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Racing Industry Act 2020

2: Commencement

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“When different parts of the Racing Industry Act 2020 start working”

This part of the law tells you when different sections of the Racing Industry Act 2020 start to work. Here’s when each part begins:

You’ll see sections 21 and 22, and a part of Schedule 1, start working the day after the Queen or her representative in New Zealand agrees to the law.

Sections 42 to 50 will start working on a special day. The Governor-General will choose this day and tell everyone about it officially.

If the Governor-General hasn’t chosen a day for sections 42 to 50 to start by 1 January 2022, they will automatically begin on that date.

All the other parts of this law will start working on 1 August 2020.

The official announcement about when sections 42 to 50 will start is called “secondary legislation”. This means it follows special rules about how it’s shared with everyone.

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2Commencement

  1. Sections 21 and 22 and clause 6 of Schedule 1 come into force on the day after the date on which this Act receives the Royal assent.

  2. Sections 42 to 50 come into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council.

  3. To the extent that they have not earlier been brought into force under subsection (2), sections 42 to 50 come into force on 1 January 2022.

  4. The rest of this Act comes into force on 1 August 2020.

  5. An order under subsection (2) is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes
  • Section 2(2): sections 42–50 brought into force, on , by clause 2 of the Racing Industry Act Commencement Order 2021 (LI 2021/117).
  • Section 2(5): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).