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Local Government Act 2002

Regulations, other Orders in Council, and rules - Incorporation by reference

261D: Incorporation of documents by reference in rules

You could also call this:

“Rules can use information from other documents to help explain things”

When rules are made under section 261B, they can include information from other documents. These documents can be:

  • Standards, requirements, or recommended practices from international or national organisations
  • Standards, requirements, or recommended practices from any country or jurisdiction
  • Any other written material about technical matters that is too big or impractical to put in the rule itself

You can include all or part of these documents in the rule. You can also change or add to the information from these documents when you include it in the rule.

When you include information from these documents in a rule, it becomes part of the rule and has the same legal power as the rest of the rule.

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Part 11 Regulations, other Orders in Council, and rules
Incorporation by reference

261DIncorporation of documents by reference in rules

  1. The following written material may be incorporated by reference in a rule made under section 261B:

  2. standards, requirements, or recommended practices of international or national organisations:
    1. standards, requirements, or recommended practices prescribed in any country or jurisdiction:
      1. any other written material that deals with technical matters and that is too large or impractical to include in, or print as part of, the rule.

        1. Material may be incorporated by reference in a rule—

        2. in whole or in part; and
          1. with modifications or additions specified in the rule.

            1. Material incorporated by reference in a rule has legal effect as part of the rule.

            Notes
            • Section 261D: inserted, on , by section 42 of the Local Government Act 2002 Amendment Act 2010 (2010 No 124).