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Commerce Act 1986

Regulated goods or services - Regulating particular goods or services - Order in Council imposing regulation

52O: Revocation or amendment of Order in Council

You could also call this:

"Changing or cancelling a special government rule called an Order in Council"

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If you want to change or cancel an Order in Council made under section 52N, the Commission must first look into the goods or services it applies to. You can think of the Commission as a group that helps make sure businesses are fair and honest. The Order in Council can only be changed or cancelled if the Commission has done this.

When you change an Order in Council, it is considered a significant change if it alters the type of regulation or the goods and services it applies to. For example, this could mean that some goods or services are no longer regulated, or that new ones are now subject to regulation. The Commission must consider these changes carefully.

If you want to make other significant changes to an Order in Council made under section 52N, the Commission must talk to the people who will be affected by the changes first. However, if the changes are not significant, the Commission can make them without talking to anyone first.

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Part 4Regulated goods or services
Regulating particular goods or services: Order in Council imposing regulation

52ORevocation or amendment of Order in Council

  1. An Order in Council made under section 52N in respect of particular goods or services may not be revoked or significantly amended unless the Commission has held an inquiry into the goods or services.

  2. In subsection (1), significantly amended means amended in a way that—

  3. alters the type or types of regulation applying to the goods or services; or
    1. materially alters the goods or services to which the regulation applies, so that either—
      1. the goods or services, or any of them, are no longer regulated; or
        1. goods or services that were not identified in the original order are now subject to regulation.

        2. An Order in Council made under section 52N may be amended in any other material way only after the Commission has consulted with interested parties, but may be amended in a non-material way without prior consultation.

        Notes
        • Section 52O: inserted, on , by section 4 of the Commerce Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 70).