Human Rights Act 1993

Human Rights Review Tribunal

93: Human Rights Review Tribunal

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"A group that reviews human rights complaints in New Zealand"

The Human Rights Review Tribunal is a group that was already set up by the Human Rights Commission Act 1977. You can find out more about this in section 45 of the Human Rights Commission Act 1977. This group used to be called the Complaints Review Tribunal, but it was renamed the Human Rights Review Tribunal on 1 January 2002, after the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 came into effect.

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Part 4Human Rights Review Tribunal

93Human Rights Review Tribunal

The Tribunal constituted by section 45 of the Human Rights Commission Act 1977 and, immediately before 1 January 2002 (being the date of the commencement of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001), known as the Complaints Review Tribunal shall continue in being, and, on and after 1 January 2002, is called the Human Rights Review Tribunal.

Compare

1977 No 49 s 45
1993 No 35 s 3(1)

Notes

Section 93 heading: amended, on 1 January 2002, by section 11(a) of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).
Section 93: amended, on 1 January 2002, by section 11(b) of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).
Section 93: amended, on 1 January 2002, by section 11(c) of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).