This Act applies to every company that is part of the New Zealand Government and is involved in trade. You need to know that this includes companies that the Government controls. If there is a problem with one of these companies, you can take action under Part 6 of the Act, which you can find out more about by looking at the Part 6 information.
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5: Application of Act to the Crown, or
"The government must follow trade rules, but has some special exceptions."
6A: Special provisions relating to application of Act to the Crown in right of Australia and to Australian Crown corporations, or
"Rules for when the Australian government and its companies do business"
This Act applies to every body corporate that is an instrument of the Crown in respect of the Government of New Zealand engaged in trade.
Notwithstanding any enactment or rule of law, proceedings under Part 6 may be brought against a body corporate referred to in subsection (1).
