Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Act 1953

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Act 1953.
2: Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Examining Board the Institute Incorporated Societies Act 1908 Minister Rules Incorporated Societies Act 1908 1927 No 20 s 2 Section 2 Examining Board replaced 17 December 1985 Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Amendment Act 1985
3: Institute may issue certificates and diplomas
The Institute may, in accordance with its rules and subject to the provisions of this Act,—
a: conduct examinations in horticulture and branches thereof and subjects having relation thereto and in beekeeping
b: on the recommendation of the Examining Board, grant such certificates and diplomas in horticulture and branches thereof and in beekeeping 1927 No 20 s 3 Section 3(a) amended 24 October 1957 Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Amendment Act 1957 Section 3(b) amended 24 October 1957 Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Amendment Act 1957
4: Minister may approve schemes of examination
1: The Minister may from time to time, by notice in the Gazette
2: The power conferred upon the Minister to approve any scheme of examination submitted by the Examining Board with the authority of the Institute in relation to the conduct of examinations shall extend to authorize the approval, in any such scheme as aforesaid, of conditions subject to which certificates and diplomas may be granted, including conditions requiring applicants therefor to undergo specified courses of practical training and instruction in practical horticulture or in practical beekeeping
3: Any scheme of examination approved under this section may provide for the recognition of any examination conducted by any university or other institution (whether in New Zealand or elsewhere) as the equivalent of examination under the scheme; and on production by any candidate of evidence satisfactory to the Institute that he has passed any such examination the Institute may dispense in whole or in part with any examination under the scheme.
3A: Any scheme of examination approved under this section may provide for the recognition of any other examination conducted by the Institute as the equivalent of examination under the scheme and where a candidate has passed any such examination the Institute may dispense in whole or in part with any examination under the scheme.
4: Every scheme of examination which has been approved by the Governor-General in Council under the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Act 1927 and is subsisting at the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been approved by the Minister under this Act. 1927 No 20 s 4 Section 4(2) amended 24 October 1957 Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Amendment Act 1957 Section 4(3A) inserted 17 December 1985 Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Amendment Act 1985
5: Form of certificate or diploma
Every certificate and diploma granted in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Act may bear on its face the words Granted after examination in accordance with the requirements of the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Act 1953 1927 No 20 s 5
6: Grant of certificates and diplomas without examination
1: The Institute may, on the recommendation of the Examining Board, without examination, grant a certificate or diploma under this Act to any person who is not less than 40 years of age and has practised horticulture or any branch thereof or beekeeping provided that—
a: after the commencement of this Act, the certificate and diploma in horticulture which may be granted at the commencement of this Act shall not be granted without examination:
b: after the expiration of 2 years from the date of the commencement of this Act, the certificate and diploma in fruit culture, and the certificate in school gardening, which may be granted at the commencement of this Act shall not be granted without examination:
c: after the expiration of 2 years from the date of the coming into effect of the Minister's approval of any scheme which provides for the grant of any certificate or diploma which cannot be granted at the commencement of this Act, the certificate or diploma shall not be granted without examination.
2: Every certificate or diploma granted under this section shall bear on its face the words Granted without examination in accordance with the Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Act 1953 1927 No 20 s 6 Section 6(1) amended 24 October 1957 Royal New Zealand Institute of Horticulture Amendment Act 1957
7: Regulations
1: The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make all such regulations as may in his opinion be necessary or expedient for giving effect to the provisions of this Act and for the due administration thereof.
2: Section 7(2) repealed 19 December 1989 section 11 Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989
8: Repeals and savings
1: The enactments specified in the Schedule
2: Without limiting the provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924, it is hereby declared that the repeal of any provision by this Act shall not affect any document made or any thing whatsoever done under the provision so repealed or under any corresponding former provision, and every such document or thing, so far as it is subsisting or in force at the time of the repeal and could have been made or done under this Act, shall continue and have effect as if it had been made or done under the corresponding provision of this Act and as if that provision had been in force when the document was made or the thing was done.