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Official Information Act 1982

Miscellaneous provisions

49: Power to amend Schedule 1 by Order in Council

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"The Governor-General can update a list of organisations by making changes to it with a special order."

If an organisation listed in Schedule 1 is abolished or its name is changed, the Governor-General can make changes to that schedule. You can find Schedule 1 at DLM65921.html. The Governor-General makes these changes by Order in Council. An Order in Council is a type of secondary legislation, which you can learn more about in Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. This means the Order in Council has to be published in a certain way, as outlined in the Legislation Act 2019.

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Part 7Miscellaneous provisions

49Power to amend Schedule 1 by Order in Council

  1. Where any organisation named in Schedule 1 is abolished, or its name is altered, the Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make such amendments to that schedule as may be necessary to give effect to the abolition or alteration.

  2. An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes
  • Section 49(2): replaced, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).