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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contracts legislation - Contractual mistakes

32: This subpart does not apply to contracts governed by foreign law

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“Rules for foreign contracts don't follow this part of NZ law”

This part of the law doesn’t apply to contracts that are controlled by laws from other countries. It only applies to contracts that follow New Zealand law. If you have a contract that uses the rules of another country, this part of New Zealand’s law won’t affect it. This is important to remember when you’re dealing with contracts that involve people or businesses from different countries.

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Contractual mistakes

32This subpart does not apply to contracts governed by foreign law

  1. This subpart does not apply to any contract, or any part of any contract, that is governed by a law other than New Zealand law.

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