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Crown Entities Act 2004

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Schedule 3: Application of Crown Entities Act 2004 to school boards

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"How the Crown Entities Act 2004 law applies to school boards in New Zealand"

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The Crown Entities Act 2004 is a law that applies to school boards. You can find the rules that apply to school boards in the Act. The Act has many sections that explain how school boards should work. The Act says school boards must follow certain rules, like keeping accounting records and having bank accounts. You can read about these rules in sections like Section 134 and Section 158. The Act also says which other laws apply to school boards, like the Public Finance Act 1989. The Act has rules about things like gifts and financial products. You can find these rules in sections like Section 167 and Section 159. Some laws do not apply to school boards, like the Public Bodies Contracts Act 1959.

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The following table is medium in size and has 2 columns. Column 1 is headed Section. Column 2 is headed Brief description.
Section Brief description
Sections 3 to 8 Crown entities and categories
Section 10 Interpretation
Section 99 Application to multi-parent subsidiaries
Section 102 Interface with Companies Act 1993 and other Acts
Section 107 Directions to support a whole of government approach
Section 113 Safeguarding independence of Crown entities
Section 114 Crown entity must comply with directions given under statutory power of direction
Section 115 Procedure for all Ministerial directions
Section 119 Cross reference to Public Service Act 2020, clauses 12 to 14 of Schedule 8
Section 131(2) Application of Ombudsmen Act 1975 and Official Information Act 1982
Section 133 Minister's power to request information
Section 134 Reasons for refusing to supply information
Section 135 Officials for the purposes of sections of the Crimes Act 1961
Section 136 Interpretation for Part 4
Section 137 Application of subpart 2 of Part 4
Section 155, with the variation specified in section 134(5) of the Education and Training Act 2020 Statement of responsibility for financial statements
Section 157 Variation of reporting requirements of multi-parent subsidiaries
Section 158 Bank accounts
Section 159 Application of acquisition of financial products, borrowing, guarantees, indemnities, and derivatives rules
Sections 160 to 164 Restrictions on acquisition of financial products, borrowing, guarantees, indemnities, and derivatives
Section 167 Gifts
Section 168(1) and (2), except that the reference to section 154 must be read as a reference to section 134(3) of the Education and Training Act 2020 Accounting records
Section 173 Regulations
Section 176 Application of provisions of the Public Finance Act 1989
Section 178 Application of Public Records Act 2005
Section 179 Public Bodies Contracts Act 1959 does not apply
Section 180 Local Authorities (Members' Interests) Act 1968 does not apply
Sections 181, 188, 191, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200 Transitional and savings provisions and associated consequential amendments
Notes
  • Schedule 3 heading: amended, on , by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38).
  • Schedule 3: amended, on , by section 47 of the Statutes Amendment Act 2025 (2025 No 74).
  • Schedule 3: amended, on , by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38).
  • Schedule 3: amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
  • Schedule 3: amended, on , by section 150 of the Financial Markets (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2013 (2013 No 70).
  • Schedule 3: amended, on , by section 40 of the Crown Entities Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 51).