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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contracts legislation - Contractual remedies - Miscellaneous provisions

58: 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. If you have a contract that follows the rules of another country, not New Zealand, then this section of New Zealand law doesn’t affect it. This rule applies to the whole contract or even just a part of a contract that uses foreign laws.

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Contractual remedies: Miscellaneous provisions

58This 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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