Editing Crown entity (section)

==Types of crown entities==
Crown entities come under the following types:

* 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 [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|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 Institute]]s (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]]

Crown entities can be contrasted with other [[public sector organisations in New Zealand|New Zealand public sector]] organisational forms: [[Public sector organisations in New Zealand#Public service departments|departments of state]], [[State-owned enterprises of New Zealand|state-owned enterprises]], [[Public sector organisations in New Zealand#Offices of Parliament|offices of Parliament]] and ''[[sui generis]]'' organisations like the [[Reserve Bank of New Zealand|Reserve Bank]].