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Fair Trading Act 1986

Enforcement and remedies - Management banning orders

46E: Offence to breach management banning order

You could also call this:

“You can get in trouble if you don't follow a special rule made just for you”

If you go against a management banning order that was made for you, you are breaking the law. This is called an offence. If you are found guilty of this offence, you might have to pay a fine. The fine could be as much as $60,000. This law is part of the Fair Trading Act 1986 in New Zealand.

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Part 5 Enforcement and remedies
Management banning orders

46EOffence to breach management banning order

  1. A person who breaches a management banning order made against him or her commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $60,000.

Notes
  • Section 46E: inserted, on , by section 35 of the Fair Trading Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 143).
  • Section 46E: amended, on , by regulation 3(1) of the Criminal Procedure (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2015 (LI 2015/104).