving a notice. You need to know that a distribution committee has between 3 and 5 people on it, and the Minister chooses who is on the committee based on their knowledge and skills. The Minister also chooses one of the committee members to be in charge.

The Minister can change what a distribution committee is meant to do, or they can disestablish a committee altogether. When the Minister makes a notice, it is a type of law called secondary legislation, which has to be published in a certain way, as explained in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. The rules for distribution committees are also explained in Part 2 of Schedule 5.

The Minister appoints the members of each committee and chooses a presiding member. They can also change the purpose of a committee or get rid of it if they want to. The way the committees work is set out in the law, and the Minister has to follow those rules when making decisions about the committees.

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Part 3Institutions
New Zealand Lottery Grants Board: Distribution committees

280Distribution committees

  1. For the purposes of this subpart, the Minister may, by notice, establish such number of distribution committees as he or she thinks fit.

  2. A distribution committee consists of the number of persons that the Minister thinks fit, being not less than 3 nor more than 5 persons.

  3. The members of each distribution committee are to be appointed by the Minister having regard to the appointees’ knowledge, skills, and experience relating to the functions and powers of the distribution committee.

  4. The Minister must appoint a member of each committee to be the presiding member.

  5. The Minister may vary the purposes in respect of which any distribution committee has been established, and may disestablish any distribution committee.

  6. Part 2 of Schedule 5 applies in relation to the members and proceedings of distribution committees.

  7. A notice under subsection (1) is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Compare
  • 1977 No 84 s 116K
Notes
  • Section 280(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
  • Section 280(7): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).