Retail Payment System Act 2022

Preliminary provisions

5: Overview of this Act

You could also call this:

"This Act helps keep payment systems fair for everyone in New Zealand."

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This Act helps regulate people who take part in retail payment networks. You will see it gives some powers to the Commission to do this job. The Commission can also control fees that merchants charge for some payment services. The Act lets the Commission look into and check payment networks. You can think of this as keeping an eye on things to make sure they are fair. The Commission can also take action if something is not right. The Commission's job is to make sure payment networks work well and are fair for everyone. This includes looking at fees that merchants charge for payment services like surcharges. The Act is in place to help the Commission do its job and keep payment networks running smoothly.

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"How the government makes fair decisions about payment systems"


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6: Functions of Commission under this Act, or

"The Commission's jobs are to monitor and fix problems with New Zealand's retail payment system."

Part 1Preliminary provisions

5Overview of this Act

  1. This Act—

  2. provides for the regulation of participants in retail payment networks (including via initial designations and an initial pricing standard); and
    1. confers certain functions and powers on the Commission for that purpose, of which some apply to designated networks and others apply to all retail payment networks; and
      1. enables the Commission to regulate fees charged by merchants in respect of certain payment services (for example, payment surcharges); and
        1. provides for investigation, monitoring, and enforcement by the Commission.