This Act should be read in together with the Māori Language Amendment Act 1991

Māori Language Act 1987 176
Commenced: 1 Aug 1987

Certificates of Competency

17 Commission may delegate power to issue certificates of competency

17. Commission may delegate power to issue certificates of competency---(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 15 of this Act, the Commission may from time to time delegate to any person or body the power to assess applicants for certificates of competency in the Māori language and to grant certificates to those applicants who are found to be qualified to be the holders of such certificates.

(2) Subject to any directions given by the Commission, any person or body to whom or to which the Commission delegates its power pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may exercise that power in the same manner and with the same effect as if the power had been conferred directly by this Act and not by delegation.

(3) Any delegation made under this section may be revoked by the Commission at any time.

(4) No delegation of the Commission's power under this section shall prevent the exercise of that power by the Commission.

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