Legislation Act 2019

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77: Definitions for purposes of international transparency obligations

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"What big words in the law mean, to help with international rules"

When you read about laws, you might see some big words that are hard to understand. The law has its own definitions for some words. You can find these definitions in a special part of the law.

When the law talks about "details", it means all the information needed to meet international rules. These international rules are like agreements between countries to be transparent. You can find these agreements in things like the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The law also talks about "links", which means the information you need to access a law on a website. It's like a path to find the law on the internet. The law mentions a "maker's website", which is a website made by the people who created the law.

There's also something called a "relevant central government entity", which is a big phrase. It means a group or person that works for the government, like a department or a school. You can find a list of these groups in the Public Service Act 2020 and the Crown Entities Act 2004.

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77Definitions for purposes of international transparency obligations

  1. In this section and sections 74 to 76,—

    details, for any secondary legislation at any time, means all information necessary or desirable for meeting, for that secondary legislation at that time, all applicable international transparency obligations

      international transparency obligations means obligations—

      1. under paragraph 5 of Article 26.2 (publication) of Chapter 26 (transparency and anti-corruption) of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement done at Auckland on 4 February 2016; or
        1. under that provision as incorporated into the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, done at Santiago, Chile, on 8 March 2018, by Article 1.1 of that agreement

          links, in relation to any secondary legislation at any time, means all information necessary or desirable to enable a user at that time to access, using the legislation website, the secondary legislation as published and made available on the maker’s website

            maker’s website means an Internet site (other than the legislation website) maintained by or on behalf of the maker

              relevant central government entity means any of the following (or a decision-making person or body in or related to, or acting through or for, any of the following):

              1. a department named in Part 1 of Schedule 2 of the Public Service Act 2020, including any departmental agency named in Part 2 of that schedule that is part of that department:
                1. an interdepartmental venture named in Part 4 of that schedule:
                  1. a Crown entity (as defined in section 7(1) of the Crown Entities Act 2004, but excluding a school board and a tertiary education institution):
                    1. the Reserve Bank of New Zealand:
                      1. any other instrument of the Crown prescribed, for the purposes of this paragraph, by regulations made under this Act (if any).

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                      • Section 77 relevant central government entity paragraph (a): replaced, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
                      • Section 77 relevant central government entity paragraph (aa): inserted, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).
                      • Section 77 relevant central government entity paragraph (b): amended, on , by section 668 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (2020 No 38).