Crown Entities Act 2004

Preliminary provisions

4: Application of Acts to Crown entities

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"Crown entities must follow rules from several laws, including their own special law and general laws like the Companies Act and Public Service Act."

When you look at how Crown entities work, you need to consider several Acts of Parliament. The rules for Crown entities are set out in different Acts, including this Act, which applies generally to Crown entities. You also have to look at the specific Act that established the entity, as it may have different or extra rules.

If a Crown entity is a company, it is incorporated under the Companies Act 1993, and it may also have its own Act with extra rules. Other Acts, like the Public Service Act 2020, can also apply to Crown entities. This Act applies to Crown entities, but if the entity's own Act says something different, then you follow the entity's Act.

This rule is affected by sections 5 and 6, which you need to consider as well. You have to look at all these different Acts and rules to understand how a Crown entity works. The rules can be complex, so you need to consider each Act and how it applies to the entity.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions

4Application of Acts to Crown entities

  1. The rules for the establishment, governance, operation, and accountability of Crown entities are set out in various Acts of Parliament as follows:

  2. this Act applies generally to Crown entities:
    1. a statutory entity is established by or under the entity's Act, and the entity's Act may supplement, or expressly modify or negate, the provisions of this Act for that entity and its Crown entity subsidiaries:
      1. a Crown entity company is incorporated under the Companies Act 1993 and may also have an entity's Act, and the entity's Act (if any) may supplement, or expressly modify or negate, the provisions of this Act for that company and its Crown entity subsidiaries:
        1. other Acts (for example, some provisions of the Public Service Act 2020) also apply.
          1. This Act applies to a Crown entity, and prevails over the entity's Act, except to the extent that the entity's Act expressly provides otherwise.

          2. Subsection (2) is subject to sections 5 and 6.

          Notes
          • Section 4(1)(d): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).