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Public Records Act 2005

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60: Protection of names

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"Names of Archives New Zealand are protected by law"

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You cannot use certain names without permission from the Governor-General in Council. These names are Archives New Zealand, Archives New Zealand (Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga), Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, National Archives, and Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga o Aotearoa. You also cannot use a name that is very similar to these names. You cannot trade or do business under these names unless you are the department. This also applies to names that are very similar to the ones listed. The department is the only one that can use these names or similar names.

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Part 4Appeal process and miscellaneous provisions
Miscellaneous provisions

60Protection of names

  1. No person may, except with the consent of the Governor-General in Council, be incorporated or registered under another enactment or in another manner under the following names:

  2. Archives New Zealand (Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga):
    1. Archives New Zealand:
      1. Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga:
        1. National Archives:
          1. Te Whare Tohu Tuhituhinga o Aotearoa:
            1. another name that so resembles the names in any of paragraphs (a) to (e) as to be likely to mislead a person.

              1. No person other than the department may, either alone or with another person, trade or carry on business or exercise the functions for which it was formed—

              2. under a name specified in subsection (1); or
                1. under a name that so resembles a name specified in that subsection as to be likely to mislead a person.

                  Notes
                  • Section 60(2): amended, on , by section 17 of the Public Records Amendment Act (No 2) 2010 (2010 No 133).