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Education (Public Good not Profit from Charter Schools) Amendment Bill (Consistent) [2017] NZBORARp 27 (24 May 2017)

Last Updated: 6 January 2019

24 May 2017

Hon Christopher Finlayson QC, Attorney-General

LEGAL ADVICE

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Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: Education (Public Good not Profit from Charter Schools) Amendment Bill

1. We have considered whether the Education (Public Good not Profit from Charter Schools) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’), a member’s bill in the name of Dr David Clark MP, is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (‘the Bill of Rights Act’).
2. The Bill amends Part 12A of the Education Act 1989 and seeks to remove the ability of for-profit organisations to operate state-funded charter schools.
3. We have concluded that the Bill appears to be consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the Bill of Rights Act.
   

Jeff Orr

Chief Legal Counsel Office of Legal Counsel