408Notices: publication

1. A notice under section 405 must be published in accordance with this section.

2. In addition to complying with the Legislation Act 2019, the chief executive may try to bring a notice that is secondary legislation to the attention of persons likely to be affected by the notice by publishing it or notifying its making in—

3. a newspaper; or
4. a trade journal; or
5. any other medium, including an electronic one.

6. If a notice is not secondary legislation,—

7. subsections (3) and (8) apply if the notice applies only to 1 or more named persons; and
8. subsections (5) to (8) apply in any other case.

9. The chief executive must—

10. apply the relevant one of sections 376 to 378 to tell the person or persons that the notice has been made; and
11. do 1 of the following:
    1. give the person or persons a copy of the notice; or
    2. tell them where they may read a copy free of charge, which may include reading a copy on an Internet site; or
    3. tell them where they may buy a copy.

12. Repealed

13. The chief executive must—

14. publish the notice on an Internet site maintained by or on behalf of the Ministry as soon as practicable after it is issued; and
15. either—
    1. publish the notice in the Gazette; or
    2. notify the making of the notice in the Gazette.

16. If only notifying the making of the notice in the Gazette, the chief executive must—

17. make copies of the notice available for reading free of charge or buying at the head office of the Ministry and at any other places that the chief executive decides; and
18. specify in the Gazette notice where the copies may be read or bought.

19. In addition to complying with subsection (5), the chief executive may try to bring the notice to the attention of persons likely to be affected by the notice by publishing it or notifying its making in a medium specified in subsection (1A)(a) to (c).

20. The chief executive must set a reasonable price for a notice sold under this section.