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Fire and Emergency New Zealand Act 2017

Fire and Emergency New Zealand - Preliminary provisions

5: Act binds the Crown

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"The law applies to everyone, including the government."

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This Act applies to you and everyone else, including the government. The government is also bound by this Act, which is about Fire and Emergency New Zealand. However, some parts of the Act do not apply to certain defence areas or people, unless an agreement says they do.

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Part 1Fire and Emergency New Zealand
Preliminary provisions

5Act binds the Crown

  1. This Act binds the Crown.

  2. However, except as expressly provided in this Act, nothing in this Act applies to—

  3. any defence area; or
    1. any defence fire brigade; or
      1. any member of the New Zealand Defence Force within any defence area.

        1. Despite subsection (2), an agreement made under this Act may expressly provide for the Act to apply to any area, brigade, or person listed in that subsection.

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