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Part 3Promissory oaths and affirmations
General provisions

30ARegulations

  1. The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations prescribing te reo Māori equivalents for any or all of the following:

  2. the affirmation set out in section 4(2):
    1. the affirmation set out in section 4(3):
      1. the declaration set out in section 13(1):
        1. the oath set out in section 16:
          1. the oath set out in section 17:
            1. the oath set out in section 18:
              1. the oath set out in section 19:
                1. the oath set out in section 20:
                  1. the oath set out in section 21:
                    1. the declaration prescribed in Schedule 1.

                      1. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

                      Notes
                      • Section 30A: inserted, on , by section 6 of the Oaths and Declarations Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 71).
                      • Section 30A(2): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).