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

15 Commission to grant certificates of competency in the Māori language

15. Commission to grant certificates of competency in the Māori language---(1) The Commission shall grant a certificate of competency in the Māori language to any person who applies to the Commission for such a certificate and satisfies the Commission that he or she is qualified to be the holder of such a certificate.

(2) Every certificate of competency in the Māori language shall be 1 of the following 3 kinds:
(a) A certificate of competency in the interpretation of the Māori language:
(b) A certificate of competency in the translation of the Māori language:
(c) A certificate of competency in the interpretation and translation of the Māori language.

(3) Every person who, immediately before the date of the commencement of this Act, was licensed as an Interpreter of the Māori language under Part VII of the Māori Affairs Act 1953 shall be entitled as of right, upon application to the Commission made at any time within 2 years after that date, to be granted by the Commission a certificate of competency in the interpretation and translation of the Māori language.
Cf. 1953, No. 94, s. 71

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