A Crown entity (from the Commonwealth term ''
Crown'') is an organisation that forms part of
New Zealand's
state sector
The public sector, also called the state sector, is the part of the economy composed of both public services and public enterprises. Public sectors include the public goods and governmental services such as the military, law enforcement, infra ...
established under the
Crown Entities Act 2004
In New Zealand, the Crown Entities Act 2004 is a statute which provides the framework for the establishment, governance, and operation of Crown entities; and to clarify accountability relationships between Crown entities, their board members, ...
, a unique umbrella governance and accountability statute. The Crown Entities Act is based on the corporate model where the governance of the organisation is split from the management of the organisation.
Subtypes of crown entities
Crown entities come under the following subtypes:
* Statutory entities — bodies corporate established under an Act
** Crown agents — organisations that give effect to government policy, such as the
Accident Compensation Corporation, which administers no-fault workers compensation
** Autonomous Crown entities (ACE), which must have regard to government policy, such as
Te Papa, the national museum
** Independent Crown entities (ICE), which are generally independent of government policy, such as the
Commerce Commission, which enforces legislation promoting competition
* Crown entity companies — registered companies wholly owned by the Crown, including
Crown Research Institutes (CRIs) and a small number of other companies
* Crown entity subsidiaries — companies that are subsidiaries of Crown entities
* School boards of trustees
* Tertiary education institutions, including universities, colleges of education, polytechnics, and
wānanga
In the education system of New Zealand, a wānanga is a publicly-owned tertiary institution that provides education in a Māori cultural context. Section 162 of the New Zealand Education Act of 1989 specifies that wānanga resemble mainstrea ...
Crown entities can be contrasted with other
New Zealand public sector organisational forms:
Departments of State
The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential systems but (the Unite ...
,
State-Owned Enterprises
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the governmen ...
,
Offices of Parliament and ''
sui generis
''Sui generis'' ( , ) is a Latin phrase that means "of its/their own kind", "in a class by itself", therefore "unique".
A number of disciplines use the term to refer to unique entities. These include:
* Biology, for species that do not fit in ...
'' organisations like the
Reserve Bank
A central bank, reserve bank, or monetary authority is an institution that manages the currency and monetary policy of a country or monetary union,
and oversees their commercial banking system. In contrast to a commercial bank, a central ba ...
.
Crown entities, responsible ministers and monitoring departments
Under the Crown Entities Act,
ministers
Minister may refer to:
* Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric
** Minister (Catholic Church)
* Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department)
** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...
are required to "oversee and manage" the Crown's interests in the Crown entities within their portfolio (sections 27 and 88). The board of the entity has the key role in ensuring the entity is achieving results within budget. This is done by a monitoring department on behalf of the minister unless other arrangements for monitoring are made. Monitoring departments make explicit agreements with their minister, setting out what monitoring they will undertake and how they will do it. Crown entity boards should also facilitate clear and transparent monitoring, for example, by providing the minister and monitoring department with good information on which to make judgements about performance.
This table is based on one from the
State Services Commission
The Public Service Commission (PSC; Māori: ''Te Kawa Mataaho''), called the State Services Commission until 2020, is the central public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing, managing, and improving the performance of the ...
.
A list of Ministers responsible for Crown entities
, State Services Commission
Abbreviations used
ACE = autonomous Crown entity
CCMAU = Crown Company Monitoring Advisory Unit
CEC = Crown entity company
CRIs = Crown research institutes (all CECs)
ICE = independent Crown entity
TPK = Te Puni Kokiri (Ministry of Maori Development)
MoRST = Ministry of Research, Science and Technology
TEIs = tertiary education institutions
School BoTs = school boards of trustees
See also
* Public sector organisations in New Zealand (listing of Crown entities)
* Regulatory agency
A regulatory agency (regulatory body, regulator) or independent agency (independent regulatory agency) is a government authority that is responsible for exercising autonomous dominion over some area of human activity in a licensing and regulatin ...
* State Services Commission
The Public Service Commission (PSC; Māori: ''Te Kawa Mataaho''), called the State Services Commission until 2020, is the central public service department of New Zealand charged with overseeing, managing, and improving the performance of the ...
* Statutory agency
A statutory body or statutory authority is a body set up by law (statute) that is authorised to implement certain legislation on behalf of the relevant country or state, sometimes by being empowered or delegated to set rules (for example reg ...
* Te Arawhiti
* Crown corporations of Canada
Crown corporations in Canada are government organizations with a mixture of commercial and public-policy objectives.Tupper, Allan. 2006 February 7.Crown Corporation" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'' (last edited 2021 March 18). Retrieved 2021 May 1 ...
* Statutory corporation
A statutory corporation is a government entity created as a statutory body by statute. Their precise nature varies by jurisdiction, thus, they are statutes owned by a government or controlled by national or sub-national government to the (in ...
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