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Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006

New Zealand Council of Legal Education

286: Chairperson

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"The leader of the New Zealand Council of Legal Education is called the Chairperson."

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You can think of the New Zealand Council of Legal Education as a group of people who help make decisions about legal education. The Council can choose one of its members to be the chairperson, which is like the leader of the group. If the Chief Justice is part of the group, they usually get to be the chairperson. You might wonder how long the chairperson gets to stay in that role. If the chairperson is not the Chief Justice, they stay in the role as long as they are a member of the Council, unless they decide to leave or the Council votes to remove them. The Chief Justice stops being the chairperson if they leave the Council or decide they do not want to be the chairperson anymore. The Council can decide how long a chairperson who is not a regular member stays in the role. They can stay until they leave the Council, resign, or the Council votes to remove them. You can look at previous laws to see how this rule has changed over time.

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Part 8New Zealand Council of Legal Education

286Chairperson

  1. Subject to subsection (2), the Council may, from time to time, appoint one of its members to be the chairperson of the Council.

  2. If the Chief Justice is a member, the Chief Justice is to be the chairperson unless he or she otherwise determines.

  3. If the chairperson is an appointed member (other than the Chief Justice), he or she holds the office of chairperson while he or she remains in office as an appointed member, unless he or she sooner resigns the office of chairperson or is removed from that office by resolution of the Council.

  4. If the Chief Justice is the chairperson, he or she vacates that office if he or she ceases to be a member of the Council or decides to cease being the chairperson of the Council.

  5. If the chairperson is not an appointed member, he or she holds that office for such period as the Council determines or until he or she sooner ceases to be a member or resigns the office of chairperson or is removed from that office by resolution of the Council.

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