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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

New Zealand Council of Legal Education

280: Power to appoint committees

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"The Council can create smaller groups to help with their work and give them some decision-making powers."

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You can think of the New Zealand Council of Legal Education as a group that helps make decisions about legal education. The Council can appoint committees to help with their work. These committees can look at certain matters, consider them, and even manage them. The Council can give some of its powers to these committees or to individual people. They must write down when they give these powers to someone else. There are some things the Council cannot give to committees or people, such as the power to impose levies under section 277, make regulations under section 278, or make rules under section 279. When the Council gives powers to a committee or person, they can use those powers without needing the Council to agree. You do not have to be a member of the Council to be on a committee or have powers given to you. The Council can take back the powers they give to someone at any time, and giving powers to someone else does not stop the Council from using those powers themselves.

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Part 8New Zealand Council of Legal Education

280Power to appoint committees

  1. The Council may, from time to time, appoint standing or special committees, and may refer to any such committee any matters for consideration or inquiry or management.

  2. The Council may, from time to time, either generally or particularly, delegate any of its powers and functions (including any powers and functions delegated to the Council by any other body or person) to any such committee or to any person.

  3. Every delegation under this section must be in writing.

  4. No delegation under this section may include—

  5. the power to delegate under subsection (2):
    1. the power to impose levies under section 277:
      1. the power to make regulations under section 278:
        1. the power to make rules under section 279.

          1. Subject to any general or special directions given or conditions imposed by the Council, the committee to which, or the person to whom, any delegation is made under this section may, without confirmation by the Council, exercise or perform the delegated powers or functions in the same manner and with the same effect as the Council could itself have exercised or performed them.

          2. It is not necessary for any person who is appointed to be a member of any such committee or to whom any delegation is made to be a member of the Council.

          3. Despite paragraph (a) of subsection (4), but subject to paragraphs (b) to (d) of that subsection, the Council may, with the consent of the council of any university in New Zealand, delegate to the council of that university any of the powers and functions of the Council, together with power to subdelegate any of the powers and functions so delegated.

          4. Every delegation under this section is revocable at will; and no such delegation prevents the exercise or performance of any power or function by the maker of the delegation.

          5. Until any such delegation is revoked, it continues in force according to its tenor.

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