This Act is the Callaghan Innovation Act 2012.
Callaghan Innovation Act 2012
| Jurisdiction | New Zealand |
| Reference | 2012 No 94 |
| Citation | 2012 No 94 |
| Record Number | DLM4732700 |
| Act Number | 94 |
| Type of Document | Act |
This Act comes into force on 1 February 2013.
The purpose of this Act is to—
- establish Callaghan Innovation and provide for its main objective, functions, and operating principles; and
- provide for transitional and other matters.
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
board means the board of Callaghan Innovation
Callaghan Innovation means the entity established by section 7
IRL means Industrial Research Limited
MBIE means the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment
Minister means the Minister of the Crown who, under the authority of any warrant or with the authority of the Prime Minister, is for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act
Ministry means the department of State that, with the authority of the Prime Minister, is for the time being responsible for the administration of this Act
NZTE means New Zealand Trade and Enterprise established under section 7 of the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise Act 2003
RS&T funding has the same meaning as in section 4 of the Research, Science, and Technology Act 2010
RS&T provider means—
- Callaghan Innovation:
- a Crown Research Institute within the meaning of the Crown Research Institutes Act 1992:
- any other research organisation or person (whether in New Zealand or overseas) undertaking any activity, or providing any service, that enables businesses to undertake, or benefit from, science and technology-based innovation and related activities
shareholding Ministers has the same meaning as in section 10(1) of the Crown Entities Act 2004
technology platform means a facility that pools skills, resources, or equipment in a manner that is intended to enhance the scientific, technological, or other related capability or performance of the facility's users.
An example used in this Act is only illustrative of the provisions to which it relates. It does not limit those provisions.
If an example and a provision to which it relates are inconsistent, the provision prevails.
This Act binds the Crown.
Callaghan Innovation established
This section establishes Callaghan Innovation.
Callaghan Innovation is a Crown entity for the purposes of section 7 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.
The Crown Entities Act 2004 applies to Callaghan Innovation except to the extent that this Act expressly provides otherwise.
The Minister must appoint at least 5, but not more than 9, persons as members of the board.
The Minister may appoint the chief executive of the Ministry as a special adviser to the board.
The function of the special adviser is to assist the board to align its strategies and activities with government policy.
The special adviser may attend any meeting of the board (or any committee of the board) but may not vote.
The board (or any committee of the board) must give the special adviser sufficient notice of its meetings and copies of all documents and materials to be considered at each meeting.
The Minister may establish a stakeholder advisory group (an advisory group) to provide advice to the board on matters relating to the performance of its functions.
The board must consider any advice it receives from the advisory group.
The members of the advisory group must be appointed by the Minister, on terms and conditions that the Minister determines, by written notice to each member.
When appointing members of the advisory group, the Minister must—
- consult with the board and have regard to its views; and
ensure, as far as practicable, that—
- the advisory group's membership is broadly representative of the manufacturing sector, services sector, and RS&T providers; and
- the members collectively have sufficient experience and knowledge of the manufacturing sector, of the services sector, and as RS&T providers to give appropriate advice to the board.
The Minister may, after consulting the board and having regard to its views, give terms of reference on the topics or subject areas on which the advisory group may advise the board.
The advisory group must comply with any terms of reference given by the Minister.
The advisory group may determine its own procedure.
The board must not delegate the power of Callaghan Innovation or the board to—
- borrow or lend money:
- acquire or dispose of real property:
- acquire or dispose of securities:
- set up a subsidiary:
- appoint a chief executive of Callaghan Innovation.
In other respects, section 73 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 applies to the board.
Callaghan Innovation's main objective, functions, and operating principles
Callaghan Innovation's main objective is to support science and technology-based innovation and its commercialisation by businesses, primarily in the manufacturing sector and services sector, in order to improve their growth and competitiveness.
Callaghan Innovation's functions are to—
- foster an environment that encourages and supports businesses to improve their growth and competitiveness through science and technology-based innovation and related activities:
- promote and facilitate networking and collaboration among businesses and between RS&T providers and businesses to assist businesses to undertake, or benefit from, science and technology-based innovation and related activities:
- facilitate the transfer of knowledge and technology between RS&T providers and businesses:
- undertake research and development:
- provide services to businesses that contribute to Callaghan Innovation's main objective:
- allocate and administer RS&T funding:
- invest in persons or projects that may assist businesses to undertake, or benefit from, science and technology-based innovation and related activities:
- perform or exercise any other function or power imposed or conferred on Callaghan Innovation by any other enactment:
- perform any additional function that the Minister directs under section 112 of the Crown Entities Act 2004.
Examples of the ways in which Callaghan Innovation may perform the function specified in subsection (1)(b) (which relates to promoting and facilitating networking and collaboration between RS&T providers and businesses) include—
- supporting the development of technology platforms:
- encouraging the exchange of staff, students, or other individuals between RS&T providers and businesses:
- assisting businesses to identify and access grants and other assistance programmes that are intended to support science and technology-based innovation and related activities.
Examples of the ways in which Callaghan Innovation may perform the function specified in subsection (1)(e) (which relates to providing services to businesses)...
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