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Land Transport Act 1998

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152A: Governor-General may make ordinary rules

You could also call this:

“The Governor-General can create, change, or remove rules about land transport”

The Governor-General can make, change, or cancel ordinary rules for land transport, just like the Minister can. When the Governor-General wants to do this, they need the Minister to recommend it first. Before making a recommendation, the Minister has to think about certain things that are listed in another part of the law.

Some of the usual steps for making rules don’t apply when the Governor-General makes them this way. The Minister can still change or cancel these rules later on, as if they had made them themselves.

When the Governor-General makes these rules, it’s called an order. This order is a type of law, but it’s not written by the usual government law-writers. You can find out how it’s published by looking at a different law called the Legislation Act.

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Part 11 Land transport secondary legislation

152AGovernor-General may make ordinary rules

  1. Despite anything in this Part, the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, make, amend, or revoke an ordinary rule for any of the purposes for which the Minister may make, amend, or revoke an ordinary rule under this Part.

  2. The Minister must have regard to the criteria specified in section 164(2) before making a recommendation under subsection (1).

  3. Section 161(1)(a) and (2) do not apply to an ordinary rule made by Order in Council under subsection (1).

  4. Repealed

  5. The Minister may amend or revoke an ordinary rule or an amendment to an ordinary rule made by Order in Council under subsection (1) as if the Minister had made the ordinary rule or the amendment to the ordinary rule under this Part.

  6. An order under this section—

  7. is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements); and
    1. is not to be drafted by the PCO under section 67(d)(i) of that Act.

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      Notes
      • Section 152A: inserted, on , by section 81 of the Land Transport (Road Safety and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 13).
      • Section 152A(4): repealed, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
      • Section 152A(6): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).