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Consumer Guarantees Act 1993

4: Act not a code

You could also call this:

“This law works with other laws to protect you”

This law tells you that the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 works alongside other laws. It doesn’t replace or cancel out your rights under other laws. You still have all the rights and ways to solve problems that other laws give you, unless this Act clearly says otherwise.

When you’re trying to understand what this Act means, remember that it’s not meant to cancel out or change other laws. It will only do that if it very clearly says so in the Act itself.

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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM312800.

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Money and consumer rights > Consumer protection
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4Act not a code

  1. The rights and remedies provided in this Act are in addition to any other right or remedy under any other Act or rule of law unless the right or remedy is expressly or impliedly repealed or modified by this Act.

  2. No provision of this Act shall be construed as repealing, invalidating, or superseding the provisions of any other Act unless this Act by express provision or by necessary implication clearly intends such a provision to be so construed.

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  • Consumer Products Warranties Act 1977 s 3 (Saskatchewan)