Defence Act 1990

Miscellaneous provisions

99: Proclamations, etc

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"Notices about Defence Force changes are made public"

You need to know that Proclamations and Orders about the Defence Force are made public. They are published in the Gazette or in Defence Force Orders. This is how people who are affected by them find out about the changes. You are also told about these changes through secondary legislation. It is made public under the Legislation Act 2019. This Act has a link to more information at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM7298104. When these changes are published, you are considered to know about them. This is because they are made public for everyone to see. You can find the details in the Gazette, Defence Force Orders, or under the Legislation Act 2019.

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98: Execution of instruments, etc, or

"Making official decisions or orders in the Defence Force"

100: Promulgation of orders, or

"How Defence Force officers give orders"

Part 8Miscellaneous provisions

99Proclamations, etc

All Proclamations, Orders in Council, and warrants relating to the Defence Force shall be deemed to be sufficiently notified to all persons whom they purport to affect by being published in the Gazette or, as the case may require, in Defence Force Orders.
However, if the instrument is secondary legislation, it is deemed to be sufficiently notified to all persons whom it purports to affect by being published under the Legislation Act 2019.

Notes

Section 99(2): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).