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Industry rules

This page contains different parts of laws about Industry rules, within the topic of Business.

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Weights and Measures Act 1987

Explaining important words and ideas in the Weights and Measures Act

2: Interpretation

Weights and Measures Act 1987

This law applies to everyone, including the government

3: Act to bind the Crown

Weights and Measures Act 1987

The government keeps special measuring tools to make sure weights and measures are correct

5: Departmental standards

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Inspectors get special measuring tools to check if things are the right size or weight

7: Inspectors' working standards

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Rules for keeping and checking measurement tools used by certified measurers

7A: Accredited persons' working standards

Weights and Measures Act 1987

When you can use different ways of measuring things instead of the metric system

9: Exceptions to obligations to use metric system of weights and measures

Weights and Measures Act 1987

You must use metric units when selling things in New Zealand

10: Obligation to use metric system in advertising goods for sale

Weights and Measures Act 1987

When you don't need to use metric measurements in ads for selling things

11: Exceptions to obligation to use metric weights and measures in advertising goods for sale

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Making sure measuring tools are correct and safe to use

Weights and Measures Act 1987

The government must okay measuring tools before they can be used officially

20: Approval of appliances

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Weights and measures used for trading need a special approval stamp

21: Weights and measures to be stamped with mark of verification

Weights and Measures Act 1987

This explains how to get a certificate that shows your weights and measures are correct

22A: Certificate of accuracy

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Telling someone their scales or measuring tools don't follow the rules

23: Notification of non-compliance

Weights and Measures Act 1987

The law used to have people who checked if weights and measures were correct

25: Chief Inspector and Deputy Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures

Weights and Measures Act 1987

People who check if weights and measures are correct

26: Inspectors of Weights and Measures

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Inspectors can check shops and vehicles to make sure weights and measures are fair

28: Powers of Inspectors

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Inspectors can't check weights and measures not used for buying and selling anymore

30: Inspector may inspect weights, measures, etc, not used for trade

Weights and Measures Act 1987

How the Secretary allows people to check and approve weights and measures

30A: Appointment of accredited persons

Weights and Measures Act 1987

How to ask to become an official checker for weights and measures

30B: Application for accreditation

Weights and Measures Act 1987

How long accreditation lasts and how to renew it

30C: Duration and renewal of accreditation

Weights and Measures Act 1987

When an accredited person can be stopped from working for a while

30DA: Suspension of accreditation

Weights and Measures Act 1987

What happens when your approval to measure things is put on hold

30DB: Effect of suspension of accreditation

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Rules for accredited people can be changed, removed, or added

30E: Revocation, etc, of conditions

Weights and Measures Act 1987

You can challenge the Secretary's choices about weight and measure experts in court

30F: Appeals against decisions of Secretary

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Court can ask someone to look at an appeal again

30H: Court may refer appeals back for reconsideration

Weights and Measures Act 1987

What inspectors can do to check if you're following the rules about weights and measures

30I: Powers of inspection

Weights and Measures Act 1987

You might be responsible if your workers break weight and measure rules

31: Liability of principal for acts of agents, etc

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Rules about pretending to be inspectors and using fake stamps or marks on weights and measures

32: Offences

Weights and Measures Act 1987

This part about rule-breaking fines has been taken out of the law

33A: Infringement fee

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Rules for fair and accurate weights and measures in New Zealand

41: Regulations

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Rules for checking if package contents match their labels

41A: Regulations for purposes of section 16A(3)

Weights and Measures Act 1987

List of official measurements used in New Zealand

Schedule 2: Standards of weights and measures

Weights and Measures Act 1987

List of old rules about weights and measures that were replaced by this new law

Schedule 3:

Weights and Measures Act 1987

Some special weighing or measuring tools used in trade need a paper to show they're correct

22B: Certificate of accuracy required for certain weighing or measuring instruments

Conservation Act 1987

Protecting areas next to water for conservation and fun activities

24C: Purposes of marginal strips

Conservation Act 1987

You might have to pay a fee if someone lets you do something that helps you make money.

60D: Royalties, etc, may be required in certain circumstances

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

When this law starts working and how it's decided

2: Commencement

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

This law explains who needs to be registered to provide money services and how to handle complaints

3: Overview

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Words and their meanings in this law about money services

4: Interpretation

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

What counts as a financial service in this law

5: Meaning of financial service

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

People and groups who don't count as financial service businesses

7: Persons who are not in business of providing financial service

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

The government must follow this law too

8: Act binds the Crown

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

This part explains why we keep a list of money helpers and make sure they follow the rules

9: Purpose of this Part

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

How to sign up and be removed from the list of financial service providers

10: Registration and deregistration

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Financial service businesses must register and join a special group to handle complaints

11: Person in business of providing financial service must be registered and member of approved dispute resolution scheme

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

You can only say you're a registered financial service provider if you really are

12: No holding out that in business of providing financial service unless registered and member of approved dispute resolution scheme

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

What you need to be a registered financial service provider

13: Qualifications for registration as financial service provider

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Who can't be registered because of past actions or current situations

14: Disqualified person

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

How to sign up as a money helper

15: Application to be registered as financial service provider

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

How the Registrar signs you up as a financial service provider

16: Registration of financial service provider

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

How a financial service provider can change their details

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Financial service providers must tell the Registrar about important changes

17: Duty to notify changes relating to financial service provider

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

How a financial service provider can be removed from the register

18: Deregistration of financial service provider

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Letting a financial service provider know they might be taken off the list

19: Notice of intention to deregister

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

How financial service providers can say no to being removed from the list

20: Objection to proposed deregistration of financial service provider

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

The law says the Registrar must tell people when a financial service provider is taken off the list

21: Notification of deregistration of financial service provider

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

The Registrar keeps a list of people and companies that help with money

24: Register of financial service providers

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

What is the list of financial service providers for and how does it help people?

26: Purposes of register

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

List of important details about financial service providers kept in an official record

27: Contents of register

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

You must tell the Registrar about your money business every year

28: Annual confirmation

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

The person in charge must update the list of financial service providers when things change

29: Registrar must amend register in certain circumstances

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Why you can look at the list of financial service providers

32: Search purposes

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Registrar can give some tasks to other people

36: Power of Registrar to delegate

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

How the Registrar can check if you're following the rules for financial services

37: Registrar’s inspection powers

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Company bosses can get in trouble if their company breaks the law

40: Offence also committed by director

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

It's against the law to lie or hide facts when registering as a financial service provider

41: Offence to make false or misleading representation

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

How to challenge decisions about your financial service provider registration

42: Appeals from Registrar’s decisions and FMA directions

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Rules for managing financial services and providers

44: Regulations under Part 1 and this Part

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Minister decides if a complaint-handling system can be used

53: Minister must decide application for approval

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

The government can stop a dispute resolution scheme if it doesn't follow the rules

56: Withdrawal of approval

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

The Government tells a complaint-handling group they might lose their approval

57: Notice of intention to withdraw approval

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

What happens to members when a dispute resolution scheme loses approval

61: Effect of withdrawal of approval on members of dispute resolution scheme

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Scheme managers must show everyone who belongs to their group online

62: List of members

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Rules for solving problems with financial service providers

63: Rules about approved dispute resolution scheme

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

The rule about having a backup plan for solving money problems is no longer used

72: Appointment of reserve scheme

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

You used to be able to disagree if someone wanted to remove a financial service provider from a list, but this rule no longer exists.

75: Objection to intended recommendation for revocation

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Rules for settling money arguments with financial companies

79: Regulations under this Part

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Re-adding a financial service provider to the official list

22: Reregistration of financial service provider

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Financial service providers need to join a special group that handles customer complaints

48: Financial service provider must be member of dispute resolution scheme

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Working together and sharing important information when handling money complaints

67: Duty to co-operate and communicate information in certain circumstances

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Sharing information when setting up a backup plan for financial services (no longer applies)

76: Duty to co-operate and communicate information in certain circumstances

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Who can give and who needs special permits for money services

Schedule 2: Licensing authorities and licensed providers

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

When someone says they're a big business customer, you need to check they really understand what that means

49B: Acceptance of certification

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Rules about fees for financial services were removed

78A: Levy

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Money penalty for breaking wholesale certification rules

79A: Pecuniary order for contravening wholesale certification requirement

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Court can order payment for breaking wholesale certification rules

79B: Compensation for contravention of wholesale certification requirement

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

This law aims to make money-related activities safe, fair, and easy to understand for everyone

2A: Purposes of this Act

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

The FMA can stop people from registering as financial providers if it might mislead others

15A: Purpose of FMA's powers relating to registration

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

The FMA can stop you from becoming a registered financial service provider

15B: FMA may prevent registration of financial service provider

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

FMA can stop someone from registering as a financial service provider, even if they meet all other rules

15C: FMA may prevent registration regardless of whether applicant is otherwise qualified to be registered

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Why the FMA can remove someone from the financial service providers list

18A: Purpose of FMA's powers relating to deregistration

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

FMA can check if a financial service provider should be taken off the list

18B: Consideration of deregistration of financial service provider by FMA

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

FMA can remove a financial service provider from the register for any reason

18C: FMA may direct deregistration regardless of whether section 18(1) applies

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Rules for switching to new laws about money services

Schedule 1AA: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

This law explains who must follow the rules about financial services

7A: Application of Act

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

You don't need to sign up twice for some money-related jobs if you're already signed up for similar work

12A: Registration for certain overlapping services not required

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

The Registrar can't sign up a financial adviser again if they were told not to

22A: Registrar must not reregister financial adviser if direction has been made

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

When and how your registration as a financial service provider can be paused

22B: Suspension of registration

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

How to sign up as a financial advisor, even if you're not the boss

22C: Registration of financial advisers

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Financial advisers can lose their registration if they don't work with a provider for a long time

22D: Financial adviser may be deregistered if not engaged by provider for extended period

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

A simple guide to who hires a financial adviser when they work through someone else

44A: Who financial adviser is treated as engaged by when engaged indirectly

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

FMA oversees licensing for people who run financial markets

44B: FMA acts as licensing authority in relation to operators of financial product markets

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

How the Commerce Commission can share information about some businesses

23: Information-sharing provisions between Registrar and Commission

Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008

Rules about how the Companies Office can use fees to run its registers

44AA: Validation of fees used to recover costs of other Companies Office registers, etc

Immigration Act 2009

Employers can be penalised for knowingly allowing unauthorised work

350: Offences by employers

Immigration Act 2009

Fines for education providers who break immigration rules

358: Penalties: education providers

Immigration Act 2009

Explaining important terms used in this part of the Immigration Act

359: Interpretation

Immigration Act 2009

Employers' responsibilities and legal protections when hiring non-New Zealand workers

456: Offences by employers

Immigration Act 2009

Fee for visitors to help protect New Zealand's environment and support tourism

399A: International visitor conservation and tourism levy

Immigration Act 2009

Rules and fines for employers hiring workers from overseas

359A: Employment infringement offence

Immigration Act 2009

How employers can receive immigration infringement notices

365B: How infringement notice may be served: employers

Immigration Act 2009

Sharing information about employers who break immigration laws

383A: Publication of names and information in respect of immigration offences

Trade Marks Act 2002

Company bosses can get in trouble if their company breaks the law

119: Liability of officers of body corporate

Trade Marks Act 2002

Not telling about keeping goods doesn't make it wrong

148: Consequences of failure to serve notice

Trade Marks Act 2002

Chief executive can share some job duties with other Customs officers

156: Delegation of chief executive's powers, duties, and functions

Trade Marks Act 2002

Customs officer can ask a judge to see important documents for investigating import crimes

155D: Customs officer may apply for production order

Trade Marks Act 2002

Customs boss can ask for papers about stuff they're watching

155B: Chief executive may require person to produce documents concerning goods in control of Customs

Trade Marks Act 2002

The boss can choose special helpers to make sure people follow the rules

134A: Chief executive may appoint enforcement officers

Local Government Act 2002

Explaining what organisations councils control or have a say in running

6: Meaning of council-controlled organisation and council organisation

Local Government Act 2002

Rules for big councils starting new projects

16: Significant new activities proposed by regional council

Local Government Act 2002

People in charge of organisations that councils control

Local Government Act 2002

Directors of council-run groups must help reach the group's goals

58: Role of directors of council-controlled organisations

Local Government Act 2002

Rules for how councils make choices about the groups they control

60: Decisions relating to operation of council-controlled organisations

Local Government Act 2002

Rules about what groups working for councils can do

61: Activities undertaken on behalf of local authorities

Local Government Act 2002

Local councils can't promise to cover the costs of businesses they control

62: Prohibition on guarantees, etc

Local Government Act 2002

Organisations run by councils must make plans about what they will do

64: Statements of intent for council-controlled organisations

Local Government Act 2002

Regular updates on council-controlled organisations' activities

66: Half-yearly or quarterly reports

Local Government Act 2002

Council groups must write a yearly report about what they did

67: Annual report

Local Government Act 2002

What must be included in reports about how council-run organisations are doing

68: Content of reports on operations of council-controlled organisations

Local Government Act 2002

The council's company must show its money details and goals in a yearly report

69: Financial statements and auditor's report

Local Government Act 2002

Rules for council organisations that are also listed companies

71A: Application of Part to listed companies

Local Government Act 2002

Rules for companies connected to council-controlled organisations

72: Application of Act to related companies

Local Government Act 2002

Rules that protect you when you use your stuff as a promise for money you borrow

114: Constraints on receiver

Local Government Act 2002

Rules for making local laws about things like permits and fees

151: General provisions applying to bylaws made under this Act

Local Government Act 2002

Letting others help run the city's rules, but the city stays in charge

179: Contracting out administration of enforcement

Local Government Act 2002

Rules for businesses putting waste water into council drains

196: Discharge of trade wastes

Local Government Act 2002

Rules for council-owned businesses to report their plans and results

276: First statement of intent and report and accounts of existing local authority trading enterprises

Local Government Act 2002

Rules for making your first plan if you're a special council group that started before July 2003

277: First statement of intent of other council-controlled organisations

Local Government Act 2002

Rules for community groups that look after money from selling port shares

298: Community trusts

Local Government Act 2002

Rules for selling business land bought before 2002

304: Sale of land purchased for commercial or industrial purposes

Local Government Act 2002

Plans for companies controlled by local councils

Schedule 8: Statements of intent for council-controlled organisations

Local Government Act 2002

What happens when rules are changed or replaced in laws about financial reporting

259E: Effect of amendments to, or replacement of, standards incorporated by reference in regulations

Local Government Act 2002

How to prove that official standards are part of the rules

259F: Proof of standards incorporated by reference

Local Government Act 2002

How to fire people who help decide about building fees

199G: Removal of development contributions commissioners

Local Government Act 2002

Development contributions commissioners are protected from mistakes if they try their best

199L: Liability of development contributions commissioners

Local Government Act 2002

How a council or developer answers when asked to make a deal about building things

207B: Response to request for development agreement

Local Government Act 2002

What needs to be written in an agreement between a council and a builder

207C: Content of development agreement

Local Government Act 2002

A letter telling a council-owned company how to work with others

64B: Statement of expectations

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax credits for research and development spending (no longer available)

LH 2: Tax credits relating to expenditure on research and development

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax credits are no longer available for research and development

LH 7: Research and development activities and related terms

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax credits for industry research co-operatives were removed from the law

LH 16: Industry research co-operatives

Income Tax Act 2007

Selling your part of a business: what happens with tax

HG 5: Disposal of partner’s interests

Income Tax Act 2007

How to handle money from selling business assets, including stock

CB 2: Amounts received on disposal of business assets that include trading stock

Income Tax Act 2007

Income from selling personal property in your business

CB 5: Business of dealing in personal property

Income Tax Act 2007

Income rules for selling land within 10 years if you or someone close to you is in land development

CB 10: Disposal within 10 years: land development or subdivision business

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax on land sold within 10 years of improvements by a house-building business

CB 11: Disposal within 10 years of improvement: building business

Income Tax Act 2007

Selling business premises: when tax doesn't apply

CB 19: Business exclusion from sections CB 6 to CB 11

Income Tax Act 2007

Owner's income from reselling or re-leasing an item after a finance lease ends

CC 12: Lessor acquiring lease asset on expiry of term of lease

Income Tax Act 2007

How shareholding relationships can lead to transfers of company value

CD 6: When is a transfer caused by a shareholding relationship?

Income Tax Act 2007

Special dividends for producer boards and co-operative companies

CD 13: Notional distributions of producer boards and co-operative companies

Income Tax Act 2007

How to notify the lender about dividends received on borrowed shares

CD 17: Credit transfer notice

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for when a company buys back its own shares from the market

CD 24: Returns of capital: on-market share cancellations

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for companies buying and holding their own shares

CD 25: Treasury stock acquisitions

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for when property shared between related companies isn't a dividend

CD 27: Property made available intra-group

Income Tax Act 2007

Payments to members that match non-dividend distributions from producer boards and co-ops

CD 33: Payments corresponding to notional distributions of producer boards and co-operative companies

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for tax-free property transfers when companies merge

CD 35: Resident’s restricted amalgamations

Income Tax Act 2007

How to calculate dividends when a company lets you use its property

CD 39: Calculation of amount of dividend when property made available

Income Tax Act 2007

How tax records are adjusted when a company recovers a dividend

CD 40: Adjustment if dividend recovered by company

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules about selling shares from purchase agreements no longer apply

CE 3: Restrictions on disposal of shares under share purchase agreements

Income Tax Act 2007

Trustees act on behalf of companies in employee share schemes

CE 6: Trusts are nominees

Income Tax Act 2007

What employee share schemes are and how they work

CE 7: Meaning of employee share scheme

Income Tax Act 2007

When you might have income from a controlled foreign company

CQ 2: When attributed CFC income arises

Income Tax Act 2007

How premiums paid to overseas insurers are taxed in New Zealand

CR 3: Income of non-resident general insurer

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for partners selling shares in mining and petroleum assets

CT 4: Partnership interests and disposal of part of asset

Income Tax Act 2007

Definition of a petroleum miner in the oil and gas industry

CT 6: Meaning of petroleum miner

Income Tax Act 2007

What counts as equipment or property used for petroleum mining

CT 7: Meaning of petroleum mining asset

Income Tax Act 2007

How mineral miners report income from selling mining land

CU 2: Treatment of mining land

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for when you sell or dispose of mining equipment

CU 3: Disposal of mineral mining assets

Income Tax Act 2007

How partners own and sell mining assets in a partnership

CU 5: Partnership interests and disposal of part of asset

Income Tax Act 2007

Defines key mining terms and activities for industrial minerals in New Zealand

CU 7: Some definitions

Income Tax Act 2007

Definition and management of key minerals for New Zealand's industry

CU 8: Meaning of listed industrial mineral

Income Tax Act 2007

Definitions of key terms for mineral mining assets and rights

CU 9: Some definitions

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for selling shares within a group of companies

CV 3: Consolidated groups: arrangement for disposal of shares

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for statutory producer boards on handling levies as income

CV 5: Statutory producer boards

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for New Zealand winemakers to claim rebates on wine sold in Australia

CV 8: Regulations: Australian wine producer rebate

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax rules for forestry companies buying land with trees from the Crown, Māori owners, or holding companies

CW 1: Forestry companies established by the Crown, Maori owners, and holding companies acquiring land with standing timber from founders

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax-free interest on special loans from forestry and Māori investment companies

CW 3: Forestry companies and Maori investment companies

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax-free profits from selling certain venture investments

CW 13: Proceeds from share or option acquired under venture investment agreement

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax rules for charities running businesses

CW 42: Charities: business income

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax exemptions for racing organisations and clubs

CW 47: TAB NZ and racing clubs

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax exemption for approved scientific or industrial research groups

CW 49: Bodies promoting scientific or industrial research

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax exemptions for veterinary groups that improve services in New Zealand

CW 50: Veterinary services bodies

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax exemption for dairy cow breeding improvement organisations

CW 51: Herd improvement bodies

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax exemptions for NZ companies doing business in Niue

CW 59: New Zealand companies operating in Niue

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for taxing non-cash benefits given to employee shareholders or investors

CX 17: Benefits provided to employees who are shareholders or investors

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for New Zealand residents who run insurance businesses

CX 41: Resident insurance underwriters

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for sharing costs in mining partnerships

CX 43: Farm-out arrangements for mining operations

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for foreign currency loans and exchange rate changes in business

CZ 3: Exchange variations on 8 August 1975

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for primary producer co-ops selling assets or paying shareholders after 1987-88 deductions

CZ 7: Primary producer co-operative companies: 1987–88 income year

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for certain reinsurance claims spanning 1 July 1993

CZ 12: General insurance with risk period straddling 1 July 1993

Income Tax Act 2007

Dairy companies exiting in 2001 don't pay tax on interest from buy-out

CZ 16: Interest payable to exiting company: 2001

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax-free dividend for companies leaving the dairy industry in 2001

CZ 17: Dividend of exiting company: 2001

Income Tax Act 2007

Approval for benefit providers within six months of November 2003

CZ 18: Benefit provider approved within 6 months of 25 November 2003

Income Tax Act 2007

Deductions for business-related Chatham Islands Council dues

DB 4: Chatham Islands dues

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deductions for scientific research expenses

DB 33: Scientific research

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deductions for research and development spending

DB 34: Research or development

Income Tax Act 2007

Definitions for research and development tax rules

DB 35: Some definitions

Income Tax Act 2007

Companies can reduce their tax by donating to approved charities

DB 41: Charitable or other public benefit gifts by company

Income Tax Act 2007

What happens when employees or contractors steal from your business

DB 42: Property misappropriated by employees or service providers

Income Tax Act 2007

Claiming tax deductions for losses caused by a partner's theft

DB 43: Making good loss from misappropriation by partners

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deductions for pollution and noise reduction costs in business

DB 46: Avoiding, remedying, or mitigating effects of discharge of contaminant or making of noise

Income Tax Act 2007

Explaining when businesses can claim deductions for retirement and redundancy payments

DC 1: Lump sum payments on retirement

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deductions for pensions paid to former employees who retired or were made redundant

DC 2: Pension payments to former employees

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax rules for paying a pension to a former business partner

DC 3: Pension payments to former partners

Income Tax Act 2007

When you can claim full deductions for promoting your business

DD 5: Promoting businesses, goods, or services

Income Tax Act 2007

Exceptions for entertainment expenses in business or charity

DD 6: Entertainment as business or for charitable purpose

Income Tax Act 2007

How to claim deductions for business use of your car

DE 2: Deductions for business use

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for keeping a vehicle logbook for business use

DE 7: Logbook requirements

Income Tax Act 2007

How government grants affect business tax deductions

DF 1: Government grants to businesses

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deductions for protective plantings on farmland

DO 2: Plantings for erosion, shelter, and water protection purposes

Income Tax Act 2007

Farmers can claim money for planting and maintaining certain trees on their land

DO 3: Trees on farms

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deductions for planting specific horticultural plants on business land

DO 5: Expenditure on land: planting of listed horticultural plants

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deduction for replacing plants in horticultural businesses

DO 6: Expenditure on land: horticultural replacement planting

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for tracking spending on horticultural plants for tax deductions

DO 7: Accounting for expenditure on listed horticultural plants under sections DO 5 and DO 6

Income Tax Act 2007

Explanation of 'planting' and 'plot' for horticultural businesses in tax reporting

DO 8: Meaning of planting and plot

Income Tax Act 2007

Deductions for land improvements when renting to farmers

DO 10: Farming or horticulture expenditure of lessor or sublessor

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deduction for destroyed or unusable business land improvements

DO 11: Improvement destroyed or made useless

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deductions for aquaculture business improvements

DO 12: Improvements to aquacultural business

Income Tax Act 2007

Claiming deductions for damaged aquaculture improvements

DO 13: Improvement destroyed or made useless

Income Tax Act 2007

Claiming expenses for your forestry business in New Zealand

DP 1: Expenditure of forestry business

Income Tax Act 2007

Deductions for machinery used in forestry businesses

DP 2: Plant or machinery

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deductions for improving forestry land

DP 3: Improvements to forestry land

Income Tax Act 2007

No tax deduction for forestry businesses paying interest on certain Crown or Māori land loans

DP 8: Forestry business on land acquired from the Crown, Maori owners, or holding company: no deduction

Income Tax Act 2007

How to calculate the cost when buying timber or rights to timber in various situations

DP 10: Cost of acquiring timber or right to take timber: other cases

Income Tax Act 2007

How to claim a tax deduction for timber costs when selling timber

DP 11: Cost of timber

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for claiming deductions on film production costs

DS 2: Film production expenditure

Income Tax Act 2007

What a film reimbursement scheme is and how it works

DS 4: Meaning of film reimbursement scheme

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for claiming deductions on petroleum exploration expenses and property sales

DT 2: Arrangement for petroleum exploration expenditure and disposal of property

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax rules for buying oil exploration permits or privileges

DT 3: Acquisition of privileges and permits

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deductions for petroleum miners' development costs

DT 5: Petroleum development expenditure

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for tax treatment of money spent on exploratory oil and gas wells

DT 7: Exploratory well expenditure

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for deducting costs when buying petroleum mining assets

DT 8: Acquisition of certain petroleum mining assets

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for selling petroleum mining assets to people connected to you

DT 9: Disposal of petroleum mining asset to associate

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for petroleum miners when ending an association with a connected buyer of their assets

DT 11: Association ending

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for people working with petroleum miners who have existing privileges

DT 15: Persons associated with petroleum miner

Income Tax Act 2007

Tax deductions for petroleum miners shutting down operations

DT 16: Decommissioning

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for handling partnership property and selling assets or parts of assets

DT 19: Partnership interests and disposal of part of asset

Income Tax Act 2007

Rules for petroleum miners working overseas

DT 20: Petroleum mining operations outside New Zealand

Gambling Act 2003

The Purpose of the Gambling Act 2003 is to make gambling fair and safe for everyone.

3: Purpose

Gambling Act 2003

The Government can ask you for information to check if you have too much control over a casino.

8: Secretary may seek information to assess influence

Gambling Act 2003

What makes casino gambling increase, according to the Gambling Commission?

12: What is increase in casino gambling

Gambling Act 2003

Rules for running class 4 gambling games and venues

31: Requirements for class 4 gambling

Gambling Act 2003

TAB NZ and racing clubs have special rules for running gambling games

33: Status of TAB NZ and racing clubs

Gambling Act 2003

What is casino gambling in New Zealand?

34: Meaning of casino gambling

Gambling Act 2003

How to renew a special licence to run a small gambling game

41: Renewal of class 3 operator’s licence

Gambling Act 2003

When can you get a licence to run a class 4 gambling operation to raise money for good causes?

52: Grounds for granting class 4 operator’s licence

Gambling Act 2003

You need approval to make big changes to a class 4 operator's licence, like changing goals or closing down.

55: Change of purpose and winding up provisions of holder of class 4 operator’s licence ineffective without approval

Gambling Act 2003

How to renew a special licence to run gambling games

56: Renewal of class 4 operator’s licence

Gambling Act 2003

How to renew a licence for a place where people can gamble

72: Renewal of class 4 venue licence

Gambling Act 2003

What happens when someone wants to stop or cancel a venue's gambling licence

75: Procedure for suspending, cancelling, or refusing to amend or renew class 4 venue licence

Gambling Act 2003

You can't sell or give away a Class 4 venue licence to someone else.

80: Class 4 venue licence not transferable

Gambling Act 2003

Rules for how many gaming machines you can have at a venue with a class 4 licence

93: Limit on number of gaming machines for which class 4 venue licence granted after 17 October 2001 but before commencement

Gambling Act 2003

Corporate societies doing certain types of gambling must give the Secretary a yearly report on their finances.

107: Corporate society must provide annual report to Secretary

Gambling Act 2003

What's in a yearly report about class 4 gambling

108: Contents of annual report

Gambling Act 2003

The government can control how much money gambling groups spend on running costs.

116: Secretary may limit or exclude operating costs of corporate society

Gambling Act 2003

Rules for running a casino legally in New Zealand

119: Requirements for casino gambling

Gambling Act 2003

Betting on sports or racing in casinos has special rules if it's run by TAB NZ.

120: Racing betting and sports betting in casinos

Gambling Act 2003

Old casino licences are treated like new ones under the law

122: Existing casino licences and agreements

Gambling Act 2003

Who can run a casino: Checking if you're honest, responsible, and good with money

124: Suitability requirements

Gambling Act 2003

Using your casino licence as security for a loan needs Gambling Commission approval

126: Mortgage or assignment of casino licence

Gambling Act 2003

How to get a licence to run a casino in New Zealand

128: Application for casino operator’s licence

Gambling Act 2003

The Gambling Commission checks if you are suitable to run a casino when you apply for a licence.

129: Consideration of application

Gambling Act 2003

Getting a licence to run a casino: who can have one and what rules they must follow

130: Grant of casino operator’s licence

Gambling Act 2003

The Gambling Commission looks at your casino application to decide if they should approve it.

133: Consideration of application

Gambling Act 2003

Getting a licence to run a casino renewed

Gambling Act 2003

How to renew a licence for a casino in New Zealand

134: Application for renewal of casino venue licence

Gambling Act 2003

How the Gambling Commission decides if a casino can keep its licence

135: Process for determining applications for renewal

Gambling Act 2003

How to renew a casino licence: meeting conditions and being good for the community

137: Renewal of casino venue licence

Gambling Act 2003

When a casino licence runs out after 25 years

138: Expiry of casino venue licence

Gambling Act 2003

Rules that casinos must follow to get or keep a licence

139: Conditions of casino licence

Gambling Act 2003

Rules for how casinos must run every day

141: Minimum operating standards in casino licences

Gambling Act 2003

What happens when you give back a casino licence

147: Surrender of casino licence

Gambling Act 2003

Licence holders must report people who gain significant control over their casino.

153: Responsibility of licensee aware of person with significant influence

Gambling Act 2003

The Secretary checks if someone is still suitable to work with a casino

155: Review of associated persons by Secretary

Gambling Act 2003

Some casino workers need a special approval to do their job

158: Certain casino employees must be approved

Gambling Act 2003

Apply for a certificate to show you can do a gambling job

159: Application for certificate of approval

Gambling Act 2003

The Secretary checks your application for a certificate of approval to make sure everything is okay.

160: Secretary must investigate application for certificate of approval

Gambling Act 2003

Starting casino work before your application is approved

165: Commencement of duties before issue of certificate of approval

Gambling Act 2003

Licence to sell alcohol in a casino

173: On-licences under Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Gambling Act 2003

Casino staff must get approved training before working games

176: Training for employees

Gambling Act 2003

Casinos must keep important papers and records on site for at least 7 years.

177: Books must be kept in casino venue

Gambling Act 2003

Casinos need approval for certain money-sharing agreements

181: Restriction on certain agreements

Gambling Act 2003

Banks must give information about casino accounts if asked

185: Bank may be required to provide information

Gambling Act 2003

A charity group can hire a special helper to run some gambling events, as long as they follow the rules.

188: Society may engage licensed promoter

Gambling Act 2003

Telling people you want a gambling licence

193: Notice of licence application

Gambling Act 2003

You must provide a guarantee from an approved person when applying for a licence to promote gambling.

195: Applicant must provide bond given by approved surety

Gambling Act 2003

When can you get a licence to run a gambling event?

201: Grounds for granting licensed promoter’s licence

Gambling Act 2003

How to renew your gambling promoter's licence

205: Renewal of licensed promoter’s licence

Gambling Act 2003

What happens if someone wants to stop or cancel your gambling licence

207: Procedure for suspending, cancelling, or refusing to renew licensed promoter’s licence

Gambling Act 2003

What happens to your licence if you appeal a decision about it

210: Consequences of appeal regarding licensed promoter’s licence

Gambling Act 2003

Don't use the name 'New Zealand Lotteries Commission' for your company or business without permission

267: Protection of name

Gambling Act 2003

The law lets the Secretary open bank accounts to manage money, with some rules to follow.

286: Bank accounts

Gambling Act 2003

Using lottery profits to make more money by investing them safely

287: Investment of money

Gambling Act 2003

Gambling machines must meet basic rules before you can use them

326: Gambling equipment must comply with minimum standards

Gambling Act 2003

Audits must follow standard rules to ensure accuracy and honesty.

108A: Audit must be carried out in accordance with auditing and assurance standards

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the law about farm chemicals and animal medicines

182: Amendments to Agricultural Compounds and Veterinary Medicines Act 1997

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Animal Products Act 1999 law

193: Other amendments to Animal Products Act 1999

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the law about boxing and wrestling

204: Amendment to Boxing and Wrestling Act 1981

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Commodity Levies Act 1990 to update decision-making rules and warrants

211: Amendments to Commodity Levies Act 1990

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001 to update search and surveillance rules

230: Amendments to Dairy Industry Restructuring Act 2001

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes are made to the law that controls who can give immigration advice.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

New rules for inspecting immigration advisers

261: New sections 56 and 57 substituted

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes are made to the Meat Board Act 2004

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Meat Board Act 2004 law

281: Amendments to Meat Board Act 2004

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Meat Board Act 2004 to update search warrant rules

283: Amendments to Part 4 of Meat Board Act 2004

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the rules for buying and selling cars in New Zealand

284: Amendments to Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes are made to the law about investing in New Zealand from other countries.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Overseas Investment Act 2005 to update its rules

286: Amendments to Overseas Investment Act 2005

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand law

296: Amendments to Reserve Bank of New Zealand Act 1989

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes are made to the rules about selling liquor.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Wine Act 2003 law about wine in New Zealand

310: Amendments to Wine Act 2003

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes are made to the laws about weights and measures.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Weights and Measures Act 1987 to update rules and decision-making processes

322: Amendments to Weights and Measures Act 1987

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Old telecommunications law from 1987 is no longer in force.

341: Telecommunications (Residual Provisions) Act 1987 repealed

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes are made to the law that helps keep an eye on financial markets.

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Financial Markets Authority Act 2011 to update search and surveillance rules

245: Amendments to Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

The Registrar can apply for a search warrant to enforce immigration adviser laws

263: New section 61A inserted

Search and Surveillance Act 2012

Changes to the Insurance Law to update decision-making rules

265: Amendments to Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2010

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Rules for airlines working together on international flights

91: Application of Commerce Act 1986

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Rules for working together to run airports and share airport facilities

94: Joint ventures

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Rules for financing and protecting big moving things across countries

Schedule 7: Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment

Civil Aviation Act 1990

Rules for buying, selling, and financing aeroplanes and other flying machines

Schedule 8: Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters Specific to Aircraft Equipment

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What words in the Smokefree Environments Act mean

2: Interpretation

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Breaking smoking and vaping rules is against the law

17: Offences in respect of smoking and vaping

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules about who can advertise smoking and vaping products

23: Exemptions from advertising prohibition for retailers, vending machines, and Internet sellers

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No tobacco signs or products can be shown in shops or vending machines.

23A: Display of tobacco products in or from sales outlets or vending machines generally prohibited

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

You can't sell tobacco with other things

29A: Sale of tobacco products with other products prohibited

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

People making decisions must not have personal interests that clash with their job

48: Conflict of interest

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules about sponsoring events with special tobacco deals

25A: Sponsoring activity involving exclusive supply arrangement

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

How to apply to sell vapes as a specialist retailer

14A: Application for approval as specialist vape retailer

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules for selling certain products: what you need to know about advertising and sales

21: Outline of this Part

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What this part of the law is about: rules for selling certain products

22: Purposes of this Part

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No advertising for some products allowed

23: Publishing regulated product advertisement prohibited

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Some publications and situations are allowed to advertise certain products even if there are rules against it

24: Specified publications exempt from advertising prohibition

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Some sellers can advertise regulated products in certain ways, like in shops or online, if they follow the rules.

25: Retailers, vending machines, and Internet sellers exempt from advertising prohibition in certain circumstances

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Who is responsible when advertising certain products, like vapes or cigarettes?

26: Liability of employees, employers, agents, and principals

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Don't promote smoking or vaping products to customers in your shop

27: Prohibited oral communications

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

No exclusive deals to sell regulated products at events

30: Sponsoring activity involving exclusive supply arrangement

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

You can't give away regulated products for free or cheap to get more customers.

33: Free distribution of regulated product prohibited

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

You can't sell or give away regulated products with other things as a bundle or package.

34: Distribution and supply of regulated product with other product prohibited

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Hide regulated products from public view in your shop

37: Regulated product must not be visible from place of business

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Show health warnings when selling certain products

38: Point-of-sale health information or warning signs

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Online sellers must show health warnings on their websites

39: Internet-sales health information or warnings

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Courts can ban repeat offenders from selling certain products, like vaping items, for breaking the law.

45: Court may order certain repeat offenders not to sell regulated product

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Vending machines selling certain products must show health warning messages.

48: Automatic vending machines must display health messages required by or under this Act

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules for packaging of certain products to keep you safe

50: Standardised packaging of regulated products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

What information must be on packets of certain products, like cigarettes, to help keep you safe and informed?

52: Messages and information required for regulated product package

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The boss of health can ask to check packaging and labels of some products to make sure they are safe

57: Director-General may require testing or further testing

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

You must tell the government about a product before you can sell it.

60: Notifier must not sell product unless it has been notified

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

You must live in New Zealand or have a New Zealand company to notify a regulated product.

61: Notifier must be New Zealand resident or company registered in New Zealand

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Checking a product meets the rules before selling it in New Zealand

62: Pre-notification requirements

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules for shops that sell vapes and tobacco in New Zealand

65: Obligations of retailers

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

When you need to update a product's notification if it changes in a big way

67: When notifiable product must be renotified

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Some things are not allowed in certain products to keep people safe

68: Notifiable product must not contain prohibited substance, prohibited flavour, or colouring substance

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Some products can't have too much of certain substances in them for safety reasons.

69: Substances in notifiable product must not exceed maximum limits

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The government can warn people about a product that might be harmful.

72: Director-General may issue warning

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

When a product is not safe, the government can make the maker take it back.

73: Recall

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The boss can temporarily stop a product from being sold if it's thought to be harmful or doesn't follow the rules.

74: Director-General may suspend product notification

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Stopping a product from being sold because it's harmful or doesn't follow the rules

75: Cancellation of product notification

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Challenging a decision to stop selling a product

76: Appeals against decision to suspend or cancel product notification

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules made by the Governor-General to help keep people safe and healthy around certain products.

81: Regulations

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules for selling certain products must be followed, with details like signs and sales information

82: Regulations under section 81

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules for how cigarette packets and other products look and what information they must show

83: Regulations for standardised packaging (including messages and information)

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules about products that can harm people, like what's safe and what flavours are allowed

84: Regulations relating to notifiable products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Charges for some things related to smokefree products and vaping

85: Regulations imposing fees

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Charges for selling certain products to help cover government costs

86: Regulations imposing levies

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

People who make or sell certain products must report sales and test results to the government each year.

100: Annual reporting requirements for manufacturers, importers, distributors, and retailers of regulated products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Only approved shops can sell smoked tobacco products

20G: Sale of smoked tobacco products other than by approved smoked tobacco retailer prohibited

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Getting approval to sell smoked tobacco products is no longer allowed under the law.

20I: Grant of approval as smoked tobacco retailer

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

The boss can cancel a special permission for vaping products

20K: Director-General may cancel approval

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

How to apply to sell vaping products: the Director-General makes the rules and shares them publicly.

20L: Director-General to determine and publish application process

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Limit on shops that can sell smoked tobacco products

20O: Director-General to ensure maximum numbers of approved smoked tobacco retail premises not exceeded

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

How to get approval to sell vaping products from a specialist vape shop

20P: Application for approval as specialist vape retailer

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules to follow if your vaping product shop is approved

20Q: Conditions of approval granted under section 20P

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Sellers of notifiable products must tell the government each year where they sell these products.

20R: Obligation of person selling notifiable products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Tobacco sellers must tell the government each year that they are selling tobacco products.

20S: Obligation of distributor in respect of smoked tobacco products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Smoked tobacco products must be approved before they can be sold.

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Getting permission to sell or import smoked tobacco products

57C: Application for approval for sale or import of smoked tobacco products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Rules for what can and can't be in smoked tobacco products

57F: Limits on constituents of smoked tobacco products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Tobacco product makers must test their products yearly to check they meet the law's rules.

57G: Annual testing for constituents of smoked tobacco products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Companies must test certain products every year to check what's in them.

69A: Annual testing for constituents of notifiable products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Keep records of the products you make or sell for three years, or you might get a fine.

101: Record-keeping requirements for regulated products

Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990

Challenging a decision to stop a product being sold

102: Appeals against decision to suspend or cancel product approval or notification

Resource Management Act 1991

Allows fish farmers to keep using the sea even if the special area for fish farming is gone

12B: Continuation of coastal permit for aquaculture activities if aquaculture management area ceases to exist

Resource Management Act 1991

Rules for extending or waiving time limits under the Resource Management Act

37A: Requirements for waivers and extensions

Resource Management Act 1991

A promise to fix or clean up after a project, with money set aside to ensure it happens

108A: Bonds

Resource Management Act 1991

The person in charge of fish farming can stop people from asking to use the sea for a while if there are too many requests or worries about fish health.

165ZD: Minister of Aquaculture may suspend applications to occupy common marine and coastal area for purposes of aquaculture activities

Resource Management Act 1991

Rules about special types of property sharing between companies and people are no longer used.

244: Company leases and cross leases

Resource Management Act 1991

Port companies can use coastal areas for business if they follow the rules and get permission

384A: Right of port companies to occupy coastal marine area

Resource Management Act 1991

Getting a permit to release contaminants into the air if you already have Clean Air Act approval

391A: Resource consents following approval under Clean Air Act 1972

Resource Management Act 1991

Getting a certificate to use someone else's land for mining when you have a permit

417: Permits over land other than that of holders to be produced in Land Transfer Office

Resource Management Act 1991

Introduction to rules for using New Zealand's coastal areas

165A: Overview

Resource Management Act 1991

When you can start aquaculture activities in the coastal area after getting a coastal permit

116A: When coastal permit for aquaculture activities may commence

Resource Management Act 1991

A coastal permit for fish farming must say how long it lasts, usually between 20 and 35 years.

123A: Duration of consent for aquaculture activities

Resource Management Act 1991

People can ask to start fish farming in the sea if they also ask to change the rules about what's allowed there.

165ZN: Application for coastal permit to undertake aquaculture activities

Resource Management Act 1991

Rules for changing coastal plans to manage fish farming and decide who gets to do it

360A: Regulations amending regional coastal plans in relation to aquaculture activities

Resource Management Act 1991

Special reasons why cities can limit building in non-residential areas

77O: Qualifying matters in application of intensification policies to urban non-residential areas

Resource Management Act 1991

The person in charge of fish farms can stop people from asking to use the sea for a while if there are problems or too many people want to use it.

165ZDA: Minister of Aquaculture may suspend applications to occupy common marine and coastal area for purposes of aquaculture activities on own initiative

Resource Management Act 1991

Coastal permits for marine farms can be extended for up to 20 years or until the end of 2050, whichever comes first.

165ZFHC: Extension of coastal permits for marine farms

Resource Management Act 1991

The review aims to improve how we look after the sea and coast while letting fish farms keep working.

165ZFHJ: Purpose of review

Child Support Act 1991

The law changed how some people get paid first when a company runs out of money

245: Preferential payments

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Who counts as part of an electricity company under the law

Schedule 2: When person is involved in industry participant for purposes of section 6A

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for making sure everyone gets electricity safely and fairly

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Getting Ready: Understanding Important Words and Ideas

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Explaining important words and roles in electricity rules

5: Interpretation

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for managing electricity companies and keeping the lights on

Electricity Industry Act 2010

This law explains who counts as part of the electricity industry

7: Industry participants

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Transpower manages New Zealand's electricity system and keeps it running smoothly

8: Transpower is system operator

Electricity Industry Act 2010

You must sign up and follow the rules if you work with electricity

9: Obligation to register and comply with Code

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Some people or groups don't have to sign up as electricity industry participants

10: Exemption from obligation to register

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Sometimes you don't have to follow the Electricity Industry Code

11: Exemption from obligation to comply with Code

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The group in charge of making sure electricity is managed properly

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The government creates a special group to manage electricity

12: Authority established

Electricity Industry Act 2010

This explains who can be part of the Electricity Authority and how they are chosen

13: Membership of Authority

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Members of the Electricity Authority must work without favouring any group or company

14: Independence of members of Authority

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The Electricity Authority's main tasks: making electricity work well for everyone and protecting home and small business users

15: Objectives of Authority

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The Electricity Authority's main jobs and responsibilities in New Zealand

16: Functions of Authority

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The government tells the Electricity Authority how to manage electricity

17: Statements of government policy

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Minister can ask for a review of the electricity industry

18: Reviews on request by Minister

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Groups that give advice about keeping the electricity system safe and working well

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for setting up and working with advisory groups

19: Charter about advisory groups

Electricity Industry Act 2010

A group that helps keep the electricity system safe and working well

20: Security and Reliability Council

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The Authority must create groups of experts to help make rules for electricity

21: Other advisory groups

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for people who give advice about electricity to the government

22: Application of Crown Entities Act 2004

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for solving problems in the electricity industry

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The Rulings Panel keeps working as before

23: Continuation of Rulings Panel

Electricity Industry Act 2010

How the Rulings Panel is set up and who can be on it

24: Membership of Rulings Panel

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Paying for the Rulings Panel and its members

26: Funding of Rulings Panel and remuneration of members

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The Authority keeps a list of electricity industry people and companies

27: Register of industry participants

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Moving old electricity industry information to a new list

28: Transfer of old information to register

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Signing up and keeping your details up to date

29: Registration and requirement to update information

Electricity Industry Act 2010

How to stop being a registered electricity industry participant

30: Ceasing to be registered

Electricity Industry Act 2010

You can get in trouble if you don't sign up or keep your information up to date as an electricity industry member

31: Offences relating to registration

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for managing electricity and their current state

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The Code sets rules for the electricity industry to work better

32: Content of Code

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The Electricity Industry Code is an official set of rules that must be published properly

33: Status of Code

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for creating and changing electricity rules

Electricity Industry Act 2010

This section about the first rules for electricity is no longer part of the law

34: Content of initial Code

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The rule about checking new electricity rules was removed

35: Certification of draft Code

Electricity Industry Act 2010

This part explains when the electricity rules would start, but it's not used anymore.

36: Code comes into force

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The rules about sharing the Electricity Code were removed

37: Making Code accessible

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The group in charge can change the rules about electricity

38: Authority amends Code

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The Authority must ask people what they think about planned changes to the Code

39: Consultation on proposed amendments

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Quick changes to electricity rules for important reasons

40: Urgent amendments to Code

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The Authority must make and share rules about asking for people's opinions on changes

41: Authority to publish consultation charter

Electricity Industry Act 2010

New topics added to the rules

Electricity Industry Act 2010

This section about new rules for electricity has been removed from the law

42: Specific new matters to be in Code

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The Minister's power to add new things to the electricity rules has been removed

43: Minister may amend Code to include new matters

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for managing the electricity industry

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for agreements on connecting to and using the national power grid

44: Transmission agreements

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity Industry Act 2010

What the Authority can do and how it works

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The Authority can ask the court to temporarily stop someone from breaking the rules

51: Interim injunctions

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Time limits for dealing with electricity industry rule breaks

52: Limitation periods for breaches of Code

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Making things right when someone breaks the electricity rules

54: Remedial orders for breach of Code

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Limits on what you can do if someone breaks the electricity rules

55: Restrictions on remedies

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Fines for breaking electricity industry rules

56: Pecuniary penalty orders

Electricity Industry Act 2010

You must follow certain orders from the Rulings Panel or you might get in trouble

57: Offence to breach certain orders of Rulings Panel

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for stopping companies from working in the electricity industry if they break important rules

58: Suspension and termination for breach of certain Rulings Panel orders

Electricity Industry Act 2010

What happens when someone breaks electricity industry rules and gets suspended or kicked out

59: Effect of suspension and termination orders

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Breaking rules about stopping or ending someone's work in the electricity industry is against the law

60: Offences relating to suspension and termination orders

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for how the Rulings Panel makes and changes orders

62: Orders generally

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules about challenging decisions in the electricity industry

Electricity Industry Act 2010

You can ask a higher court to check if the Rulings Panel was allowed to make a decision about you

63: Appeal on ground of lack of jurisdiction

Electricity Industry Act 2010

You can challenge certain Rulings Panel decisions in the High Court

65: Appeal against certain orders of Rulings Panel

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules about following decisions while waiting for an appeal

69: Provisions pending determination of appeal

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules to keep electricity companies fair and separate

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity Industry Act 2010

What this section is about and what it covers

Electricity Industry Act 2010

This part explains why you can't own both power plants and power lines

72: Purpose of this Part

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Explaining what this part of the law means

Electricity Industry Act 2010

This law stops electricity delivery companies from also making too much electricity

73: Ownership separation

Electricity Industry Act 2010

This rule about what 'involved in' means was taken out of the law

74: Meaning of involved in

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules about who can own power companies

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity companies can now be owned together with other companies

75: Ownership separation

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for keeping some electricity companies separate and making sure they treat each other fairly

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules about separating electricity companies have been removed

76: Corporate separation and arm's-length rules applying to distributors and connected generators and connected retailers

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules about keeping electricity distribution separate from some types of electricity generation

Electricity Industry Act 2010

This part about electricity companies sharing equipment was removed from the law

77: Use-of-systems agreements

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Old rule about paying to switch electricity companies no longer exists

78: Person involved in distributor must not pay for transfer of retail customers to connected retailers

Electricity Industry Act 2010

This rule about fair payments from electricity companies no longer exists

79: No discrimination when paying rebates or dividends

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules about punishments for breaking these electricity laws

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Money fines for breaking electricity industry rules

80: Pecuniary penalties

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The court can stop people from breaking electricity rules and protect businesses

81: Injunctions

Electricity Industry Act 2010

You might have to pay if you break a rule and someone loses something

82: Actions for damages

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The High Court can change agreements and give instructions if you break electricity industry rules

83: Other powers to give directions, reopen agreements

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules for legal cases about electricity industry problems

84: Miscellaneous provisions relating to civil proceedings under this Part

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules from the Commerce Act guide decisions in electricity matters

85: Application of Commerce Act 1986 provisions

Electricity Industry Act 2010

You can take more than one type of legal action for the same issue

86: Additional proceedings

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Where these rules about separating power companies apply

Electricity Industry Act 2010

This law affects people outside New Zealand who work with NZ electricity companies

87: Application to persons outside New Zealand

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules about sharing information with the electricity authority

Electricity Industry Act 2010

This rule about sharing information with the Electricity Authority no longer applies

88: Disclosure of information to Authority

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Directors no longer need to report on fair dealing rules

89: Directors must report compliance with arm’s-length rules

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Rules about when power companies can make and deliver electricity

Electricity Industry Act 2010

Explaining when rules can be changed for some electricity businesses

90: Exemptions

Electricity Industry Act 2010

How other laws affect this part

Electricity Industry Act 2010

The Commerce Act 1986 still applies to this part of the law

91: Application of Commerce Act 1986

Wildlife Act 1953

Plans to help manage and protect animal populations

14F: Population management plans

Wildlife Act 1953

Company bosses can be blamed if their company breaks wildlife rules

65A: Liability of directors and managers

Electricity Act 1992

Important information before the main rules

Electricity Act 1992

Rules about connecting and using certain types of power plants

Electricity Act 1992

The old rule about sharing why some people don't have to follow electricity laws was removed

62J: Publication of exemption and reasons

Electricity Act 1992

This rule about emergency permissions has been removed from the law

62L: Commission may grant temporary emergency exemption

Electricity Act 1992

Old rule about using information is no longer in effect

62N: Commission may use information collected or provided under regulations or rules

Electricity Act 1992

Keeping everyone safe and sound with electricity rules

Electricity Act 1992

This provision names the law and explains when it starts

1: Short Title and commencement

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for understanding and applying the law

Electricity Act 1992

Words and their meanings in the Electricity Act

2: Interpretation

Electricity Act 1992

This law applies to everyone, including the government

3: Act to bind the Crown

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for keeping people safe around electricity and what to do when accidents happen

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for people who work with electricity

Electricity Act 1992

Minister can name electricity providers as special operators

4: Declaration of electricity distributors as electricity operators

Electricity Act 1992

The Minister can name electricity makers as special operators

4A: Declaration of electricity generators as electricity operators

Electricity Act 1992

What WorkSafe and the Secretary can do and are responsible for

Electricity Act 1992

WorkSafe makes sure electricity is safe and people follow the rules

5: Functions of WorkSafe

Electricity Act 1992

WorkSafe can check electrical things to make sure they're safe

6: Inspection of works, etc

Electricity Act 1992

Inspector writes report and gives copies to everyone who needs it

7: Report to be compiled on inspection

Electricity Act 1992

WorkSafe can check and fix dangerous electrical things to keep you safe

8: Special powers of WorkSafe

Electricity Act 1992

Notices or requirements are paused if you object, with some exceptions

10: Effect of notice or requirement pending hearing

Electricity Act 1992

WorkSafe can make you follow safety rules right away if it's dangerous

13: WorkSafe may require immediate compliance

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for telling people about electrical accidents

16: Notification of accidents

Electricity Act 1992

Sharing information about electricity accidents

16A: Transfer of accident information

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for people who work with electricity and how they can use or fix power lines on different lands

Electricity Act 1992

Electrical equipment on someone else's land stays there until removed

22: Protection of existing works

Electricity Act 1992

Landowners don't have to look after power lines on their property

22A: Owners of land not responsible for maintenance

Electricity Act 1992

You can go onto land to check or fix electrical equipment that's already there

23: Rights of entry in respect of existing works

Electricity Act 1992

Power company needs to tell you before fixing or finishing electrical work on your property

23A: Line owner must give written notice of intention to maintain or complete existing works

Electricity Act 1992

Power line owners must tell landowners before they come to check their equipment

23B: Line owner must give notice of intention to inspect or operate existing works

Electricity Act 1992

Entering someone's property without notice during electrical emergencies

23C: Notice in emergencies

Electricity Act 1992

Landowners can make fair rules about electricity companies coming onto their property

23D: Land owner may set reasonable conditions on line owner's entry

Electricity Act 1992

Existing agreements about electrical works on land stay in place

23E: Agreements preserved

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for electricity companies working on roads

24: Construction or maintenance of works on roads

Electricity Act 1992

Electricity companies must tell others before they work on roads

25: Notice to be given before work undertaken

Electricity Act 1992

Breaking electricity rules can lead to fines and compensation payments

26: Offence

Electricity Act 1992

You can challenge rules set for your electricity work if you think they're unfair

27: Appeals in relation to conditions imposed

Electricity Act 1992

How the court decides appeals about electricity decisions

28: Determination of appeals

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for putting electrical equipment on roads without paying rent

30: Charging for access to road reserve

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for electricity companies working on level crossings

31: Rights of entry in respect of level crossings

Electricity Act 1992

Local authorities can ask you to move electrical works on roads

32: Local authority, etc, may require works to be moved

Electricity Act 1992

Who pays for electrical work required by law

33: Cost of work required under section 32

Electricity Act 1992

Parts of this law are more important than a road law from 1989

34: Government Roading Powers Act 1989 not to apply

Electricity Act 1992

Private land owners can move electrical works on their property if they follow certain rules

35: Owners and occupiers of private land may move works

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for making and sharing safety guides about electricity

Electricity Act 1992

WorkSafe makes rules to keep people safe around electricity

36: Issue of electrical code of practice

Electricity Act 1992

Electrical codes can include official standards

37: Code may incorporate official standards by reference

Electricity Act 1992

Minister must agree to electrical rules after asking people what they think

38: Code to be approved by Minister

Electricity Act 1992

WorkSafe makes sure everyone can see or buy the electrical safety rules

39: Availability of codes

Electricity Act 1992

WorkSafe can quickly change electrical safety rules in emergencies

40: Emergency amendment of code

Electricity Act 1992

How to refer to the rules for safe electrical work

41: Citation of code

Electricity Act 1992

How to prove an electrical code of practice is real in court

42: Proof of code

Electricity Act 1992

Old electrical rules are still used under the new law

43: Codes promulgated under Electricity Act 1968

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for the group that helps bring electricity to country areas

Electricity Act 1992

This rule about how to charge for bringing electricity to farms is no longer used

50: Application of levies

Electricity Act 1992

Old rule about rural electricity groups no longer exists

52: Transitional provision relating to membership of Council

Electricity Act 1992

The rules about ending the council for rural electricity have been removed

54: Dissolution of Council

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for keeping electricity safe and fair for everyone

Electricity Act 1992

Getting paid if electrical work hurts your land

57: Compensation for damage

Electricity Act 1992

Money for trees cut down because of power lines

58: Compensation for trees and vegetation removed

Electricity Act 1992

Telling WorkSafe about new electrical projects

59: Returns relating to construction of works, etc

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for giving out safe and good electricity

60: Standards for electricity supply

Electricity Act 1992

Rules to keep people safe when using electricity

61: Safety requirements

Electricity Act 1992

This rule about keeping the power on doesn't exist anymore

62: Continuance of supply

Electricity Act 1992

Rules about how much electricity costs and what happens if someone breaks those rules

Electricity Act 1992

Rules about electricity prices were removed from the law

63: Regulations relating to price of electricity

Electricity Act 1992

Rules about doing wrong things with electricity prices were removed from the law

65: Offences

Electricity Act 1992

This rule about other price control laws was removed and no longer applies

66: Other Acts relating to price control not affected

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for companies that want to sell electricity to people

Electricity Act 1992

What a consumer means for electricity suppliers (no longer used)

68: Definition of consumer for purposes of this Part

Electricity Act 1992

You don't need a special permit to provide electricity anymore

69: Licence to supply electricity

Electricity Act 1992

This rule about wrongdoing for electricity suppliers no longer exists

70: Offence

Electricity Act 1992

Old rules about who could get electricity in different areas have changed

71: Supply of electricity to consumers outside supply area

Electricity Act 1992

This rule about electricity companies having to give people power doesn't exist anymore

72: Duty to supply

Electricity Act 1992

This part of the law was removed in 1994 and doesn't apply anymore

73: Expiry of this Part

Electricity Act 1992

Rules about who can do electrical work and when special permission is needed

Electricity Act 1992

Rules about who can do special electrical work or help with it

74: Restrictions on doing or assisting with prescribed electrical work

Electricity Act 1992

The Board can give special permission to skip some rules for electrical work

75: Board may exempt person or class of persons from section 74

Electricity Act 1992

You can do some electrical work if someone qualified watches over you

76: Exemption for work done under supervision

Electricity Act 1992

Trainees can do some electrical work while learning to be an electrician

77: Exemption for trainees

Electricity Act 1992

Board can give special certificates for specific purposes

78: Board may issue limited certificate for purposes of section 77

Electricity Act 1992

The board can take away your special permission after hearing your side

81: Board may cancel application of exemption to any person

Electricity Act 1992

Checking and approving electrical work before it's used

82: Testing, certification, and inspection

Electricity Act 1992

Inspectors can enter buildings to check electrical work for safety

83: Power of entry

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for becoming an electrician and keeping your work permit

Electricity Act 1992

Rules for dealing with complaints about people who work with electricity

Electricity Act 1992

Employer licences let workers do special electrical jobs

117: Prescribed electrical work may be done under employer licence

Electricity Act 1992

How long an employer's electricity licence lasts

118: Duration of employer licence

Electricity Act 1992

How to renew your employer licence

119: Renewal of employer licence

Electricity Act 1992

How the Board can change or take away a company's permission to do electrical work

120: Cancellation, suspension, and other actions in relation to employer licences

Electricity Act 1992

Board listens to employer's side before making decisions

121: Board must give employer licence holder reasonable opportunity to be heard

Electricity Act 1992

Rules about paying fines and following orders when the Board takes action against you

122: Miscellaneous provisions concerning actions under section 120

Electricity Act 1992

The Board can check workplaces to make sure electrical work is safe and follows the rules

123: Powers of inspection

Electricity Act 1992

The Board keeps a list of all electrical workers

124: Register of electrical workers

Electricity Act 1992

Registrar writes down important information about electrical workers and companies

125: Registrar must enter matters in register

Electricity Act 1992

The register helps people find and check information about electricians and electrical workers

126: Purpose of register

Electricity Act 1992

How the electrical workers register is kept and accessed

127: Form of register

Electricity Act 1992

What important information about electrical workers is kept in a special list?

128: Matters to be contained in register

Electricity Act 1992

Old electrical worker records are saved but don't give work rights

129: Historical registration and licence information and documentation to be included in register

Electricity Act 1992

Let the Registrar know if you move house within 3 months

130: Duty to notify change of address

Electricity Act 1992

Tell the Registrar if you change your name

131: Duty to notify change of name

Corrections Act 2004

Contractors must pay back the government if their actions cause trouble or damage.

199B: Liability of contractor

Corrections Act 2004

What security companies must do when they have a contract to keep people safe

167: Requirements of security contracts

Corrections Act 2004

Security contractors are responsible for their actions and must pay for any damage they cause

168: Liability of security contractors

Corrections Act 2004

When security contractors give jobs to others, they need the boss's written okay and must follow the rules.

169: Subcontractors

Food Act 2014

Keeping Food Safe for Everyone to Eat

Food Act 2014

What the Food Act 2014 is about and how it keeps food safe in New Zealand

3: Overview

Food Act 2014

The Purpose of the Food Act 2014 is to keep food safe for you to eat in New Zealand.

4: Purpose

Food Act 2014

What special words in the Food Act 2014 mean

8: Interpretation

Food Act 2014

What the law means by 'food' in the Food Act 2014

9: Meaning of food

Food Act 2014

What is a food business in New Zealand?

10: Meaning of food business

Food Act 2014

What 'processing' and 'handling' of food really means

Food Act 2014

What 'processing and handling' of food for sale means

11: Meaning of processing and handling

Food Act 2014

What it means for food to be safe and suitable for people to eat

Food Act 2014

What makes food safe and suitable for you to eat

12: Meaning of safety and suitability

Food Act 2014

What it means to sell something

Food Act 2014

'What we mean by selling food' means giving food to people to eat, or to businesses to use, in exchange for something, even if it's not money.

13: Meaning of sale

Food Act 2014

Food Act 2014

Rules for people who help make sure food is safe

Food Act 2014

How the Minister, chief executive, and councils work together under the Food Act

15: Principles governing relationships between Minister, chief executive, and territorial authorities

Food Act 2014

Important rules to keep food safe for everyone to eat

16: Principles to be applied in performing functions or duties, or exercising powers, under this Act

Food Act 2014

Who does what to keep our food safe

Food Act 2014

The Minister is in charge of keeping food safe to eat and makes important decisions about food rules.

17: Role of Minister

Food Act 2014

The boss of food safety: what the chief executive does to keep your food safe

18: Role of chief executive

Food Act 2014

What councils do to keep food safe in their area

19: Role of territorial authorities

Food Act 2014

Food safety rules help keep you safe. They are based on risks.

Food Act 2014

Food Act 2014

Measures to keep you safe from harmful food based on how risky it is.

Food Act 2014

Introduction to Food Safety Rules

20: Overview of this Part

Food Act 2014

Classifying food sectors to keep you safe

Food Act 2014

Sorting food businesses into groups to keep people safe from bad food

21: Classification of food sectors for purpose of assigning applicable risk-based measures

Food Act 2014

The Governor-General can change some food rules with the Minister's advice.

22: Power to amend Schedules 1 to 3 by Order in Council

Food Act 2014

Using measures that help keep food safe based on how risky they are

Food Act 2014

What food safety rules apply to your business if it's not on the main lists?

23: Determining applicable risk-based measure for food businesses that come within food sectors not classified in Schedules 1 to 3

Food Act 2014

Figuring out food safety rules for businesses that do multiple food things

25: Determining applicable risk-based measure for food businesses that overlap 2 or more food sectors

Food Act 2014

You can choose a food control plan for your food business, even if it's low risk.

26: Operator of food business may choose to operate under food control plan even if food business is in food sector classified under lower level of risk

Food Act 2014

You must follow the rules that apply to the type of food business you have.

Food Act 2014

Follow the food safety rules that apply to your type of food business to keep people safe.

28: Requirement to operate under applicable risk-based measure

Food Act 2014

Food Act 2014

Keeping food safe by looking at how likely it is to make people sick

Food Act 2014

What a food control plan is and how it works

35: Purpose of this subpart

Food Act 2014

Plans to keep food safe

Food Act 2014

A food control plan helps your food business keep food safe for people to eat.

36: Food control plan: general description

Food Act 2014

What a food control plan covers: keeping food safe for one or many businesses

37: Food control plan: coverage

Food Act 2014

The boss of a government department can make a free template to help food businesses follow the rules.

39: Food control plan: chief executive's power to issue official template or model

Food Act 2014

The boss of a government department can approve a plan to keep food safe that someone else created.

40: Food control plan: chief executive's power to approve official template or model developed by third party

Food Act 2014

What your food control plan should look like on paper

41: Food control plan: form

Food Act 2014

What to include in your food safety plan

42: Food control plan: contents

Food Act 2014

You must register your plan to keep food safe.

Food Act 2014

Rules for food businesses with special plans to keep food safe.

Food Act 2014

The Food Act 2014 rules always come first if they disagree with your food control plan.

49: Requirements of Act to prevail in cases of inconsistency with registered food control plan

Food Act 2014

People in charge of food businesses have important jobs to keep food safe.

Food Act 2014

What food businesses with a safety plan must do to keep food safe

50: Duties of operators of registered food control plans

Food Act 2014

Tell the registration authority about big changes to your food control plan

51: Operator of registered food control plan must notify registration authority of significant change in circumstances

Food Act 2014

Signing up to follow a plan to keep food safe

Food Act 2014

Who to apply to when registering a food control plan

52: Application for registration: who is appropriate registration authority

Food Act 2014

How to apply to register a food control plan in writing

53: Application for registration: form and content

Food Act 2014

The registration authority can say no to your application if you don't follow the rules.

54: Registration authority may refuse to process application for registration

Food Act 2014

They can ask for more details when you apply to register a food plan.

55: Registration authority may require further information

Food Act 2014

What you need to do to register a food safety plan

56: Criteria for registration of food control plan

Food Act 2014

When your food control plan is not approved

57: Refusal to register food control plan

Food Act 2014

Tell the registration authority about big changes to your food control plan

58: Applicants for registration must notify registration authority of significant change in circumstances

Food Act 2014

What happens when you sign up for a food control plan

59: Registration of food control plan

Food Act 2014

The people in charge can add rules when you register a food safety plan.

60: Registration authority may impose conditions on registration of food control plan

Food Act 2014

How long your food registration lasts

61: Duration of registration

Food Act 2014

Stopping food operations if they are not safe

Food Act 2014

The government can temporarily stop a food business from operating if it's not following the rules or might be harming people's health.

62: Mandatory suspension

Food Act 2014

The registration authority can extend a food business's suspension if needed.

63: Registration authority may extend mandatory suspension

Food Act 2014

Stopping food operations by choice

64: Voluntary suspension

Food Act 2014

What happens when a food business is suspended

65: Effect of suspension

Food Act 2014

Stopping a food business from operating if it doesn't follow the rules

Food Act 2014

Taking a food business off the public list

66: Removal from public register

Food Act 2014

When a food business breaks the rules, the registration can be cancelled to keep food safe.

67: Cancellation of registration

Food Act 2014

When a food plan's registration is cancelled, it stops on a date chosen by the authorities.

68: Effective date of cancellation

Food Act 2014

What happens if your food business registration is cancelled?

69: Effect of cancellation of registration

Food Act 2014

Stopping a food business from being part of a food safety plan

70: Removal of food business from coverage of food control plan

Food Act 2014

What happens when you want to cancel your food business registration

71: Surrender of registration

Food Act 2014

When your food registration ends, this is when it officially stops being valid.

72: Effective date of surrender

Food Act 2014

Food Act 2014

Measures to keep you safe from harmful food based on how risky it is.

Food Act 2014

What the national food programme is and what it does

73: Purpose of this subpart

Food Act 2014

National programmes help keep your food safe.

Food Act 2014

Keeping Food Safe: Rules for Food Businesses to Follow

74: National programme: general description

Food Act 2014

How the government can make food businesses follow national food safety rules

75: How national programme may be imposed

Food Act 2014

Rules about national food programmes to keep you safe

76: Regulations and notices about national programmes

Food Act 2014

The national food programme is still valid even if it lets certain people make decisions or set rules.

77: National programme not invalid on certain grounds

Food Act 2014

National food programme rules take priority if they disagree with other food rules.

78: Requirements of national programme to prevail in cases of inconsistency with other regulations or notices made under this Act

Food Act 2014

Food businesses must register if they are part of a national programme.

Food Act 2014

People who run food businesses have important jobs to keep food safe.

Food Act 2014

Rules for food businesses in a national programme

80: Duties of operators of food businesses subject to national programme

Food Act 2014

Tell the registration authority about big changes to your food business

81: Operators of food businesses subject to national programme must notify registration authority of significant change in circumstances

Food Act 2014

Some food businesses must register if they are part of a national programme.

Food Act 2014

Stopping a food business from operating if it's not safe.

Food Act 2014

Stopping a food business from operating if it's not safe.

Food Act 2014

When a food business is no longer registered, it gets taken off the public list.

94: Removal from public register

Food Act 2014

Food Act 2014

What a monitoring programme is and how it works

100: Purpose of this subpart

Food Act 2014

Checking if food is safe to eat through a monitoring programme

101: Monitoring programme: general description

Food Act 2014

What a food monitoring programme covers and how it works

102: Monitoring programme: scope

Food Act 2014

The boss of a food safety team can create rules to help keep food safe.

104: Chief executive may specify certain matters by notice

Food Act 2014

A food safety monitoring programme is still valid even if it lets certain people make decisions or set rules.

105: Monitoring programme not invalid on certain grounds

Food Act 2014

Importing Food to Sell

Food Act 2014

Rules about bringing food into the country to sell.

Food Act 2014

Keeping imported food safe for you to eat

106: Purpose of this Part

Food Act 2014

What words mean in the Food Act

107: Interpretation

Building Act 2004

A group that checks building permits can charge money for looking at how well permit offices do their job.

249A: Fees for audits

Building Act 2004

A special group can ask for money when they check if another group is doing a good job with building products.

262A: Fees for audits

Building Act 2004

The reasons why builders need special permits to do their job

Building Act 2004

Rules for special building designs that need expert approval before they can be used in many places

30C: Applications for national multiple-use approval relating to design work that is restricted building work

Building Act 2004

Rules for when the boss can give permission to use building plans more than once

30F: Issue of national multiple-use approval

Building Act 2004

Keeping You Safe in Buildings

Building Act 2004

This section explains what the different parts of the Building Act are about and how they work together.

5: Overview

Building Act 2004

Explains how this law applies to the government

Building Act 2004

This section covers the main ideas and basic rules.

Building Act 2004

What we mean when we say "building"

Building Act 2004

A building is any structure, including things attached to it, that people or animals can use or live in.

8: Building: what it means and includes

Building Act 2004

Things that are not counted as buildings under the law, like power poles, cranes, boats, and scaffolding.

9: Building: what it does not include

Building Act 2004

This explains what building officials and local councils do to make sure buildings are safe and follow the rules.

12: Role of building consent authority and territorial authority

Building Act 2004

This part explains the rules for building work, including safety, permits, and inspections.

15: Outline of this Part

Building Act 2004

You must follow the rules for how buildings should be made

Building Act 2004

The building code explains what buildings need to do and how well they need to work.

16: Building code: purpose

Building Act 2004

Any construction or building changes must follow the rules in the building code, even if you don't need special permission.

17: All building work must comply with building code

Building Act 2004

The law says you only need to follow the building code rules, not any extra or stricter rules, when doing building work.

18: Building work not required to achieve performance criteria additional to or more restrictive than building code

Building Act 2004

How to make sure buildings follow the rules

Building Act 2004

The building authority must accept different ways to show that a building follows the rules.

19: How compliance with building code is established

Building Act 2004

Rules can say there's just one way to follow the building rules.

Building Act 2004

Rules can say there's only one way to follow building rules, like using special products or methods.

20: Regulations may specify that there is only 1 means of complying with building code

Building Act 2004

Rules tell you how to build safely, but if there are no rules, you can choose how to follow the building code.

21: What happens if regulations specifying that there is only 1 means of complying with building code are made or not made

Building Act 2004

A way to show that a building follows the rules

Building Act 2004

The head building person can make special rules that help people follow the building rules properly.

22: Acceptable solution or verification method for use in establishing compliance with building code

Building Act 2004

Using an approved plan is one way, but not the only way, to follow building rules.

23: Effect of acceptable solution or verification method

Building Act 2004

The person in charge can change or remove the rules for building things whenever they want.

24: Chief executive may amend or revoke acceptable solution or verification method

Building Act 2004

Things to watch out for and what's not allowed

Building Act 2004

You can get in big trouble if you use banned building stuff.

27: Offence to use building product or building method in breach of ban under section 26

Building Act 2004

Building officials can't approve certain building activities if it breaks rules about banned things

28: Limits on certain powers of building consent authority in cases involving bans under section 26

Building Act 2004

Rules for making sure building methods and materials are safe and allowed

Building Act 2004

Rules for making or changing building rules, warnings, and bans to keep people safe

29: Procedural requirements for acceptable solutions, verification methods, warnings, and bans

Building Act 2004

Information documents about building projects

Building Act 2004

You must get permission before you build anything, or you could be punished.

40: Building work not to be carried out without consent

Building Act 2004

Sometimes you don't need permission to build or change things

41: Building consent not required in certain cases

Building Act 2004

You don't need permission for most energy work, but some special cases still need approval.

43: Building consent not required for energy work

Building Act 2004

You need to fill out a special form and provide plans and other important information to ask for permission to build something.

45: How to apply for building consent

Building Act 2004

How the government decides if you can build something within a set time

48: Processing application for building consent

Building Act 2004

Money that must be paid when constructing buildings

Building Act 2004

You pay a levy when your building consent is approved to help fund building sector work.

53: Applicant for building consent liable to pay levy

Building Act 2004

The building office must tell you how much money you need to pay before they say yes to your building plans.

54: Building consent authority must advise applicant of amount of levy payable

Building Act 2004

When you build in steps, you need to count the cost of earlier work when figuring out how much to pay for the building fee.

57: Payment of levy if building work completed in stages

Building Act 2004

Paying a levy when you approve a building consent as a stand-alone authority

58: Liability to pay levy: stand-alone building consent authority

Building Act 2004

The chief executive can get back unpaid levies from councils or building consent authorities that don't pay on time.

61: Chief executive may recover unpaid levies from territorial authority or stand-alone building consent authority

Building Act 2004

The boss can ask someone to check if people are paying the building money correctly

65: Chief executive may enter into agreements for auditing certain information

Building Act 2004

The boss must check every few years if the money collected is enough to do their job

66: Chief executive must review levy

Building Act 2004

Changes to the rules for building

Building Act 2004

This law explains how to ask for changes to energy rules when building something

70: Applications relating to energy work

Building Act 2004

Rules about building across multiple sections of land

Building Act 2004

The law allows exceptions to the rule about building on multiple pieces of land in some special cases.

76: Exemption from section 75

Building Act 2004

When a note is made on land records, you can't sell or rent parts of the land separately.

79: Effect of entry recorded on record of title

Building Act 2004

Only special builders can do or watch over important building jobs

Building Act 2004

A special builder must write down what they did and give it to the owner and the local council.

88: Licensed building practitioner to provide record of work in respect of restricted building work

Building Act 2004

Rules about different types of building work

Building Act 2004

If a builder sees that work isn't following the plan, they must tell the council and the owner right away.

89: Licensed building practitioner must notify building consent authority of breaches of building consent

Building Act 2004

Papers that show a building follows the rules

Building Act 2004

This law explains how you ask for a certificate to show your building work follows the rules.

92: Application for code compliance certificate

Building Act 2004

The building authority has to decide quickly if your building is safe and follows the rules.

93: Time in which building consent authority must decide whether to issue code compliance certificate

Building Act 2004

This part explains what a building official must check before they can say a building is safe and follows the rules.

94: Matters for consideration by building consent authority in deciding issue of code compliance certificate

Building Act 2004

Papers that say a building is okay even if it was built without permission

Building Act 2004

You need to fill out a special form, provide plans, pay fees, and include other important information when asking for a certificate that says your building work is okay.

97: How to apply for certificate of acceptance

Building Act 2004

Lists of important safety features that buildings must have and maintain

Building Act 2004

Buildings need a special checklist to make sure they're safe, especially if they have special equipment or a cable car.

100: Requirement for compliance schedule

Building Act 2004

You must get a special safety checklist for your building or you could be fined.

101: Owner must comply with requirement for compliance schedule

Building Act 2004

This explains what must be included in a list of building safety checks.

103: Content of compliance schedule

Building Act 2004

Building owners must keep systems working, give yearly proof, and show important information to users.

105: Obligations of owner if compliance schedule is issued

Building Act 2004

Owners can ask to change their building's safety checklist if they think it needs updating.

106: Application by owner for amendment to compliance schedule

Building Act 2004

A yearly check-up to make sure a building is safe and working properly

Building Act 2004

A yearly certificate to prove your building's safety systems are working correctly

108: Annual building warrant of fitness

Building Act 2004

The building owner must get yearly reports about safety checks and keep them for two years

110: Owner must obtain reports on compliance schedule

Building Act 2004

Changes made to buildings that are already built

Building Act 2004

This law explains how to make changes to old buildings while keeping them safe and accessible for everyone.

112: Alterations to existing buildings

Building Act 2004

Rules for changing, extending, or dividing buildings

Building Act 2004

Rules for changing how a building is used to make sure it's safe and follows the building code

115: Code compliance requirements: change of use

Building Act 2004

Rules for understanding and using this part

Building Act 2004

Tearing down buildings can be part of fixing dangerous or unhealthy buildings.

127: Building work includes demolition of building

Building Act 2004

Rules about buildings that are unsafe or unhealthy to live in

Building Act 2004

Rules for when dam owners must sort their dams into groups

134: When owner must classify dam

Building Act 2004

Dam owners must create and check safety plans for medium and high-risk dams, or face fines.

140: Requirement for dam safety assurance programme

Building Act 2004

The rules say what must be included in a plan to keep dams safe.

141: Content of dam safety assurance programme

Building Act 2004

The person who owns a dam must give the local government a safety plan and a certificate from an expert to show the dam is safe.

142: Owner must provide dam safety assurance programme to regional authority

Building Act 2004

If a local council says no to a dam safety plan, they must tell the dam owner to get an expert to check it again

145: Regional authority must require re-audit of dam safety assurance programme that it refuses to approve

Building Act 2004

Explaining who counts as a recognised engineer

Building Act 2004

A special engineer who checks dams and has the right skills, but doesn't own or make money from the dam.

149: Who is recognised engineer

Building Act 2004

Rules about dams that might be unsafe

Building Act 2004

When someone breaks building rules, they get a special note telling them to fix the problem

164: Issue of notice to fix

Building Act 2004

The main jobs and abilities of the top boss

Building Act 2004

The boss must create a group of building experts to give advice, making sure they have different skills and backgrounds.

172: Appointment of building advisory panel

Building Act 2004

A group of experts gives special help to the boss, but not about the boss's job unless asked.

173: Function of panel

Building Act 2004

While the boss decides, most actions are paused, but some safety steps can still happen.

183: Decision or exercise of power suspended until determination made

Building Act 2004

The boss can decide who pays for the costs when people disagree about building rules.

190: Parties' costs

Building Act 2004

The boss can give special permission to groups to check and approve building plans.

Building Act 2004

The boss needs to check certain things before adding someone to the list of people who can give building permission.

192: Criteria for registration

Building Act 2004

This law explains how to ask for permission to be a building helper

194: Application for registration

Building Act 2004

This part explains what certain words mean when talking about complaints against building groups.

200: Interpretation

Building Act 2004

This explains when someone can get in trouble for not doing their job properly in building and construction.

201: Grounds for disciplinary action

Building Act 2004

You can tell the boss if you think someone did something wrong in their building work.

202: Complaints may be made to chief executive

Building Act 2004

The boss has special powers to make sure people follow the rules

Building Act 2004

The chief executive can check on building authorities and experts, ask for information, and inspect places to make sure everyone is following the building rules.

204: Special powers of chief executive for monitoring performance of functions under this Act

Building Act 2004

Special officers can check buildings and land to make sure they are safe and follow the rules.

222: Inspections by territorial authority

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Updating and simplifying rules for groups that help others

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

The government must follow the rules in this law

2A: Principal Act to bind the Crown

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Property goes to new trustees without extra paperwork

3: Property to vest in trustees or their successors

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Societies can't become boards anymore, but existing boards can become societies

8: Applications for incorporation may no longer be made by societies

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How a group can agree to create a trust board

9: Manner in which society may authorise application

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How to apply to make your group or trust official

10: Applications for incorporation

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How to make your trust board official

11: Registration of boards

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How to show a board is officially registered

12: Evidence of incorporation

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

A trust board becomes a special organisation that can own things and take legal action

13: Effect of incorporation

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Property automatically becomes owned by the new board when trustees join together

14: Vesting of property

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Rules for choosing a name for your charitable trust board

15: Name of board

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Board can ask to change its name with Registrar's approval

16: Change of name at application of board

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

You can ask a judge to look at the Registrar's decision again if you don't agree with it

17: Right to appeal to court

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How to officially send something to a board

18: Service on a board

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How boards can make different types of contracts

19: Form of contracts

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Trustees' actions are usually considered okay, even if there were mistakes in how they were chosen

20: Presumption of validity of acts of trustees, etc

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How a board can use, sell, swap, or buy property

21: Powers in respect of property

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

You can still create charitable groups using other laws, but not if you've already done it under this law.

22: Power to incorporate for charitable purposes under other Acts

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How to tell the Registrar about changes to your trust or rules

23: New trusts, and alterations of rules, trusts, or registered office

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How to close down a society that's set up as a board

24: Voluntary liquidation of society as a board

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

A court can decide to close down a board if it's fair

25: Liquidation of a board by court

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How the Registrar can take a board off the list of registered boards

26: Removal by Registrar

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How leftover stuff is shared when a trust board closes

27: Distribution of surplus assets

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

The Registrar keeps a list of important information and has an official stamp

28: Register of boards and seal of Registrar

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How you can see and use official documents from the Registrar

29: Inspection, production, and evidence of documents kept by Registrar

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Most documents and actions are free under this part of the law

30: Exemption from fees

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How to make changes to charitable trusts

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Important words used in this part of the law

31: Interpretation

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

You can use charity money for a different good cause if the first plan doesn't work out

32: Property may be disposed of for other charitable purposes

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Changing how a charitable trust is run to make it work better

33: Extension of powers or alteration of mode of administration of trust

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Trustees can make a plan to change how they manage a charity's money and property

34: Trustees may prepare a scheme

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Attorney-General reviews new trust plans before court approval

35: Scheme to be laid before Attorney-General

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Tell everyone about changes to a charitable trust before the court decides

36: Scheme to be advertised

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How to use and change money that people give to help others

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

What counts as a charitable purpose in this part of the law

38: Meaning of term charitable purpose in this Part

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

This part explains which charitable donations are covered by the law

39: Funds to which this Part applies

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Rules for using charity money for different purposes when the original plan doesn't work

40: Property may be disposed of for other charitable purposes

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Changing how charity money is managed when it's difficult

41: Extension of powers or alteration of mode of administration of trust

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

People who donate to or hold money for charities can use this part of the law

42: Contributor or money holder may proceed under this Part

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Rules for calling a meeting of people who donated to a charity

43: Convening meeting of contributors

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Telling people about new ideas for using charity money before a meeting

44: Subsequent advertisement or notice of other newly proposed purpose

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How charity meetings work and how decisions are made

45: Proceedings at meetings

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Contributors choose a group to create a plan for the trust's new purpose

46: Scheme committee

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Giving important papers about your group's plan to the Attorney-General

47: Scheme, etc, to be laid before the Attorney-General

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

The Attorney-General can change, approve, or report on plans for money raised for good causes

48: Powers and duties of Attorney-General

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

You can ask for your donation back before the meeting about changing the charity's purpose

49: Contributor may get back money before date fixed for first meeting of contributors

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Attorney-General or court can change how meetings about charity money are held or skip them if not worth the trouble

50: Attorney-General or court may dispense with meeting of contributors

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Extra rules and details about how charitable trusts work

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How different groups can run charitable projects

51: Administration of schemes

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How to pay for making and sharing a plan for charitable trusts

52: Expenses of scheme

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Court decides who can speak about and approve charity plans

53: Jurisdiction of court in respect of schemes

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Court's decision on charity plans must be announced publicly

54: Approval of scheme or refusal by court to approve scheme to be gazetted

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Court or Attorney-General can overlook small mistakes when setting up a charitable trust

55: Power to waive non-compliance with procedural requirements

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Rules for approving special plans for charitable purposes

56: Restrictions on approval of schemes

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

You don't have to pay for certain documents or applications

57: No fee payable to Registrar

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

The government can check how charities work and use their money

58: Inquiries into condition and management of charities

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Property holders must give property to new owners when a plan is approved

59: Holder of property to transfer it in accordance with scheme

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How to ask the court for help when charity money isn't used properly

60: Proceedings to enforce or vary charitable trust or to require a new scheme

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Changing an organisation's rules doesn't change how they must use money or property given for charity

61: Alteration of rules of society or corporation not to affect existing trusts

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Trusts with both good and not-so-good purposes can still be valid

61B: Inclusion of non-charitable and invalid purposes not to invalidate a trust

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

The Government can create special rules to help the Act work better

62: Regulations

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

This law explains what happens to old rules and decisions when the new Charitable Trusts Act starts

63: Repeals, amendment, and savings

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How to record new people in charge of a trust's property

Schedule 1: Memorandum of appointment of new trustees

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

How to ask to be officially recognised as a group that looks after money for good causes

Schedule 2: Forms of application for incorporation as a board

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

List of old laws that don't apply anymore

Schedule 3: Enactments repealed

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Rules for when the law changes

2B: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

The Registrar can change a board's name to follow the rules

15A: Registrar may change name

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Name changes don't affect what a trust board can do or its responsibilities

16A: Effect of change of name

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Trust boards must confirm they're registered when asked, except for charitable groups

22A: Acknowledgement of registration

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Putting a charity board back on the official list if it was taken off by accident

26AA: Restoration to register

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

The Registrar can update or fix information in the register

28A: Amendments to register

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Rules for old and new charitable trust boards

Schedule 1AA: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Special COVID-19 rules for pausing charity debts are no longer in effect

25A: COVID-19 business debt hibernation may apply

Charitable Trusts Act 1957

Societies can choose to stay as they are or become a new type of group

30A: Society may reregister under Incorporated Societies Act 2022

Consumer Guarantees Act 1993

Makers must provide repairs and parts for a reasonable time

12: Guarantee as to repairs and spare parts

Consumer Guarantees Act 1993

Gas and electricity must be safe, reliable, and good enough for everyday use

7A: Guarantee of acceptable quality in supply of gas and electricity

Biosecurity Act 1993

Rules for people who run ports to be fair and honest with users

37C: Port operators

Biosecurity Act 1993

A 'lien' is a special debt on your land that must be paid first, before other debts.

129: Liens

Biosecurity Act 1993

Money collected from a levy must be kept in a special bank account for the Director-General.

140A: Trust accounts for levy money payable to Director-General

Biosecurity Act 1993

Checking people pay the right amount of levy to the government

141B: Compliance audits for Director-General's levy

Biosecurity Act 1993

Sorting out disagreements about paying a levy

142: Resolution of disputes

Biosecurity Act 1993

Checking people are paying the right amount of levy

100P: Compliance audits for levy

Biosecurity Act 1993

Agencies must report how they use the levy money they receive each year.

100R: Management agency to account for levy

Biosecurity Act 1993

Who can represent an industry group under the Biosecurity Act 1993

100ZA: Industry organisation

Biosecurity Act 1993

Auditors must follow the rules and do their job properly when checking organisations.

105D: Auditors' general duties

Biosecurity Act 1993

The person in charge can combine rules and documents into one, making it easier to understand.

166A: Certain secondary legislation or published instruments may be consolidated

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

Rules for when an organisation can be called a charity

27B: When entity qualifies to be listed as charity

Student Loan Scheme Act 2011

You can ask for a review if your group isn't listed as a charity or is taken off the list

176A: Challenge to decision relating to listing of entity as charity

Companies Act 1993

Companies can issue loans that may never be repaid

95A: Perpetual debentures

Companies Act 1993

Reissuing or replacing company debentures that have been paid off

95B: Power to reissue redeemed debentures in certain cases

Companies Act 1993

Court can order you to follow through on agreements to lend money to companies

95C: Specific performance of contracts to subscribe for debentures

Companies Act 1993

Shares and debentures are types of investments in a company.

Companies Act 1993

Settling share price disputes through independent arbitration

112A: Price for shares referred to arbitration if shareholder objects to price

Companies Act 1993

You might get extra money if your share payment is late

112B: Interest payable on outstanding payments

Companies Act 1993

When a company buys your shares and how it affects your shareholder rights

112C: Timing of transfer of shares

Companies Act 1993

Rules for Companies to Follow

Companies Act 1993

This section explains the official name of the law and when it took effect

1: Short Title and commencement

Companies Act 1993

Basic Rules

Companies Act 1993

Explains the meaning of important terms used in the Companies Act 1993

2: Interpretation

Companies Act 1993

How companies must publicly announce important information

3: Public notice

Companies Act 1993

How to check if a company can pay its bills and is worth more than it owes

4: Meaning of solvency test

Companies Act 1993

What it means for companies to own or control other companies

5: Meaning of holding company and subsidiary

Companies Act 1993

This section about what counts as a subsidiary company has been removed from the law

6: Extended meaning of subsidiary

Companies Act 1993

How control of a company's board is determined

7: Control defined

Companies Act 1993

Rules for determining if a company is a subsidiary of another

8: Certain matters to be disregarded

Companies Act 1993

The Companies Act applies to everyone, including the government

9: Act binds the Crown

Companies Act 1993

Things that must be done

Companies Act 1993

What you need to set up a company in New Zealand

10: Essential requirements

Companies Act 1993

How a company is officially formed

Companies Act 1993

How to register a company

11: Right to apply for registration

Companies Act 1993

How to apply to register a company

12: Application for registration

Companies Act 1993

How to officially create and register a new company

13: Registration

Companies Act 1993

Official document proving a company's legal existence

14: Certificate of incorporation

Companies Act 1993

When a company is formed, it becomes a separate person in the eyes of the law.

Companies Act 1993

Companies are separate legal entities from their owners

15: Separate legal personality

Companies Act 1993

What a company can and can't do

Companies Act 1993

Companies have broad powers but must follow legal and constitutional limits

16: Capacity and powers

Companies Act 1993

What makes a company's actions legally valid

Companies Act 1993

Company actions remain valid even if they exceed company powers

17: Validity of actions

Companies Act 1993

How companies deal with outside people and what you can trust

18: Dealings between company and other persons

Companies Act 1993

Public availability of company documents doesn't mean you're expected to know their contents

19: No constructive notice

Companies Act 1993

Company Naming Rules

Companies Act 1993

You must reserve a company name before registering or changing it

20: Name to be reserved

Companies Act 1993

Companies with limited shareholder liability must end their name with "Limited" or "Tāpui (Limited)"

21: Name of company if liability of shareholders limited

Companies Act 1993

How to apply to reserve a company name

22: Application for reservation of name

Companies Act 1993

How to change your company's name and what it means

23: Change of name

Companies Act 1993

Registrar can require a company to change its name or assign a new one

24: Direction to change name

Companies Act 1993

Rules for how companies must use their name in documents and communications

25: Use of company name

Companies Act 1993

Company Rules

Companies Act 1993

Companies can decide whether to have a constitution or not

26: No requirement for company to have constitution

Companies Act 1993

How a company's constitution interacts with the Companies Act

27: Effect of Act on company having constitution

Companies Act 1993

Companies without a constitution are governed by the Companies Act

28: Effect of Act on company not having constitution

Companies Act 1993

Rules for what counts as a company's constitution

29: Form of constitution

Companies Act 1993

What you can include in your company's constitution

30: Contents of constitution

Companies Act 1993

How a company's constitution relates to the Companies Act 1993

31: Effect of constitution

Companies Act 1993

Creating, changing, or removing a company's constitution

32: Adoption, alteration, and revocation of constitution

Companies Act 1993

Submitting a single document with all company rules and changes

33: New form of constitution

Companies Act 1993

Court can change a company's constitution when normal methods are impractical

34: Court may alter constitution

Companies Act 1993

Shares are parts of a company. They have rules and rights. You can buy and sell them.

Companies Act 1993

What shares are and how you can own them

35: Legal nature of shares

Companies Act 1993

What you can do and get as a shareholder

36: Rights and powers attaching to shares

Companies Act 1993

Companies can issue different types of shares with varying rights and features

37: Types of shares

Companies Act 1993

Shares have no fixed value printed on them

38: No nominal value

Companies Act 1993

Shares can be transferred unless the company's rules say otherwise

39: Transferability of shares

Companies Act 1993

Rules for companies when agreeing to issue new shares

40: Contracts for issue of shares

Companies Act 1993

When a company gives out parts of itself to people, called shares.

Companies Act 1993

Shares must be given out when a company is formed or joins with another

41: Issue of shares on registration and amalgamation

Companies Act 1993

Company boards can issue shares as they see fit, following legal and company rules

42: Issue of other shares

Companies Act 1993

Telling the Registrar when new shares are issued

43: Notice of share issue

Companies Act 1993

Company boards can issue new shares if shareholders approve changes to company rules

44: Shareholder approval for issue of shares

Companies Act 1993

Existing shareholders get first chance to buy new shares

45: Pre-emptive rights

Companies Act 1993

How you can pay for shares when a company issues them

46: Consideration for issue of shares

Companies Act 1993

How you might need to pay for shares when a company is first set up

46A: Consideration for issue of shares on registration

Companies Act 1993

Board decides share price and terms for new or existing shares

47: Consideration to be decided by board

Companies Act 1993

When you can issue shares without following the usual rules

48: Exceptions to section 47

Companies Act 1993

Rules for issuing share options and convertible products

49: Consideration in relation to issue of options and convertible financial products

Companies Act 1993

Shares that create new debts need your written consent before they're issued

50: Consent to issue of shares

Companies Act 1993

Shares become official when the owner's name is added to the share register

51: Time of issue of shares

Companies Act 1993

Money given to people who own parts of a company

Companies Act 1993

Company directors can approve sharing profits with shareholders if the company can still pay its bills

52: Board may authorise distributions

Companies Act 1993

Rules for companies paying money to shareholders

53: Dividends

Companies Act 1993

Getting company shares instead of cash dividends

54: Shares in lieu of dividends

Companies Act 1993

Rules for offering special deals to company owners

55: Shareholder discounts

Companies Act 1993

Getting back money or assets given to shareholders when the company couldn't afford it

56: Recovery of distributions

Companies Act 1993

Rules for reducing what shareholders owe for their shares

57: Reduction of shareholder liability a distribution

Companies Act 1993

A company can buy back its own shares.

Companies Act 1993

A company can purchase its own shares if it follows specific legal requirements

58: Company may acquire its own shares

Companies Act 1993

Company's rules for buying its own shares

59: Acquisition of company's own shares

Companies Act 1993

Company board can offer to buy shares from shareholders

60: Board may make offer to acquire shares

Companies Act 1993

Rules for companies buying back their own shares

61: Special offers to acquire shares

Companies Act 1993

Document explaining the company's plan to buy its own shares

62: Disclosure document

Companies Act 1993

Companies must notify shareholders before buying their own shares on the stock exchange

63: Stock exchange acquisitions subject to prior notice to shareholders

Companies Act 1993

Company must provide information about its plan to buy its own shares

64: Disclosure document

Companies Act 1993

Companies can buy shares on the stock exchange without telling shareholders first

65: Stock exchange acquisitions not subject to prior notice to shareholders

Companies Act 1993

What happens to shares when a company buys them back

66: Cancellation of shares repurchased

Companies Act 1993

When a company can be made to buy back its shares

67: Enforceability of contract to repurchase shares

Companies Act 1993

Shares, debentures, and treasury stock are types of investments in a company.

Companies Act 1993

Companies can keep their own shares if their rules allow it

67A: Company may hold its own shares

Companies Act 1993

Company-owned shares have no voting rights or financial benefits

67B: Rights and obligations of shares company holds in itself suspended

Companies Act 1993

Rules for a company selling its own shares

67C: Reissue of shares company holds in itself

Companies Act 1993

Getting back money from shares that a company bought back from you

Companies Act 1993

Defining when a company's shares can be bought back

68: Meaning of redeemable

Companies Act 1993

Company can buy back its own shares under specific conditions

69: Redemption at option of company

Companies Act 1993

A company must be able to pay its debts after buying back its own shares

70: Company must satisfy solvency test

Companies Act 1993

Buying back shares from shareholders under specific conditions

71: Special redemption of shares

Companies Act 1993

Document explaining share redemption process and rules

72: Disclosure document

Companies Act 1993

What happens when a company buys back its own shares

73: Cancellation of shares redeemed

Companies Act 1993

How shareholders can ask the company to buy back their redeemable shares

74: Redemption at option of shareholder

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Setting up a new financial watchdog for New Zealand

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

This Act creates a new group to watch over money matters in New Zealand

3: Purpose of this Act

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Understanding key terms in the Financial Markets Authority Act

4: Interpretation

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The government must follow this law just like everyone else

5: Act binds the Crown

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

New government team created to watch over money matters

6: Financial Markets Authority established

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The FMA is a special part of the New Zealand government with its own rules

7: FMA is Crown entity

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) helps make sure money markets are fair and safe for everyone

9: FMA's functions

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Who is part of the FMA's leadership team

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA board can have special helpers chosen by the Minister

11: Associate members

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Associate members can do FMA board tasks, but only for specific topics

12: Associate member treated as member of board

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Rules about different parts of the Financial Markets Authority

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The FMA can split up its work into different teams

14: FMA may act by divisions

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Rules for setting up and running groups within the Financial Markets Authority

15: Membership, chairperson, meetings, and resolutions of division

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The FMA can use smaller groups to make decisions and do tasks

16: Powers of division

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Rules about how the FMA holds its meetings

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

How many FMA members must attend meetings for decisions to be made

17: Quorum for meetings of FMA

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

What happens if someone can't make it to an important FMA meeting?

18: Completion of proceedings where member unable to attend meeting

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA members can make decisions without meeting if they agree in writing

19: Assent to resolution without meeting

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Other important things to know about

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Minister can ask FMA to check and write about money markets

20: Minister may request that FMA inquire and report

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA and its people can't be sued for doing their job unless they were really careless

22: Protection from liability for FMA and members and employees

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The FMA can share information safely while doing its job

23: FMA's warnings, reports, guidelines, or comments protected by qualified privilege

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

How the FMA proves its decisions in court

24: Evidence of orders and decisions of FMA

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

How the FMA can gather information and enforce rules to keep financial markets fair

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The authority can ask for and collect important information and proof.

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can ask you for information, papers, or to talk to them

25: FMA may require person to supply information, produce documents, or give evidence

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The FMA can collect different types of information to help make decisions

26: Powers of FMA to receive evidence

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Ways you can share information with the FMA

27: How evidence may be given

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The FMA might pay you if you're a witness, but not too much

28: Witnesses' expenses

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can allow searches of places and things to find proof of broken financial rules

29: Power to enter and search place, vehicle, or other thing

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The FMA can share information and documents with other agencies that enforce laws or regulate things, including those in other countries.

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can share information with other agencies to help everyone do their job better

30: Sharing of information and documents with law enforcement or regulatory agencies and overseas regulators

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The ability to help when regulators from other countries ask for assistance

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can help overseas regulators by gathering and sharing information

31: Power of FMA to act on requests of overseas regulators

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The FMA carefully considers requests from overseas before deciding to help

32: FMA's consideration of requests

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Rules about collecting information and making sure people follow the law

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Rules for sharing FMA information with other groups

33: Conditions that may be imposed on providing information, documents, or evidence to other agencies or regulators

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can take legal action for someone else to protect the public

34: FMA may exercise person’s right of action

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Rules for when the FMA can start or take over a legal case for someone else

35: Requirements for FMA exercising person’s right of action

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The court can let the FMA take over some legal cases if it's best for everyone

36: High Court may grant leave in certain circumstances

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Steps the FMA must follow to take action for someone else

37: Procedural requirements for leave to exercise person’s right of action

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Court helps FMA in legal cases about money matters

38: Powers of High Court for proceedings exercising person’s right of action

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can act for a group of people with similar concerns in court

39: Representative actions

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The ability to keep certain information secret

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can keep certain information secret during their work

44: Power to make confidentiality orders

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

You can share secret information if the FMA says it's okay

45: Publication or disclosure with FMA's consent

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The ability to agree on promises with others

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can accept written promises from people or companies about their work

46: FMA may accept undertakings

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Keeping promises made to the FMA and what happens if you don't

47: Enforcement of undertakings

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Asking the High Court for its opinion on a legal matter

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can ask the High Court for help with tricky legal questions

48: FMA may state case for opinion of High Court

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The ability to make someone show a warning

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can make people share its money warnings

49: FMA may require its warning to be disclosed

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can let someone gather important facts or papers

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can let others collect information for them

52: Power to authorise person to obtain information or documents

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Rules for people allowed to get special information for the FMA

53: Requirements for persons authorised to obtain information or documents

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

People working for the FMA won't get in trouble for doing their job

55: Protection from liability for persons exercising powers

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Powers to gather information and protect certain rights

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

What happens when legal actions are going on while powers are being used

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

What happens when you challenge the FMA's powers in court

57: Effect of proceedings

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Other ways people can break the rules when the FMA is gathering information or making sure the rules are followed

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

You can get in trouble if you don't cooperate with the Financial Markets Authority

61: Criminal liability for obstructing exercise of powers

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Other important rules and details

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Rules for sending official notices from the Financial Markets Authority

62: Notices

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

How to send and receive important legal messages

63: Service of notices

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA can use its powers from this law and other laws too

64: Powers not limited

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA people can't share work secrets in court, with some exceptions

65: Limitation on disclosure of information obtained in FMA's operations

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Important changes and rules for money matters

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

People and companies in finance pay money to help run the FMA

68: Levy of financial markets participants and other persons registered or incorporated under Acts referred to in Schedule 1

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

FMA must talk to people before asking for money

69: FMA must consult about request for appropriation

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Words and their meanings in this part of the law

70: Interpretation

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Getting rid of a group that watched over money matters

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The old Securities Commission has been replaced by a new Financial Markets Authority

71: Securities Commission disestablished

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

What happens when the Securities Commission is replaced by the Financial Markets Authority

72: Consequences of disestablishment

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Replacing 'Commission' with 'FMA' in old documents

73: References to Securities Commission

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

This law explains what happens when the Securities Commission closes and the Financial Markets Authority takes over

75: Effect of Act

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The FMA keeps using old records without needing to change names

76: Registers

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

What happens when the Government Actuary's office closes

78: Consequences of disestablishment

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

What to do when you see 'Government Actuary' mentioned in old documents

79: References to Government Actuary

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Other important rules and details

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Rules about Ministry workers getting new jobs at the Financial Markets Authority

81: Ministry of Economic Development employees

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

This law changes other laws to keep everything up to date

82: Amendments to other enactments

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Changes to laws and rules when the Securities Commission became the Financial Markets Authority

84: Amendments consequential on replacement of Commission by FMA

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Changes to laws and rules: replacing 'Government Actuary' with 'FMA'

85: Amendments consequential on replacement of Government Actuary by FMA

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Laws that help keep money and financial services safe in New Zealand

Schedule 1: Financial markets legislation

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Changes to other laws and rules because of the new money watchdog law

Schedule 3: Amendments to other enactments

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Changes to laws: replacing old names with Financial Markets Authority

Schedule 4: Amendments to replace references to Securities Commission or Government Actuary

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The FMA aims to make financial markets fair and easy for everyone

8: FMA's main objective

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The FMA must talk to you about legal actions they take about you, unless it makes things too difficult for them

40: FMA must consult person A

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Legal time limits for FMA start when they ask permission to sue

42: Special limitation provision

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Rules for handling old and new financial market issues

43: Transitional provisions

Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

The FMA must tell people when they make, change, or cancel rules

50: FMA must give notice of orders

Crimes Act 1961

It's against the law to hurt or mess with computers in ways that can harm people or break things.

250: Damaging or interfering with computer system

Crimes Act 1961

It's against the law to create, sell, or have computer programs that help people break into computers or do illegal things.

251: Making, selling, or distributing or possessing software for committing crime

Crown Entities Act 2004

Rules for Government Organisations to Follow

Crown Entities Act 2004

Introduction to the Law

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown entities must follow rules from several laws, including their own special law and general laws like the Companies Act and Public Service Act.

4: Application of Acts to Crown entities

Crown Entities Act 2004

What the main parts of the Crown Entities Act 2004 are about

12: Outline of main Crown entity provisions

Crown Entities Act 2004

Rules for Groups Helping the Government

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown Entities Act 2004

How the government sets up a new organisation with its own rules and powers.

Crown Entities Act 2004

Setting up a special group to do a specific job using a separate law

13: Establishment of statutory entity

Crown Entities Act 2004

What jobs a statutory entity is supposed to do

14: Functions

Crown Entities Act 2004

What jobs statutory entities are allowed to do

16: Core things statutory entities can do

Crown Entities Act 2004

Do your job only: use your powers for the right tasks

18: Acts must be for purpose of functions

Crown Entities Act 2004

Are the things Crown entities do actually allowed and legal?

Crown Entities Act 2004

Breaking a law or doing something wrong makes an action invalid, but a court can still help.

19: Acts in breach of statute are invalid

Crown Entities Act 2004

Some things you do with a government organisation are okay, even if they're not perfectly legal.

20: Some natural person acts protected

Crown Entities Act 2004

Things done by a statutory entity are valid even if they're not the best choice for it

22: Acts that are not in best interests of statutory entity

Crown Entities Act 2004

Statutory entities must keep their word when dealing with you

23: Dealings between statutory entities and other persons

Crown Entities Act 2004

Members of a group must follow rules and answer to a Minister for their actions.

26: Accountability of members to responsible Minister

Crown Entities Act 2004

The Minister's job is to oversee and guide a statutory entity to ensure it follows the rules and does its job properly.

27: Responsible Minister's role

Crown Entities Act 2004

Who can be on a board, how they get chosen, and what rules they must follow

Crown Entities Act 2004

How Ministers choose the right people for important jobs

29: Criteria for appointments or recommendations by responsible Minister

Crown Entities Act 2004

Who can be a member of a government group

30: Qualifications of members

Crown Entities Act 2004

When the Government can remove elected members from certain groups

38: Removal of elected members of Crown agents and autonomous Crown entities

Crown Entities Act 2004

No other paid job allowed without Minister's approval

46: Member of corporation sole not to hold concurrent office

Crown Entities Act 2004

How much money people get paid and what expenses they can claim

Crown Entities Act 2004

How much members of government groups get paid for their work

47: Remuneration of members

Crown Entities Act 2004

A government organisation must manage its money and belongings carefully.

51: Entity must operate in financially responsible manner

Crown Entities Act 2004

Follow the rules: do what the law and your organisation's law say

53: Duty to comply with this Act and entity's Act

Crown Entities Act 2004

Be careful and work hard in your role, like a reasonable person would.

56: Duty to act with reasonable care, diligence, and skill

Crown Entities Act 2004

Keep work secrets secret unless the law says you can share them

57: Duty not to disclose information

Crown Entities Act 2004

Board members are responsible for working together and following the rules, or they might lose their job.

58: Accountability for collective board duties

Crown Entities Act 2004

Being responsible for your individual duties as a member of a government group

59: Accountability for individual duties

Crown Entities Act 2004

Rules to stop people making decisions that help themselves, not others

Crown Entities Act 2004

Telling others about personal interests that could affect your decisions

62: When interests must be disclosed

Crown Entities Act 2004

Tell others if you have a personal interest in something that affects your group

63: Obligation to disclose interest

Crown Entities Act 2004

Who you must tell about your interests when you're part of a government group

64: Who disclosure of interests must be made to

Crown Entities Act 2004

What happens if you don't tell people about your interests when you're supposed to

67: Consequences of failing to disclose interest

Crown Entities Act 2004

When you have a conflict of interest, you can still make decisions if you get written permission.

68: Permission to act despite being interested in matter

Crown Entities Act 2004

Proving a deal is fair if there's a conflict of interest

71: Onus of proving fair value

Crown Entities Act 2004

The board can give some of its jobs to others, like members, employees, or approved people.

73: Ability to delegate

Crown Entities Act 2004

What happens when someone is given a job or power to act on behalf of a group or organisation

74: Powers of delegate

Crown Entities Act 2004

Delegating tasks doesn't stop you from being in charge or responsible for what your delegates do.

75: Effect of delegation on entity or board

Crown Entities Act 2004

When someone takes back a job they gave you to do

76: Revocations of delegations

Crown Entities Act 2004

Rules about how boards work and make decisions.

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown Entities Act 2004

How the government sets up and owns special companies

Crown Entities Act 2004

The government can buy shares in its own companies, but only if two or more Ministers agree, including the Minister of Finance.

79: Formation and acquisition of shares in Crown entity companies

Crown Entities Act 2004

Rules for Ministers about buying and selling shares in government companies

80: Restrictions relating to shares in Crown entity companies

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown entity companies must have a constitution that says they are a Crown entity.

81: Crown entity company must have constitution stating it is Crown entity

Crown Entities Act 2004

The government must show the company's rules to Parliament when it becomes a Crown company.

82: Constitution must be presented to House of Representatives

Crown Entities Act 2004

Minister chooses someone to make decisions for them in a government-owned company

84: Appointment of representative of shareholding Minister

Crown Entities Act 2004

How Crown entity companies follow the Companies Act and other laws

85: Interface with Companies Act 1993 and other Acts

Crown Entities Act 2004

The board's job is to manage the company and make decisions according to the rules.

86: Board's role

Crown Entities Act 2004

Members of Crown entity companies are responsible to the Government for their actions.

87: Accountability of members to shareholding Ministers

Crown Entities Act 2004

Ministers who help manage government-owned companies

88: Shareholding Ministers' role

Crown Entities Act 2004

Who gets to be on a board and how they can be removed

Crown Entities Act 2004

How the Minister chooses people to be on a Crown company team

89: Criteria for appointments by shareholding Minister

Crown Entities Act 2004

Tell the Ministers about your interests before joining a Crown entity company

90: Members must disclose interests before appointment

Crown Entities Act 2004

What jobs the board must do together

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown entity companies must do things that match their goals and plans.

92: Duty to act consistently with objectives, functions, statement of intent, and statement of performance expectations

Crown Entities Act 2004

Board members are responsible for working together and following the rules, or they might lose their job.

94: Accountability for collective board duties

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown entity members must follow the rules in this Act and their own Act.

95: Duty to comply with this Act and entity's Act

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown Entities Act 2004

How the government sets up and owns smaller groups that help it work.

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown entities must follow rules when buying or creating a new subsidiary company.

96: Acquisition of subsidiaries

Crown Entities Act 2004

Rules for Crown entities to control their subsidiaries

97: Subsidiaries: rules applying to all Crown entities

Crown Entities Act 2004

Rules for statutory entities to manage their subsidiaries correctly

98: Subsidiaries: rules applying only to statutory entities

Crown Entities Act 2004

Rules for companies with more than one parent company

99: Application to multi-parent subsidiaries

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown entities must follow rules when buying shares or interests in companies, trusts, or partnerships.

100: Acquisition of shares or interests in companies, trusts, and partnerships, etc

Crown Entities Act 2004

A corporation sole cannot own parts of other companies without approval.

101: Corporation sole may not acquire interests in bodies corporate

Crown Entities Act 2004

How Crown entities work with company and information laws

102: Interface with Companies Act 1993 and other Acts

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown Entities Rules

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown Entities Act 2004

The government gives instructions to certain organisations it is in charge of.

Crown Entities Act 2004

The government can ask some organisations to follow its plans when making decisions.

104: Power to direct autonomous Crown entities to have regard to government policy

Crown Entities Act 2004

Ministers can't tell independent Crown entities what to do, unless another law says they can.

105: No power to direct independent Crown entities or Crown entity companies on government policy unless provided in another Act

Crown Entities Act 2004

Government can give you instructions if you work for a Crown Entity

106: Directions to members and office holders of entities

Crown Entities Act 2004

Government ministers can give instructions to government departments and companies to help them work together better

107: Directions to support whole of government approach

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown entities must follow the instructions they are given.

110: Obligation to give effect to direction

Crown Entities Act 2004

The government can't control some decisions made by Crown entities to keep them independent.

113: Safeguarding independence of Crown entities

Crown Entities Act 2004

The government gives instructions to organisations that work for it.

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown entities must follow the rules and directions given to them by the government.

114: Crown entities must comply with directions given under statutory power of direction

Crown Entities Act 2004

Rules for Crown entity workers from the Public Service Act 2020

119: Application of clauses 12 to 14 of Schedule 8 of the Public Service Act 2020

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown Entities Act 2004

Protection from debts if you work for a government organisation

120: Protections from liabilities of statutory entity

Crown Entities Act 2004

People working for the government can't be sued for some mistakes they make while doing their job.

121: Immunity from civil liability

Crown Entities Act 2004

Protection for people in statutory entities from costs of mistakes or wrongdoing

122: Indemnities in relation to excluded act or omission

Crown Entities Act 2004

Protection for people in organisations if they make a mistake at work

123: Insurance for liability of member, office holder, or employee

Crown Entities Act 2004

Paying back money if you get too much indemnity or insurance

125: Breach of indemnity and insurance limits

Crown Entities Act 2004

How government organisations work with other groups and people.

Crown Entities Act 2004

How a government organisation can make a formal agreement or contract

127: Method of contracting

Crown Entities Act 2004

A statutory entity's official stamp, called a common seal, proves something is genuine and trustworthy.

128: Seal

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown Entities Act 2004

Checking how well a government-owned business is working

132: Review of Crown entity's operations and performance

Crown Entities Act 2004

Money rules for organisations

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown Entities Act 2004

What special words mean in this part of the law

136: Interpretation for this Part

Crown Entities Act 2004

Crown Entities Act 2004

When this law applies to organisations, starting from 2006, it has a special condition.

137: Application of this subpart

Crown Entities Act 2004

Groups must plan ahead and say what they intend to do.

Crown Entities Act 2004

A Crown entity can change its plans if they are wrong or have changed, and must follow a set process to do so.

148: Amendments to final statement of intent by Crown entity

Litter Act 1979

Company bosses can be guilty too if they know the company is breaking the law

18: Liability of officers of body corporate

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

What's included in a local alcohol policy

77: Contents of policies

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

This part of the law is about making rules for selling and supplying alcohol to help keep our community safe.

3: Purpose

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

The goal of this law is to help you buy, supply, and drink alcohol safely and responsibly.

4: Object

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

What words in the alcohol law mean

5: Interpretation

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Alcohol laws help keep you safe. They say who can sell alcohol and when. There are rules for places that sell alcohol, like shops and restaurants. These rules help stop people from getting hurt or sick from drinking too much.

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Some people are exempt from rules about selling and giving away alcohol.

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Some alcohol sales by makers and sellers are exempt from the law

8: Certain sales by makers, importers, distributors, and wholesalers exempted

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Selling alcohol to drink on the premises

14: On-licences generally

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Rules for restaurants that let customers bring their own alcohol

15: On-licences: BYO restaurants

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Selling alcohol to take away from an off-licence, and rules for free or paid samples

17: Off-licences: sale and supply on licensed premises

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Alcohol can be delivered straight to off-licences from suppliers with a prior arrangement

19: Off-licences: direct delivery of alcohol, by arrangement with holder, by distributor, importer, manufacturer, or wholesaler

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Auctioneers with a special licence can sell alcohol at auctions.

20: Off-licences: auctioneers

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Selling alcohol to club members on club premises

21: Club licences

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Licences for special events that let you sell alcohol in certain ways.

22: Special licences

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

You don't have to sell alcohol to everyone, or let them drink on your premises.

24: No obligation to serve

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Only eligible people can get an alcohol licence

27: Licences not to be issued to persons not empowered to hold them

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Who can sell alcohol: people, companies, and groups over 20 years old

28: Who can hold on-licences, off-licences, and special licences

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Rules for restaurants that let customers bring their own alcohol

37: On-licences for BYO restaurants

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Selling alcohol at events: special rules for caterers

38: On-licences for caterers

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Special alcohol licence for people who run auctions

39: Off-licences for auctioneers

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Rules for getting a special licence to sell alcohol to drink elsewhere

42: Restrictions on issue of special licences for consumption off-premises

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Maximum hours to sell or serve alcohol in New Zealand

43: Default national maximum trading hours

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

When you can sell alcohol depends on your local area's rules and your licence.

45: Permitted trading hours for premises with relevant local alcohol policy

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Buying alcohol online is allowed at any time, but there are still some delivery rules.

49: Remote sales exempted from trading hours restrictions

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Licenced places must sell low-alcohol drinks for people to drink there.

52: Low-alcohol drinks to be available

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Rules for selling alcohol to take away with a special licence

55: Requirements relating to special licences for consumption off-premises

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Alcohol sellers must display signs showing their opening hours at every main entrance.

56: Display of signs: on-licences, off-licences

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Showing your alcohol licence where people can see it

57: Display of licence: all licences

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Rules you must follow when selling or supplying alcohol

63: Requirements and restrictions imposed as conditions

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Tell the licensing authority if your alcohol-licensed company's owners or name change

69: Notification of licensing authority by company of changes in company shareholding or name

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Tell the licensing authority if you buy or sell shares in an alcohol-licensed company

70: Notification of licensing authority by beneficial owner of shares of changes in shareholding

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

What happens when you give up your alcohol licence or manager's certificate

73: Surrender of licence or manager's certificate

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Telling people about your alcohol licence application

101: Notification requirements

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Rules can be added to alcohol licences if the local area has specific alcohol rules.

109: Conditions may be imposed if required by local alcohol policy

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Special rules for places that sell alcohol, like bars and clubs, to keep people safe

110: Particular conditions: on-licences and club licences

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Some alcohol licences have a one-way door rule that says when people can enter or leave a premises.

111: Imposition of one-way door restrictions by condition

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Rules for selling alcohol from a shop or supermarket, like who you can sell to and when

116: Particular discretionary conditions, and other compulsory conditions: off-licences

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Extra rules licence holders must follow, decided by the people approving the licence

117: Other discretionary conditions

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Some rules might only apply to certain areas or times on licensed premises.

118: Different conditions may apply to different parts of premises

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Your old alcohol licence ends when a new one is issued for the same place.

121: Licence expires when new licence issued for same premises

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

How to renew your alcohol licence

127: Application for renewal of licence

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

People who check if alcohol sellers are following the rules

197: Licensing inspectors

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

What you need to qualify for a manager's certificate to sell alcohol

222: Criteria for manager's certificates

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

How to renew your alcohol manager's certificate before it expires

224: Application for renewal of manager's certificates

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Who gets to decide if you can renew your alcohol manager's certificate?

226: Who decides application for renewal of manager's certificates

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Appointing a temporary manager when your regular manager is away

229: Temporary manager

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Telling authorities about new alcohol managers

231: Notice of appointment, etc, of manager, temporary manager, or acting manager

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Selling alcohol without a licence is against the law

233: Sales by unlicensed persons

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

No selling alcohol in unlicensed places

234: Allowing unlicensed premises to be used for sale of alcohol

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Don't encourage people to drink too much alcohol

237: Irresponsible promotion of alcohol

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

No one under 18 can work where alcohol is sold, unless they're doing certain jobs.

242: Employment of minors

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Selling alcohol without permission is against the law

247: Unauthorised sale or supply

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Don't let people get too drunk at your alcohol venue or you could be fined.

249: Allowing people to become intoxicated

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Selling spirits in big containers: you can't sell spirits in containers over 500ml to drink on the premises

254: Sales of spirit in vessel exceeding 500 ml

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

What happens if a bar or restaurant manager isn't doing their job properly and might lose their licence

285: Suspension or cancellation of manager's certificates

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Licence to sell alcohol can be suspended if you don't follow health and safety rules.

286: Suspension of licence for non-compliance with public health or fire precaution requirements

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

When You Break Alcohol Sales Rules, You Might Lose Your Licence

288: Holdings giving rise to cancellation of licence and manager's certificate

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Losing your alcohol manager's certificate if you get in trouble three times in three years

290: Cancellation of manager's certificate after 3 holdings within 3 years

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Licensing trusts must pay taxes like a business, including income tax and rates.

306: Licensing trust liable to taxes

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Making a deal with people you owe money to, like a company would

336: Power to compromise with creditors

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Trustees must prepare and publicly share accurate financial reports each year

383: Financial statements

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Rules made by the Governor-General about alcohol licences and sales

397: Regulations

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Licences to sell alcohol that you already had are still valid under the new law.

409: Existing licences continue in force

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Understanding old company rules about alcohol sales and licences

413: Interpretation of documents constituting certain existing bodies corporate

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Trusts that can sell alcohol in New Zealand

Schedule 1: Existing licensing and community trusts

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

How to tell if a shop is a grocery store

33: Determining whether premises are grocery store

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

No off-licences for petrol stations, garages, dairies, or some shops.

36: No off-licences for petrol stations, certain garages, dairies, convenience stores, conveyances, or shops within shops

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

How licensing committees hold meetings and make decisions

190: Meetings of licensing committees

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Supermarkets and grocery shops can only sell certain types of alcohol with 15% or less ethanol.

58: Restriction on kinds of alcohol sold in supermarkets and grocery shops, and premises directly accessible from supermarket or grocery shop

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Your licence renewal application is cancelled if the licence expires.

124: Application for renewal lapses if licence expires

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

You need to choose a manager if you have a licence to sell alcohol.

212: Appointment of managers: on-licences, off-licences, and club licences

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Using computers to keep records instead of writing them down

6: Use of electronic records

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Selling alcohol from a different place while your shop is being fixed

74: Temporary licence during repairs, etc

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Rules for selling alcohol in one area of a shop or venue

114: Effect of single-area conditions

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Keep a record of who manages your alcohol-selling business, including their details, for at least 2 years.

232: Licensees to keep record of managers, acting managers, and temporary managers

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

What happens to alcohol licence applications made 6-12 months after the new law started

407: Disposal of applications made between 6 and 12 months after day of assent

Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012

Winery cellar doors must offer snack food when selling wine samples to customers.

62A: Snack food to be available when samples sold from winery cellar doors

Criminal Procedure Act 2011

Corporations must have a authorised person to represent them in court

12: Representatives of corporations

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Protecting New Zealand's Important Assets from Overseas Ownership

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What the Overseas Investment Act 2005 is called

1: Title

Overseas Investment Act 2005

When the Overseas Investment Act 2005 starts, and how the Governor-General chooses the start date

2: Commencement

Overseas Investment Act 2005

This law helps protect important New Zealand assets from overseas owners by setting rules and conditions.

3: Purpose

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What the Overseas Investment Act 2005 is about and how it works in New Zealand

4: Overview

Overseas Investment Act 2005

This Act includes fishing investment rules from the Fisheries Act 1996.

5: Act incorporates sections 56 to 58B of Fisheries Act 1996

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What words in the Overseas Investment Act 2005 mean

6: Interpretation

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Who is considered a person from overseas under New Zealand law?

7: Who are overseas persons

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What it means to be an associate and have associated land in the Overseas Investment Act

8: Meaning of associate and associated land

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules for overseas investments: • Get consent before investing • Follow conditions for consent • Tell the truth in applications Investments need to benefit New Zealand.

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Overseas Investment Act 2005

When do you need permission to invest overseas?

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Before investing in special New Zealand things from overseas, you must ask for permission first.

10: Consent required for overseas investments in sensitive New Zealand assets

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Get approval before making an overseas investment

11: Consent must be obtained before overseas investment given effect

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What are overseas investments in sensitive New Zealand assets

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What is an overseas investment in New Zealand's sensitive land?

12: What are overseas investments in sensitive land

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What is an overseas investment in a big New Zealand business?

13: What are overseas investments in significant business assets

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules to decide if someone can invest in New Zealand

Overseas Investment Act 2005

How the Minister decides whether to approve an overseas investment

14: Approach to criteria for consent

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Who's in charge when people from overseas invest in New Zealand?

15: Who are relevant overseas persons, and individuals with control, for overseas investments

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules for overseas investors buying special New Zealand land

16: Criteria for consent for overseas investments in sensitive land

Overseas Investment Act 2005

How the government decides if overseas investments in special New Zealand land are beneficial

17: Factors for assessing benefit of overseas investments in sensitive land

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules for overseas investors buying big New Zealand businesses

18: Criteria for consent for overseas investments in significant business assets

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Checking if overseas investors are good characters

19: Applying good character and Immigration Act 2009 criteria

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Some overseas investors don't have to follow all the rules when buying New Zealand farm land

20: Exemptions from farm land offer criterion

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Asking for permission to invest from overseas: follow the rules

21: Application for consent

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Who needs to ask for permission to make an overseas investment?

22: Who must apply for consent

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What you need to do when applying for consent to invest from overseas

23: Requirements for application for consent

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Who gets to say yes or no to your overseas investment application?

24: Who decides application

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The Minister says yes or no to overseas investment applications

25: Granting or refusal of consent

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The Minister can cancel an overseas investment approval if it was obtained unfairly

26: Minister may revoke consent in case of fraud

Overseas Investment Act 2005

You can change your overseas investment consent if you and the Minister agree.

27: Consent may be varied by agreement

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules that overseas investors must follow when buying something in New Zealand

28: Conditions of consent

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The law can stop a deal if it wasn't approved, even after it's happened.

29: Transaction may be cancelled

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The person in charge of overseas investments is called the regulator, chosen by the Minister.

30: Regulator

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The regulator's job is to help manage overseas investment in New Zealand and make sure everyone follows the rules.

31: What regulator does

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The Minister can pass some of their jobs to someone else, but not all decisions can be given away.

32: Delegation by relevant Minister or Ministers

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules for when someone is given a job to do under the Overseas Investment Act 2005

33: Rules that apply to delegation under this Act or regulations

Overseas Investment Act 2005

A Ministerial directive letter is a special letter from the Minister that tells the regulator what to do about overseas investment in New Zealand.

34: Ministerial directive letter

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The regulator can create rules to help people follow the Overseas Investment Act 2005.

36: Regulator may issue guidelines

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The regulator can ask you for information to check you're following the rules.

38: Regulator may require person to provide information for monitoring purposes

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The regulator can ask for information to help track overseas investments in New Zealand.

39: Regulator may require any person to provide information for statistical or monitoring purposes

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The regulator can ask you to sign a special paper to prove you're following the rules.

40: Regulator may require person to provide statutory declaration as to compliance

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The regulator can ask for information or documents to check people are following the rules.

41: Regulator may require information and documents to be provided

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Breaking the rules about investing from overseas can be against the law.

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Breaking the law by making an overseas investment without permission

42: Offence of giving effect to overseas investment without consent

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Breaking the Overseas Investment Act 2005 on purpose or by not caring about the rules is against the law

43: Offence of defeating, evading, or circumventing operation of Act

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Breaking the law: stopping others from doing their job can get you in trouble

44: Offence of resisting, obstructing, or deceiving

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Breaking the Overseas Investment Act 2005 rules can lead to a big fine if you don't follow them without a good reason.

45: Offence of failing to comply with notice, requirement, or condition

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Telling lies or giving wrong information to the regulator is against the law

46: Offence of false or misleading statement or omission

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Court can make you sell property if you break the rules

47: Court may order disposal of property

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Court can order you to pay a fine if you break the Overseas Investment Act 2005 rules

48: Court may order person in breach or involved in breach to pay civil pecuniary penalty

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Court can make you register a mortgage to follow the rules or pay back money

49: Court may order mortgage to be registered over land

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The court can make you pay extra money if you break the rules or don't pay on time.

50: Court may order interest to be paid

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Courts can make you follow the rules of your overseas investment approval

51: Court may order compliance with condition of consent, exemption, exemption certificate, direction order, or interim direction order

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Fines for breaking the rules

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Paying a penalty for filing documents late with the government

52: Administrative penalties for late filing

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Paying a penalty when you apply late for permission to invest overseas

53: Administrative penalty for retrospective consent

Overseas Investment Act 2005

You must have a New Zealand address to get important documents if you're involved in overseas investments.

54: Address for service

Overseas Investment Act 2005

The court can still make a decision even if you don't show up, if you got proper notice.

55: Non-appearance not ground for court to refuse order under Act if person served in accordance with section 54A

Overseas Investment Act 2005

A search warrant lets officials look at a place or thing to find evidence of a crime.

56: Search warrant

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What a search warrant should look like and what it should say

57: Form and content of search warrant

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What police can do with a special search warrant paper

58: Powers conferred by search warrant

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules to help the Overseas Investment Act 2005 work

61: Regulations

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Land near water owned by the government isn't considered subdivided

62: Foreshore, seabed, riverbed, or lakebed acquired by the Crown under consent process is not subdivision

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Overseas Investment Act 2005

You don't get paid if you lose your job because of the Overseas Investment Act.

65: No compensation for loss of office

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Changes that happen as a result of other changes

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Changes to other laws because of the Overseas Investment Act 2005

75: Consequential amendments

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Stopping old investment laws from being used anymore

76: Repeal and revocations

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What happens to things that were already underway when the new overseas investment rules started

77: Transitional provision for acts done or begun under previous overseas investment regime

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules from the old law still apply to some overseas investments made before 2005

78: Transitional provision for consents, exemptions, and conditions under 1973 Act and Regulations

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules for old fishing permissions still apply

79: Transitional provision for permissions, etc, under Fisheries Act 1996

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Land that has special rules because of its type, size, or location, like near the beach or on certain islands

Schedule 1: Sensitive land

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules to help when laws change or are updated

Overseas Investment Act 2005

When you don't need permission to invest from overseas

11A: Exemptions from requirement for consent

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Is the overseas investment good for New Zealand?

16A: Benefit to New Zealand test

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Apply early for permission to make overseas investments in sensitive land

23A: Applications for standing consent in advance of transaction

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules you must follow when someone says yes to your overseas investment

25A: Conditions of consent

Overseas Investment Act 2005

You can ask for a new approval if you already have one with conditions.

27A: Consent holder may apply for new consent

Overseas Investment Act 2005

When You Don't Need Permission to Invest in New Zealand Land

Schedule 3: Exemptions from requirement for consent

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Permissions to make multiple investments in New Zealand without needing to apply each time

Schedule 4: Standing consents

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Selling or getting rid of property

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Defending yourself if you break the Overseas Investment Act 2005 rules

48A: Defences for person involved in contravention, offence, or failure

Overseas Investment Act 2005

A statement saying you followed the rules to get permission

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Sending or giving important papers to people

Overseas Investment Act 2005

How the regulator sends you important documents or notices

54A: Notices or other documents given, provided, or served by regulator

Overseas Investment Act 2005

How to prove you sent important documents correctly

55A: Proof that documents given, provided, or served

Overseas Investment Act 2005

When following the law is too hard or expensive, you can get exemptions to make things easier

61B: Purpose of exemptions

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules for when the law changes: what happens to things you started before or after the change

Schedule 1AA: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Special rules to help with changes in the Overseas Investment Act 2005

8B: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules for buying New Zealand homes or land that need special permission to benefit New Zealand

16B: Conditions for consents relating to sensitive land that is residential land: benefit to New Zealand test

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules that apply to every overseas investment in New Zealand

25B: Automatic conditions: every overseas investment

Overseas Investment Act 2005

What happens if a court decides the Overseas Investment Act was used unfairly

41C: Effect of final decision that exercise of powers under sections 38 to 41 unlawful

Overseas Investment Act 2005

Rules for keeping shared information private and safe

41E: Conditions relating to publication or disclosure of information or documents

Building Societies Act 1965

How documents are registered and what it means

121B: Registration of documents

Building Societies Act 1965

Registrar can ask for changes to documents before adding them to building society records

121C: Registrar may require document to be registrable or otherwise comply before registration

Building Societies Act 1965

How the government saves important building society papers

121D: When documents are registered

Building Societies Act 1965

You can check information about building societies

121F: Inspection of register

Building Societies Act 1965

Getting official copies of building society records

121G: Obtaining certified copy or extract from register

Building Societies Act 1965

Explaining important words used in the Building Societies Act

2: Interpretation

Building Societies Act 1965

The rule about building societies having an official seal was removed

5: Official seal

Building Societies Act 1965

The Registrar no longer needs to write a yearly report about building societies

7: Annual report by Registrar

Building Societies Act 1965

How to start a building society in New Zealand

13: Mode of establishing society

Building Societies Act 1965

Rules for starting a building society must be checked and approved

14: Registration of rules of society

Building Societies Act 1965

Rules tell you what a building society must do and how it works

17: Contents of rules

Building Societies Act 1965

Building societies must use their official registered name or face penalties

22: Society to use registered name

Building Societies Act 1965

How to change the name of your building society

23: Change of name

Building Societies Act 1965

Building societies can't start working until they get a special permission paper

28: Business not to be commenced before incorporation

Building Societies Act 1965

Building societies can join together to become one society

32: Union of societies

Building Societies Act 1965

Extra rules for societies joining together or passing on their duties

34: Supplementary provisions as to union and transfer of engagements

Building Societies Act 1965

How to tell the government when your building society moves its main office

73: Change of registered office

Building Societies Act 1965

Building societies need at least two people to run them

83: Directors

Building Societies Act 1965

Directors must tell others about their business interests

86: Disclosure of interest by directors

Building Societies Act 1965

Workers at building societies can't take extra money for helping with loans or insurance

87: Officers not to accept commissions

Building Societies Act 1965

Telling officials when important people join or leave a building society

88: Notice of changes in holding of certain offices

Building Societies Act 1965

Directors must write a report about the society's performance for the yearly meeting

95: Directors' report

Building Societies Act 1965

Breaking rules about money reports and meetings can get building society directors in trouble

97A: Offences relating to laying financial statements before annual general meeting, half-yearly financial statements, directors' report, and distribution of financial statements

Building Societies Act 1965

Rules can't protect building society leaders from getting in trouble for their mistakes

107: Officers and auditors not to be exempted from liability

Building Societies Act 1965

Building society members can vote to change into a company

113A: Building society may approve scheme for conversion of society into company under Companies Act 1993

Building Societies Act 1965

Building society needs approval to become a company

113C: Special resolution approving scheme for conversion to be registered by Registrar of Building Societies

Building Societies Act 1965

What happens to a building society's stuff when it becomes a company

113E: Consequential provisions on conversion of society

Building Societies Act 1965

New company from building society can't give out special or prize-winning shares

113H: Prohibition on issue of terminating or bonus balloting shares in company to which society converts

Building Societies Act 1965

Rules for protecting certain shareholders when a building society becomes a company

113I: Preservation of rights of terminating shareholders

Building Societies Act 1965

No more prize draws three years after a building society becomes a company

113P: Prohibition of bonus ballots after expiry of 3 years from conversion date

Building Societies Act 1965

Rules for changing building societies into companies

113Q: Regulations for purposes of this Part

Building Societies Act 1965

How a building society can be closed down by someone in charge

118: Dissolution by appointment of liquidator

Building Societies Act 1965

Telling the official record keeper when a building society is closing down

120: Notice of dissolution or liquidation

Freedom Camping Act 2011

Car rental agreements can include rules about paying fines for breaking camping laws

29: Rental service agreement may provide for payment of infringement fee

Freedom Camping Act 2011

Rental companies must follow steps before charging you for breaking camping rules

30: Charging hirer for infringement fee

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

This law's name tells us it's about rules for people who help with immigration in New Zealand

1: Title

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

When the rules for immigration advisers start working

2: Commencement

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

This law makes rules to keep immigration advice safe and good

3: Purpose and scheme of Act

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

You can't give immigration advice unless you have a special permission or don't need one

6: Prohibition on providing immigration advice unless licensed or exempt

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Rules for people giving immigration advice from outside New Zealand

8: Offshore immigration advice

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Rules for becoming a licensed immigration adviser

10: Who may be licensed as immigration adviser

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Governor-General can make or remove rules about who needs a licence to help with immigration

12: Exemption, or removal of exemption, by Order in Council

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

People who can't become licensed immigration advisers

15: Persons prohibited from licensing

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

People who might not be allowed to become immigration advisers

16: Persons subject to restriction on being licensed

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

How to apply to become a licensed immigration adviser

18: Application for licence

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

You can't give your immigration adviser licence to someone else

25: Licence may not be transferred

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

When and why an immigration adviser can lose their licence

27: Cancellation of licence

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

How the Registrar cancels an adviser's licence

28: Process for cancellation

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

When does a cancelled or suspended licence stop working?

30: Effective date of cancellation or suspension

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Your immigration adviser licence will end if you don't renew it on time

33: Expiry of licence

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

The Registrar makes rules for immigration advisers to follow

36: Registrar to develop competency standards

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Registrar makes rules for immigration advisers to follow

37: Registrar to develop code of conduct

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

What happens when someone complains about an immigration adviser

45: Procedure on receipt of complaint by Registrar

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

What happens if an immigration adviser does something wrong

51: Disciplinary sanctions

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

The adviser's licence can be put on hold if someone complains about them

53: Suspension of licence pending outcome of complaint

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

You can challenge a decision to cancel your adviser licence

55: Appeal to Tribunal against determination by Registrar to cancel licence

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Why inspections happen for immigration advisers

56: Purposes of inspection

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

You can only help with immigration if you have permission or don't need it

63: Offence to provide immigration advice unless licensed or exempt

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

You can get in trouble for giving wrong information when applying for a licence

66: Offence to provide false or misleading information

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Breaking the law by not telling about important changes if you help with immigration

70: Offence to fail to notify change in circumstances

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

If you're accused of giving immigration advice without a licence, the law assumes you need one

74: Presumption as to non-exemption

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

What information is kept about immigration advisers

78: Contents of register

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

What happens when you get temporary permission to give immigration advice

83: Effect of interim order

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Setting fees for immigration adviser licences

89: Licensing fees

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Rules about fees for licensed immigration advisers

90: Immigration adviser's levy

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Sharing information about immigration advisers with other countries

92: Disclosure of personal information overseas

Immigration Advisers Licensing Act 2007

Rules for immigration advisers can be made by the Governor-General

94: Regulations

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Creating Rules for Financial Markets

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Introduction to rules

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 is trying to achieve

3: Main purposes

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What extra things this law is trying to achieve for you and financial markets

4: Additional purposes

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Introduction to the basic rules and information.

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

A law to keep money and investments fair and safe for you in New Zealand.

5: Overview

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What words and phrases mean in the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

6: Interpretation

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What a financial product is, like loans, company shares, and investments.

7: Meaning of financial product

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What different kinds of financial products mean

8: Definitions relating to kinds of financial products

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What 'financial benefit' and 'managed investment scheme' mean in simple terms

9: Definitions of financial benefit and of managed investment scheme

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What 'issued' and 'issuer' mean when you buy a financial product

11: Definitions of issued and issuer

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What it means to be connected to someone or a company in business and law

12: Meaning of associated person and related body corporate

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Understanding what statements and information mean in the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

13: Miscellaneous interpretation provisions relating to statements and information

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What examples mean in the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

14: Status of examples

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

The government must follow this law too

15: Act binds the Crown

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

A rule that applies to everything in general.

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

This law's rules are important and must be followed, even if other agreements say otherwise.

16: Application of Act

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Honest Trading Rules

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Be honest when buying or selling financial products to avoid misleading others.

19: Misleading or deceptive conduct generally

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Don't trick people when selling financial products - be honest so they can make good choices.

20: Misleading conduct in relation to financial products

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Don't mislead people when selling financial services

21: Misleading conduct in relation to financial services

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Some rule-breaking actions don't break other rules in the Financial Markets Conduct Act.

28: Certain conduct does not contravene various provisions

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Some finance rules don't apply to newspapers, magazines, TV, or the internet unless they're trying to sell you something.

29: Limited application of provisions in relation to newspapers, magazines, broadcasting, etc

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Protection for people who accidentally publish illegal ads as part of their job

30: Defence for publisher

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Telling people about disclosures doesn't break the law for licensed market operators.

31: Licensed market operator does not contravene by notifying disclosures

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

When other laws already apply, some rules don't count

32: Other exceptions

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Rules for being honest with people about money apply in New Zealand and sometimes overseas too

33: Territorial scope of sections 19 to 23

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Rules for selling financial products: • Be honest about what you're selling • Give buyers important information • Follow special rules for some products

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Telling investors about financial products you are selling

39: Issue offers that need disclosure

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Telling investors about financial product sales when the law says you must

40: Sale offers that need disclosure

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What are regulated offers and products in finance?

41: Meaning of regulated offer and of regulated product

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Some investments have extra rules to follow

42: Regulated offers that need to meet additional governance requirements

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Buying a choice to buy a financial product, like a special ticket to buy something later

43: Options over financial products

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Rules for financial products that can change into other types

44: Treatment of offers of convertible financial products

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Rules for when someone offers to renew or change a financial product you have

45: Treatment of offers of renewals and variations

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

When financial products are offered in New Zealand, this part of the law applies, no matter where they come from.

47: Territorial scope of Part

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

People must prepare and lodge a document that explains a financial product clearly.

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Before selling financial products, you must create and submit a special document called a Product Disclosure Statement.

48: PDS must be prepared and lodged

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What a Product Disclosure Statement is meant to do: help you decide on a financial product.

49: Purpose of PDS

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Telling investors important information about financial products

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Get a PDS document before buying financial products if the seller needs to tell you more about them

50: PDS must be given if offer requires disclosure

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

When you don't need to follow the usual rules for giving information about financial products

51: Certain situations in which section 50 does not need to be complied with

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

You're considered to have got the product info if the application form came with it

52: PDS treated as having been given if application form used was included in, or accompanied by, PDS

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Breaking the rules about giving information when selling financial products can get you in trouble

53: Offence to knowingly or recklessly contravene section 50

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Getting your money back if a seller breaks the rules when selling you financial products

54: Right to withdraw

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Information about financial products must be clear and easy to understand when it's shared with you.

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Telling people important information when selling financial products

57: Disclosure of material information and content of PDS and register entry

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What 'material information' means when buying financial products

59: Meaning of material information in this Part

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Getting permission from experts before using their statements in important documents

60: Consent of experts and persons who make endorsements

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Make your Product Disclosure Statement easy to understand

61: PDS must be worded and presented in clear, concise, and effective manner

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

A Product Disclosure Statement must follow the rules about what it looks like and what's in it.

62: PDS must comply with prescribed requirements relating to form and presentation

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Rules about lodging important papers for financial products

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Telling the Registrar important extra information when lodging documents

63: Supply of prescribed information

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Registrar must tell the Financial Markets Authority when a company's investment information is lodged

64: Registrar must notify FMA of lodgement of PDS

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Companies must wait before accepting your application to buy a financial product

65: Waiting period after lodgement before processing applications for financial products

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

The law boss can give you more time to do something, and they will tell you in writing.

66: FMA may extend period

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

You can still use another document for a financial product if one document has a waiting period.

67: Waiting period restriction does not prevent offeror from acting under another PDS

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

The FMA can lift some rules if it's finished checking or doesn't need to check something.

68: FMA may remove restrictions if its consideration complete or consideration or further consideration unnecessary

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

No waiting time for some financial product information

69: Waiting period does not usually apply to continuous issue PDSs

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

No guarantee that financial documents are correct or follow the law

70: No guarantee or representation as to compliance

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

When you can update or fix the information in a PDS document

71: When supplementary document or replacement PDS may be lodged

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Extra information that adds to the main document about a financial product

72: Supplementary document

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Updating the main information document with a new version

73: Replacement PDS

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Registrar must tell the FMA when you add or replace important documents

74: Registrar must notify FMA of lodgement of supplementary document or replacement PDS

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Telling people you've lodged a document on your website

75: Publication of lodgement

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Changing information on a public list

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

How to fix or update incorrect information on the financial products register

76: When register entry may be amended

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Rules mentioned in the product information

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Companies must meet certain conditions before they can sell or transfer financial products.

77: Minimum number or amount condition must be fulfilled before issue or transfer

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

If a seller promises to list a product on a market but doesn't, the sale is not valid.

78: Issue or transfer void if quotation condition not fulfilled

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What happens if something is wrong with the information given about a financial product?

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Following rules for fair treatment of financial product applications when things don't go as planned

79: Application of section 80

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What happens if something goes wrong with your financial product application?

80: Choices open to offeror

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

You can't sell financial products if you don't give people correct information about them.

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Tell the truth when selling financial products

82: False or misleading statements, omissions, and new matters requiring disclosure

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

People who must tell a company about mistakes in its investment information

83: Persons who must inform offeror about disclosure deficiencies

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

When offers for financial products end or expire.

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

When a Product Disclosure Statement expires or stops being valid

84: Expiry

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

What happens to your application when a financial product offer ends

85: How offeror must deal with applications on expiry

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

People's money for financial products must be kept safe in a trust.

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Your money is safe when you buy financial products because sellers must look after it until you get what you paid for.

87: Money for financial products must be held in trust

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Selling financial products from a company that is not real.

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

No selling products from a non-existent company if it would be regulated if it existed

88: Offering financial products of entity that does not exist

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Rules for advertising financial products in a fair and honest way

89: Advertising for regulated offers

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Sharing important documents with people, like Product Disclosure Statements, in a way that's allowed by law

90: Distribution of PDS or registered documents

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Advertising a financial product before paperwork is complete: what you can and can't say

91: Advertising before PDS lodged

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Advertising rules after a financial product's information is lodged

92: Advertising after PDS lodged

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

You must keep a list of financial product offers up to date.

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Tell the Registrar about changes to your products or scheme within a set time

95: Duty to notify changes to Registrar

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Telling certain people about financial product offers

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Telling investors and others important information about financial products

96: Information to be made available to investors, FMA, Registrar, or other prescribed persons

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Telling the public about offers of financial products

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Companies must share important information with the public at the right time

97: Information to be made publicly available

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

When information about financial products is wrong or missing.

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Telling lies or hiding important information when sharing updates about investments is not allowed

99: Defective ongoing disclosure

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Land Transport Act 1998

People who run transport businesses must have special permission

30J: Transport service operators must be licensed

Land Transport Act 1998

How to ask for permission to run a transport service

30K: Application for transport service licence

Land Transport Act 1998

Company bosses can get in trouble if their company breaks the law

79K: Liability of directors of bodies corporate

Land Transport Act 1998

Officers can check trains and tracks to keep dangerous goods safe

130: Power to inspect railway lines

Land Transport Act 1998

A list of people who have permission to run transport services

199A: Register of transport service licences

Land Transport Act 1998

You must keep and show records about transport services, or you could be fined

79HA: Failure to keep or produce records

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Apply for a certificate to export animals from New Zealand

42: Application for animal welfare export certificate

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules for taking care of animals when exporting them from New Zealand

45: Conditions

Animal Welfare Act 1999

How an independent review is done by a special reviewer to check an organisation

108: Conduct of independent review

Animal Welfare Act 1999

Rules for taking animals out of New Zealand

183C: Regulations relating to exporting animals

Auctioneers Act 2013

What this law is called

1: Title

Auctioneers Act 2013

When the law about auctioneers starts working

2: Commencement

Auctioneers Act 2013

Rules for selling things through competitive bidding

Auctioneers Act 2013

This law explains how auctioneers are registered and what rules they need to follow

3: Purpose of Act

Auctioneers Act 2013

What important words mean in this law about auctions

4: Interpretation

Auctioneers Act 2013

Rules for becoming an auctioneer

Auctioneers Act 2013

You need to be registered to work as an auctioneer

5: Registration of person carrying on business as auctioneer

Auctioneers Act 2013

Who is not allowed to be an auctioneer

6: Disqualification from registration

Auctioneers Act 2013

Rules about who can work as an auctioneer for registered auctioneers

Auctioneers Act 2013

Registered auctioneers can only hire other qualified auctioneers

7: Restriction on who registered auctioneers may engage as auctioneer

Auctioneers Act 2013

How to ask to become a registered auctioneer

Auctioneers Act 2013

How to apply to become an auctioneer

8: Application for registration to carry on business as auctioneer

Auctioneers Act 2013

What you need to tell us when you want to become an auctioneer

9: Information and material to be included in application

Auctioneers Act 2013

How the Registrar checks and approves your application to become an auctioneer

10: Acceptance of application

Auctioneers Act 2013

Explaining why an application to be an auctioneer was turned down

11: Refusal of application

Auctioneers Act 2013

How long someone can be registered as an auctioneer

Auctioneers Act 2013

Your auctioneer licence runs out after a year unless you renew it

12: Registration expires after 12 months

Auctioneers Act 2013

Auctioneers must confirm their details yearly to stay registered

13: Annual confirmation

Auctioneers Act 2013

How the Registrar can cancel an auctioneer's registration

14: Cancelling registrations

Auctioneers Act 2013

When an auctioneer is no longer allowed to sell things at auctions

15: When registered auctioneer ceases to be registered

Auctioneers Act 2013

Telling the Registrar when important things change for auctioneers

16: Obligation to notify Registrar of changes

Auctioneers Act 2013

Rules about keeping important documents and information

Auctioneers Act 2013

Auctioneers must keep detailed records of sellers, items, and auction details

17: Auctioneer record

Auctioneers Act 2013

Keeping and sharing your auction record

18: Storage and inspection of auctioneer record

Auctioneers Act 2013

Person who keeps a list of official auctioneers

Auctioneers Act 2013

Person in charge of managing auctioneers' registration

19: Registrar of Auctioneers

Auctioneers Act 2013

The Registrar can give you a paper that proves if someone is an auctioneer

20: Registrar's certificate

Auctioneers Act 2013

A list of all registered auctioneers that anyone can look up online

21: Register of auctioneers

Auctioneers Act 2013

What to do if you disagree with the Registrar's decisions

Auctioneers Act 2013

How to disagree with decisions about your auctioneer registration

22: Appeals

Auctioneers Act 2013

The court can temporarily stop an auctioneer's registration from being cancelled

23: Interim order by District Court

Auctioneers Act 2013

Things auctioneers can get in trouble for

Auctioneers Act 2013

Rules to follow if you're an auctioneer to avoid getting in trouble

24: Offences

Auctioneers Act 2013

Rules for people who sell things at auctions

Auctioneers Act 2013

Rules for becoming an auctioneer

25: Regulations

Auctioneers Act 2013

Rules that help switch from old laws to new laws

Auctioneers Act 2013

Rules for existing auctioneers when the new law starts

26: Application of Act to existing licence holders and others

Auctioneers Act 2013

Changes made to other laws because of this one

Auctioneers Act 2013

Changes to the law mean you now need to be registered to run auctions

27: Amendments removing exemption from requirement to be registered

Auctioneers Act 2013

Making changes to other laws because of the new auctioneers law

28: Consequential repeal and amendments

Auctioneers Act 2013

Changes to rules about people who sell things for others at special sales

Schedule : Amendments relating to auctioneers

Employment Relations Act 2000

A promise made by an employer to fix problems or pay money owed, which can be enforced by law.

223B: Enforceable undertakings

Employment Relations Act 2000

Workers must vote secretly before they can go on strike

82A: Requirement for union to hold secret ballot before strike

Employment Relations Act 2000

What special words mean in the Employment Relations Act 2000

5: Interpretation

Employment Relations Act 2000

This explains who counts as a worker and who doesn't in the eyes of the law.

6: Meaning of employee

Employment Relations Act 2000

Sometimes, a union helper can't go into a small workplace if the boss has a special paper and no workers belong to a union.

23: When access to workplaces may be denied on religious grounds

Employment Relations Act 2000

This explains who can speak up or be involved in legal matters about unions.

29: Persons who have standing in proceedings relating to unions

Employment Relations Act 2000

This explains which groups can start talks for a work agreement between workers and bosses.

40: Who may initiate bargaining

Employment Relations Act 2000

When unions and employers can start talking about work agreements

41: When bargaining may be initiated

Employment Relations Act 2000

Bosses must tell workers when talks about work rules are starting

43: Employees' attention to be drawn to initiation of bargaining

Employment Relations Act 2000

Unions need special voting before they can ask many bosses to make one big work agreement together

45: One or more unions proposing to initiate bargaining with 2 or more employers for single collective agreement

Employment Relations Act 2000

This explains when group work agreements start and end.

52: When collective agreement comes into force and expires

Employment Relations Act 2000

This explains who must follow the rules in a workplace agreement between unions and employers.

56: Application of collective agreement

Employment Relations Act 2000

This law explains how new employers and unions can join an existing work agreement if certain rules are followed.

56A: Application of collective agreement to subsequent parties

Employment Relations Act 2000

Workers can only follow one group agreement for their job, even if they belong to multiple unions.

57: Employee bound by only 1 collective agreement in respect of same work

Employment Relations Act 2000

Your boss must keep a copy of your job agreement so you can see what you agreed to.

64: Employer must retain copy of individual employment agreement or individual terms and conditions of employment

Employment Relations Act 2000

This part of the law aims to protect certain workers when their job changes hands to a new boss.

69A: Object of this subpart

Employment Relations Act 2000

This section explains the meaning of important words and ideas used in the rules about keeping your job when your work changes.

69B: Interpretation

Employment Relations Act 2000

This explains how work can be moved between different people or companies.

69C: Meaning of contracting in, contracting out, and subsequent contracting

Employment Relations Act 2000

This explains who counts as your new boss when your job changes hands

69D: Meaning of new employer

Employment Relations Act 2000

This law explains how jobs can change when companies switch who does the work, like cleaning or cooking, and how workers can keep their jobs.

69E: Examples of contracting in, contracting out, and subsequent contracting

Employment Relations Act 2000

This part explains when the rules apply to workers whose jobs might change because of company changes.

69F: Application of this subpart

Employment Relations Act 2000

Telling employees about their right to choose a new boss when their job changes

69G: Notice of right to make election

Employment Relations Act 2000

You can choose to work for the new boss if your job changes

69I: Employee may elect to transfer to new employer

Employment Relations Act 2000

Rules for employees moving to a new job when their work changes hands

69K: Terms and conditions of employment of transferring employee under fixed term employment

Employment Relations Act 2000

This rule protects agreements that say you don't get extra money if you choose not to work for a new boss.

69L: Agreements excluding entitlements for technical redundancy not affected

Employment Relations Act 2000

When a worker changes jobs, their new boss has to follow the old work agreement, but only for that worker.

69M: New employer becomes party to collective agreement that binds employee electing to transfer

Employment Relations Act 2000

If you choose to work for a new company, you can ask for money if they want to let you go because of the change.

69N: Employee who transfers may bargain for redundancy entitlements with new employer

Employment Relations Act 2000

What big words in the Employment Relations Act mean

69OB: Interpretation

Employment Relations Act 2000

When information about employee transfer costs changes, the person who gave it must tell everyone the new details right away.

69OE: Updating disclosure of employee transfer costs information

Employment Relations Act 2000

This section explains important words and ideas about keeping your job when your work changes.

69OI: Interpretation

Employment Relations Act 2000

Rules say job contracts must include ways to protect workers if their work changes

69OJ: Collective agreements and individual employment agreements must contain employee protection provision

Employment Relations Act 2000

You can decide if you want to work for the new company or not when your job changes.

69OK: Affected employee may choose whether to transfer to new employer

Employment Relations Act 2000

This law explains how to figure out how many days off workers can get for learning about their job rights, based on how many people work at their company.

74: Calculation of maximum number of days of employment relations education leave

Employment Relations Act 2000

What a lockout is: when an employer stops work or employing people to get what they want from employees.

82: Meaning of lockout

Employment Relations Act 2000

Rules for locking out workers in important services like hospitals and police

91: Lockouts in essential services

Employment Relations Act 2000

You can change or cancel a code of practice the same way you made it in the first place.

100B: Amendment and revocation of code of practice

Employment Relations Act 2000

Your employer must keep a record of your pay and the hours you work.

130: Wages and time record

Employment Relations Act 2000

Creating a record of work hours and pay when the original is missing

232: Compilation of wages and time record

Employment Relations Act 2000

When company bosses might have to pay workers' wages and holiday money

234: Circumstances in which officers, directors, or agents of company liable for minimum wages and holiday pay

Employment Relations Act 2000

Your work agreement can't override the law's rules.

238: No contracting out

Employment Relations Act 2000

This law explains how workers and bosses can vote to change when their work agreement ends

246: Expiration of existing collective employment contracts

Employment Relations Act 2000

Bosses can choose not to join group talks with other bosses about worker agreements.

44A: Employer may opt out of bargaining for collective agreement, or for agreement to join collective agreement, involving 2 or more employers

Employment Relations Act 2000

A special type of boss who doesn't have to follow some rules about keeping workers when a business changes

69CA: Exempt employer

Employment Relations Act 2000

This law used to say who should get a promise about keeping their job, but it's not used anymore.

69CC: Persons warranty to be provided to

Employment Relations Act 2000

Who pays for the old benefits when an employee changes jobs during a company restructure

69LA: Liability for costs of service-related entitlements of transferring employee

Employment Relations Act 2000

An employer must tell workers and the government before stopping them from working

86B: Notice of lockout

Employment Relations Act 2000

This law explains how workers or bosses can cancel their plans to stop working or close the workplace.

95AA: Withdrawal of notice of strike or lockout

Employment Relations Act 2000

This rule explained who counts as a person connected to a business for employee protection during changes.

69DA: Associated person

Employment Relations Act 2000

A rule that punished employers who lied about being exempt from certain worker protection rules has been removed from the law.

69OAA: False warranty: exempt employer

Employment Relations Act 2000

Employers must keep detailed records to show they follow the rules about workers' basic rights.

4B: Employer’s general obligation to keep records relating to minimum entitlement provisions

Employment Relations Act 2000

Rules about when your boss can cancel your work shift and what they must pay you

67G: Cancellation of shifts

Employment Relations Act 2000

The judge can say someone broke important work rules if they did something really wrong.

142B: Court may make declarations of breach

Employment Relations Act 2000

What is a banning order: a court order to stop you employing people if you broke employment rules

142M: Banning orders

Employment Relations Act 2000

You can't buy insurance to avoid paying fines for breaking employment rules.

Employment Relations Act 2000

You can't use insurance to pay fines for breaking employment laws.

142V: Insurance against pecuniary penalties unlawful

Employment Relations Act 2000

This law explains who can get in trouble for helping someone break workplace rules.

142W: Involvement in breaches

Employment Relations Act 2000

You could get in trouble if you help someone break the rules at work.

142X: Person involved in breach liable to penalty

Employment Relations Act 2000

When can you use defences if you break employment rules?

142ZB: Proceedings in which defences apply

Employment Relations Act 2000

Fines for breaking rules: how much money people have to pay when they do something wrong

235E: Infringement fees

Employment Relations Act 2000

Employers must give information about pay deductions when asked, in writing, as soon as possible.

95F: Employer must respond to request for information about application or calculation of specified pay deduction

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Explanation of what 'supply' means in this act

21: Meaning of supply

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

What counts as a dangerous event at work that must be reported

24: Meaning of notifiable incident

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

PCBUs must ensure workplace safety for all legal visitors

37: Duty of PCBU who manages or controls workplace

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Responsibility to keep workplace equipment safe

38: Duty of PCBU who manages or controls fixtures, fittings, or plant at workplaces

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Designers must ensure work-related products are safe for all users

39: Duty of PCBU who designs plant, substances, or structures

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Manufacturers must ensure workplace products are safe for users

40: Duty of PCBU who manufactures plant, substances, or structures

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Importers must ensure safety of work-related machines, chemicals, and structures

41: Duty of PCBU who imports plant, substances, or structures

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Businesses must ensure safety of supplied workplace equipment and materials

42: Duty of PCBU who supplies plant, substances, or structures

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Rules for keeping people safe when working in mines

Schedule 3: Health and safety in mining sector

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Businesses and individuals cannot use insurance to pay health and safety fines

29: Insurance against fines unlawful

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

You must report serious incidents to the regulator immediately

56: Duty to notify notifiable event

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

When people act for you, you may be responsible for their actions

161: Conduct of directors, employees, or agents attributed

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Rules for getting workplaces approved when needed

204: Requirements for authorisation of workplaces

Health and Safety at Work Act 2015

Rules for using equipment or substances that need approval at work

205: Requirements for authorisation of plant or substance

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Modernising and simplifying business and trade rules

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

This law's name is the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

1: Title

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

When this law starts working

2: Commencement

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Getting Ready: Important Rules Before We Start

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Why we have this law and what it covers

3: Purpose

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

This law cleans up and organises other laws without changing what they mean

4: Revision Act

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules for switching to the new law and keeping important old rules

6: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Examples help explain the law but aren't the law itself

7: Status of examples

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

The government must follow most of this law, with a few exceptions

8: Act binds the Crown

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules about making and keeping promises: How we agree and what happens when things go wrong

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Explaining important words used in this part of the law

9: Interpretation

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Court can allow changes or cancellations to promises or duties

16: Court may authorise variation or discharge

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

This part of New Zealand law doesn't apply to agreements made using other countries' rules

19: This subpart does not apply to promises, contracts, or deeds governed by foreign law

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

What words mean and how we use them in this part of the law

23: Interpretation

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules for foreign contracts don't follow this part of NZ law

32: This subpart does not apply to contracts governed by foreign law

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

What it means to cancel a contract

33: Meaning of cancel

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules that try to stop courts from looking into things

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

People who take over someone else's contract rights

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Extra rules that don't fit into the main groups

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules for foreign contracts don't follow this part of NZ law

58: This subpart does not apply to contracts governed by foreign law

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Money that is paid or will be paid

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Things that are good and useful besides money

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Money spent on contracts

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Courts can count extra costs when deciding how much money was spent on a contract

65: Estimates of expenses

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules about insurance agreements

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

More rules about how this law works

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Sometimes this part of the law doesn't count for certain agreements

69: This subpart does not apply in certain circumstances

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Words used in this law and what they mean

70: Interpretation

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

The court can give help

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules about agreements that limit competition in business

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules about when young people can make agreements

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Extra rules about when parts of the law for young people's contracts don't apply

91: Further provisions relating to application of sections 86 to 90

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Special rules for certain types of agreements and life protection plans

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contracts for jobs and life insurance work like adult contracts for young people

92: Contracts of service and life insurance contracts have effect as if minor were of full age

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules about asking for and getting legal decisions

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Getting permission from a special court to make an agreement

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Who can ask the court to approve a contract for someone under 18

99: Persons who may apply

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Court can ask someone else to review your request to approve a minor's contract

100: Referral of application

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules for making deals about things held in trust

101: Contracts relating to property held on trust

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Promises to pay for someone else's debts or losses

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Solving disagreements or settling claims involving young people

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

When a court tells someone to look after money or things for a young person

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

More things to know about the rules we just talked about

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Sections 103 to 109 work with other important laws without changing them

110: Sections 103 to 109 do not limit or affect certain other provisions

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

The rules about contracts and who can make decisions about them

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

These rules are like a special code for agreements.

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules about agreements involving trusts

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules for buying and selling things: How to be fair when you trade with others

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

What the agreement is about

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Selling things based on a small example of the product

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Seller can keep control of goods until buyer meets certain conditions

147: Reservation of right of disposal

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Changing who owns something after it's sold

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

How to give things you sell to the buyer

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

When someone hasn't paid for something they bought, the seller can keep it

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Preventing goods from being delivered while they're on their way

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

When goods are sent to a ship you've rented, it's not always clear who's responsible for them

180: Goods delivered to ship chartered by buyer

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

How an unpaid seller can stop goods being delivered

182: How right is exercised

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

When someone who bought something sells it again, or when the original seller sells it again

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Seller's rights when a buyer sells or uses unpaid goods

185: Effect of subsale or pledge by buyer

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

You can go to court if someone doesn't follow the rules in this law

200: Rights and duties enforceable by proceeding

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

This provision keeps some old rules and other laws working alongside the new rules for buying and selling things.

201: Savings

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

This part explains why we have rules for buying and selling things with other countries

202: Purpose

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

What words mean in this part about buying and selling things between countries

203: Interpretation

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

The Convention rules replace other laws when selling goods internationally

205: Convention to be code

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Understanding which countries agree to follow special rules when selling goods

206: Certificates about Contracting States

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules for using computers and the internet to do important things

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

This part explains how to use computers and the internet for legal stuff

207: Purpose

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

This part explains how electronic information works in legal matters

208: Overview

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Explaining important words used in this part of the law

209: Interpretation

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Extra guidelines for understanding this part of the law

210: Further provision relating to interpretation

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Checking if online actions are allowed and real

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Electronic information is just as legally valid as paper information

211: Validity of information

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Rules about sending and receiving messages on computers or phones

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

When the rules about electronic messages are used

212: When default rules in sections 213 to 216 apply

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

When an electronic message is considered sent

213: Time of dispatch

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Where the law thinks you sent an electronic message from

215: Place of dispatch

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Where the law thinks you got an electronic message

216: Place of receipt

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

When an offer is accepted using email or text message

217: Time of communication of acceptance of offer

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Basic rules that come before the main rules

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

This law applies to most New Zealand rules, with some exceptions

218: When subpart applies

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

You can use electronic methods to follow legal rules if you do it the right way

219: When legal requirement can be met by electronic means

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Keeping information the same: what it means and when it's okay to make small changes

221: When integrity of information maintained

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

When the law says something must be in writing

Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Electronic information can replace written documents if you can find it easily later

222: Legal requirement that information be in writing

Trusts Act 2019

How the Trusts Act 2019 applies to trusts and works with other laws and trust rules.

5: Application, and relationship of Act with trust terms, common law and equity, and other enactments

Trusts Act 2019

What the Trusts Act 2019 is about and how it works in New Zealand.

6: Overview of this Act

Trusts Act 2019

How to understand the Trusts Act 2019 in a way that makes sense and achieves its goals.

7: Interpretation of Act

Trusts Act 2019

Things to consider when making investment decisions for a trust

59: Matters which trustee may consider in exercising power to invest

Trusts Act 2019

Trustees can choose someone to help with certain trust jobs, but not all decisions.

67: Trustee’s power to appoint others to exercise or perform certain powers or functions

Trusts Act 2019

Telling others when a trustee gives someone else their job to do

71: Notice of delegation of trustee’s powers and functions

Trusts Act 2019

Trustees are protected if they follow a special trust adviser's advice honestly and carefully

75: Reliance on special trust adviser’s advice

Trusts Act 2019

A trustee can adjust how trust property is shared among beneficiaries in certain investments.

78: Trustee’s power to adjust interests in trust property of portfolio investment entity

Trusts Act 2019

Trustees are protected if they warn others about distributing trust property and follow the rules.

79: Trustee’s liability limited where notice given to distribute trust property without regard to unknown claims

Trusts Act 2019

What happens when a trustee spends money or gets into debt for the trust

81: Trustee’s liability for expenses and liabilities incurred, and trustee’s right to indemnity

Trusts Act 2019

What order trust property is used to pay debts and expenses

85: Ranking of trust property

Trusts Act 2019

Protection for trustees who look after more than one trust

91: Protection relating to notice when person trustee of more than 1 trust

Trusts Act 2019

How to investigate and report on a trust in a fair and honest way

155: How investigator is to conduct and report on investigation

Trusts Act 2019

Trustees normally pay for the cost of investigating a trust

156: Costs of investigation borne by trustees

Trusts Act 2019

Changes to the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 law

165: Amendments to Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Trusts Act 2019

Rules for trusts with debt securities are a bit different

166: New section 110A and cross-heading inserted

Trusts Act 2019

Rules for managed investment schemes that are set up as trusts are a bit different

170: New section 155A and cross-heading inserted

Trusts Act 2019

Some trusts don't have to follow all the rules in the Trusts Act 2019

177: New section 77TA and cross-heading inserted

Trusts Act 2019

Changing the Financial Markets Authority Act 2011 law

179: Amendment to Financial Markets Authority Act 2011

Trusts Act 2019

Trusts that help with business deals and investments

Schedule 3: Specified commercial trusts

Trusts Act 2019

Changes to other laws because of the new Trusts Act 2019

Schedule 4: Amendments consequential on repeal of Trustee Act 1956

Trusts Act 2019

The law allows the Financial Markets Authority to let some trusts skip certain rules in the Trusts Act 2019.

173: Section 556 amended (FMA may grant exemptions)

Trusts Act 2019

Removing a trustee when it's best for the trust and they're no longer suitable

105: Optional removal of trustee

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Rules for non-NZ residents to register for GST if they sell goods or services in New Zealand

54B: Requirements for registration for certain non-resident suppliers

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Rules for unit title owners to claim tax deductions on shared expenses

21HC: Transitional rules relating to members of unit title bodies corporate

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

What input tax means: tax you pay on goods or services you buy for your business

3A: Meaning of input tax

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

When you don't have to charge tax on goods you sell or export

11: Zero-rating of goods

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

You must register for GST if your business earns over $60,000 in a year from selling goods or services.

51: Persons making supplies in course of taxable activity to be registered

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Some people are treated as registered for tax even if they are not actually registered.

51B: Persons treated as registered

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Companies working together can form a GST group for tax purposes

55: GST groups

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Rules for helpers like agents and auctioneers when buying or selling goods and services

60: Agents and auctioneers

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Keep track of your business with records like receipts and invoices for at least 7 years.

75: Keeping of records

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Changing the price if a business sale is not a going concern as thought

78E: Alteration of agreed price in relation to supply mistakenly believed to be of a going concern

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Keep a record of the things you buy or sell for your business

19F: Records of supplies

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Keeping records of secondhand goods you buy for your business

19H: Records of secondhand goods received by registered person

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Telling marketplace operators about your business: what you need to share

60H: Information requirements for underlying suppliers operating through electronic marketplaces

Goods and Services Tax Act 1985

Rules for online marketplaces with contracts made before 1 April 2024

85E: Certain contracts entered into before 1 April 2024

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

If a landlord leaves New Zealand for more than 21 days in a row, they need to choose someone to look after their property.

16A: Landlord must have agent if out of New Zealand for longer than 21 consecutive days

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

The rules for apartment buildings become part of your rental agreement and must be shared with you.

16B: Body corporate rules part of tenancy agreement

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Landlords must keep good records of rent and bond payments for seven years.

30: Landlord to keep records

Residential Tenancies Act 1986

Rules for people who help others find places to live or stay

139: Regulations relating to accommodation brokers

Fair Trading Act 1986

Rules about being honest when sending things to China

51: Application of Act to goods that are, or may be, exported to China

Fair Trading Act 1986

The Minister can make, change, or cancel rules to help keep products safe

30A: Product safety policy statements

Fair Trading Act 1986

The government checks if safety rules for products are still good every five years

30B: Review of product safety policy statements

Fair Trading Act 1986

When companies choose to take back unsafe products, they must tell the government quickly

31A: Voluntary product recall

Fair Trading Act 1986

Rules for choosing people to check if things are safe to use

33A: Appointment of product safety officers

Fair Trading Act 1986

Product safety officers can check places for unsafe goods

33C: Powers of product safety officers

Fair Trading Act 1986

Stopping the sale of possibly dangerous goods to keep people safe

33D: Suspension of supply notices

Fair Trading Act 1986

Rules for stopping someone from running a business

46D: Terms of management banning orders

Fair Trading Act 1986

How courts handle requests to stop someone from managing a business

46F: Procedures relating to management banning order

Fair Trading Act 1986

Commission can give staff permission to check and enforce rules about product safety and information

47K: Commission may authorise employees for monitoring and enforcement purposes

Fair Trading Act 1986

Some actions allowed by financial market rules don't break fair trading rules

48S: Certain conduct under Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 does not contravene various provisions of this Act

Fair Trading Act 1986

Rules about financial products and when they don't have to follow all the usual rules

36S: Regulations

Fair Trading Act 1986

This part explains who the rules about auctions apply to

36Y: Application of subpart

Fair Trading Act 1986

Auctioneers must give you your money and a sale report within a set time

36ZF: Account and payment of proceeds

Fair Trading Act 1986

The Fair Trading Act doesn't cover company buying and selling rules

5B: Act does not apply to certain conduct regulated by Takeovers Code

Fair Trading Act 1986

You can't bring some things into New Zealand that aren't allowed

33: Importation of certain goods prohibited

Fair Trading Act 1986

Rules for keeping people safe when getting services

35: Safety standards in respect of services

Fair Trading Act 1986

Follow safety rules when providing services

36: Compliance with services safety standards

Accident Compensation Act 2001

How ACC groups jobs to set work accident insurance costs

170: Classification of industries or risks

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Work Account levies can go up if your workplace safety isn't good enough

175: Risk adjustment of Work Account levies

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Using information from other sources in Work Account rules

176: Incorporation by reference

Accident Compensation Act 2001

How to give documents or share information under this law

307: How documents given or information notified

Accident Compensation Act 2001

People who run or work for a company can get in trouble if the company breaks the law

312: Directors, employees, and officers

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Rules for creating a programme to encourage safer workplaces

174D: Establishment of workplace incentive programmes

Accident Compensation Act 2001

Changes to workplace safety rewards: big changes need full process, small changes are simpler

174E: Amendments to workplace incentive programme

Regulatory Standards Bill

A report that explains how a new law might affect people

Regulatory Standards Bill

What words mean in this law

5: Interpretation

Partnership Law Act 2019

Modernising an old law to make it easier to understand

Partnership Law Act 2019

This law updates how partnership rules are written without changing what they do

4: Revision Act

Partnership Law Act 2019

Explaining special words used in the partnership law

7: Interpretation

Partnership Law Act 2019

Some groups are not partnerships, like companies or clubs

9: Relationships that are not partnerships

Partnership Law Act 2019

What a business partnership is called and its name

10: Meaning of firm and firm name

Partnership Law Act 2019

How to know if people are working together as partners

Partnership Law Act 2019

How to tell if people are working as partners

11: Determining whether partnership exists

Partnership Law Act 2019

Property shared with others doesn't always mean you're business partners

12: Co-ownership of property

Partnership Law Act 2019

Splitting money or stuff you earn doesn't always mean you're partners

13: Sharing gross returns

Partnership Law Act 2019

Getting profits doesn't always mean you're a business partner

14: Effect of receiving share of profits

Partnership Law Act 2019

Getting money from a business doesn't always make you a partner

15: Where receiving profits or payments does not make person partner or liable as partner

Partnership Law Act 2019

What happens when someone who borrowed money or bought a business can't pay their debts

16: What happens if borrower or buyer is insolvent

Partnership Law Act 2019

What a partnership is and how to know if you're in one

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can speak and act for their business and each other

17: Partner is agent of firm and other partners

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can make decisions that affect the whole partnership, but there are limits

18: Power of partner to bind firm

Partnership Law Act 2019

What happens when a partner acts against agreed limits on their authority

19: Effect of notice that firm will not be bound by acts of partner

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners are responsible for actions done for the partnership by someone with permission

20: Partners bound by acts done or instruments executed on behalf of firm

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners shouldn't use the business's credit for personal stuff without permission

21: Partner using credit of firm for private purposes

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners share responsibility for business debts and obligations

22: Liability of partners for firm’s debts and obligations

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners may be responsible for mistakes made by other partners in their business

23: Liability of firm for partner’s wrongful acts or omissions

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners must handle other people's money and things carefully

24: Misapplication of money or property received for or in custody of firm

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can be held responsible together or alone for their business's wrongdoings

25: Liability for wrongful acts or omissions is joint and several

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners aren't usually responsible if one partner wrongly uses trust property in the business

26: Improper use of trust property for partnership purposes

Partnership Law Act 2019

You might have to pay if you pretend to be a business partner

27: Person liable if they represent themselves as partner

Partnership Law Act 2019

Business can keep its old name after a partner dies without involving their estate in new debts

28: Continued use of firm name when partner dies

Partnership Law Act 2019

What partners say about the business can affect everyone in the partnership

29: Admissions and representations of partners

Partnership Law Act 2019

Telling a partner something means you've told the whole business

30: Notice to acting partner is notice to firm

Partnership Law Act 2019

New partners don't have to pay for old problems

31: Liability of incoming partner

Partnership Law Act 2019

You might still owe money after leaving a partnership

32: Liability of partner who leaves firm

Partnership Law Act 2019

Protecting people who do business with a company when its members change

33: Rights of persons dealing with firm against apparent members of firm

Partnership Law Act 2019

A promise to back a business ends if the business owners change

34: Continuing guarantee revoked by change in firm

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can change their rights and duties if everyone agrees

35: Partners’ rights and duties may be varied by consent

Partnership Law Act 2019

Stuff that belongs to your partnership and how to use it

36: Partnership property

Partnership Law Act 2019

How partners share and use land owned by their partnership

37: Partnership land

Partnership Law Act 2019

Land owners who buy more land with shared profits own it together

38: Co-owners of land who purchase other land out of profits

Partnership Law Act 2019

Things bought with business money usually belong to the business

39: Property bought with partnership money

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners treat shared land like personal items, not real estate

40: Partnership land treated as personal property as between partners

Partnership Law Act 2019

Taking partnership property after winning a court case against the whole business

41: Writ of execution against partnership property

Partnership Law Act 2019

Court can use a partner's business money to pay their personal debt

42: Court may charge partner’s interest for their separate judgment debt

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can buy back or purchase a charged share in the business

43: Other partners may redeem or purchase interest

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can agree on their own rules about what they own and how they should act

44: Rules about interests and duties of partners

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners in a business share the money they make and the money they lose equally

45: Partners share equally in capital and profits and contribute equally to losses

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partnership must pay partners back for money spent or debts taken on for the business

46: Firm must indemnify partner for payments made, and personal liabilities incurred, for firm

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can earn interest on extra money they put into the business

47: Entitlement to interest

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can help run the business together

48: Partner may manage business

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners don't get paid extra for their work in the business

49: Partner not entitled to remuneration

Partnership Law Act 2019

You need everyone to say "yes" before adding a new person to your group

50: No new partner without consent

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can make most everyday choices together, but everyone must agree to change the business type

51: Most decisions may be made by majority

Partnership Law Act 2019

Rules for partners to see and copy the partnership's important papers

52: Access to partnership’s records

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can't be kicked out unless everyone agreed to it earlier

53: Expulsion of partner

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners must share all information about the partnership with each other

54: Duty of partners to provide accounts and full information on things affecting partnership

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners must share benefits from partnership deals with each other

55: Accountability of partners for private benefit

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners must share money from similar businesses they start without permission

56: Duty to account for profits of competing business

Partnership Law Act 2019

Understanding what happens when a partner gives their share to someone else

57: Rights of assignee of share in partnership

Partnership Law Act 2019

How partners work together and deal with others in a business team

Partnership Law Act 2019

Words used when talking about partnership money and business

58: Definitions of terms used in this subpart

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners must keep detailed money records for their business

59: Accounting records

Partnership Law Act 2019

You must create special money reports for big partnerships

60: Financial statements must be prepared

Partnership Law Act 2019

Big partnerships need someone to check their money records, unless they choose not to

61: Financial statements must be audited

Partnership Law Act 2019

Audits and their reports must follow all the rules

62: Audit must comply with auditing and assurance standards

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can be fined for not following the rules about money reports

63: Financial reporting offences

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can decide together if they want someone to check their big partnership's money records

64: Partnerships may opt out of audit requirement

Partnership Law Act 2019

If your partnership already reports finances under another law, you don't need to do it again

65: Duties do not apply if alternative financial reporting duties under Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partnership Law Act 2019

Different ways a partnership can come to an end

Partnership Law Act 2019

Different ways a partnership can end: after a set time, when a project finishes, or when a partner says they want to stop

66: Partnership dissolved at end of term, by end of venture or undertaking, or by notice

Partnership Law Act 2019

How to stop being partners when you didn't set a time limit

67: Ending partnership at will

Partnership Law Act 2019

When partners keep working together after their set time is up

68: Partnership that continues after end of fixed term

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partnership ends when a partner dies or runs out of money

69: Partnership dissolved by death or bankruptcy

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can end the partnership if one partner uses their share as security for a personal debt

70: Partnership may be dissolved if partner’s interest in property is charged

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partnerships must end if they become against the law

71: Partnership dissolved if unlawful

Partnership Law Act 2019

A judge can break up a business team if things aren't working out

72: Court may dissolve partnership

Partnership Law Act 2019

You can ask a court to end a partnership when there are problems

73: Application to court

Partnership Law Act 2019

Breaking up a business team

Partnership Law Act 2019

You can tell people if your partnership ends or someone leaves

74: Right to notify dissolution

Partnership Law Act 2019

Partners can finish up business after a partnership ends

75: Continuing authority of partners for purposes of winding up and completing transactions

Partnership Law Act 2019

How partnership money and property are used when a partnership ends

76: Application of partnership property

Partnership Law Act 2019

If a partnership ends early, you might get back some of the money you paid to join

77: Court may order repayment of premium if partnership prematurely dissolved

Partnership Law Act 2019

What happens if someone lied to you when you joined a business partnership

78: Rights where partnership dissolved for fraud or misrepresentation

Partnership Law Act 2019

What happens to your share when you leave or die in a business partnership

79: Right of outgoing partner or partner’s estate to share profits or obtain interest

Partnership Law Act 2019

Rules for buying a partner's share when they leave or die

80: Option to purchase share of outgoing or deceased partner

Partnership Law Act 2019

When a partner leaves or dies, they're owed money for their part of the business

81: Retiring or deceased partner’s share is debt

Partnership Law Act 2019

How to share things when a business team breaks up

82: Rules for distributing assets on final settlement of accounts

Partnership Law Act 2019

How to handle money losses when a partnership ends

83: Losses

Partnership Law Act 2019

How to use a partnership's money when it ends

84: Application of assets

Partnership Law Act 2019

The old partnership law from 1908 is cancelled and doesn't work anymore

85: Partnership Act 1908 repealed

Partnership Law Act 2019

Changes to other laws are listed in Schedule 4

86: Amendments to other enactments

Partnership Law Act 2019

Money matters and ending partnerships: How to keep track and wrap things up

Partnership Law Act 2019

Rules for moving from the old partnership law to the new one

Schedule 1: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Partnership Law Act 2019

Small fixes to make the Partnership Law Act 2019 easier to understand and use

Schedule 2: Minor amendments to clarify Parliament’s intent or reconcile inconsistencies

Partnership Law Act 2019

A list showing how old law sections match new law sections

Schedule 3: Comparative table

Partnership Law Act 2019

Changes to other laws because of the new Partnership Law Act

Schedule 4: Consequential amendments

Partnership Law Act 2019

Special COVID-19 debt rules for businesses have ended

34A: COVID-19 business debt hibernation may apply

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing Industry Act 2020

Making racing better and fairer for everyone

Racing Industry Act 2020

This law's official name is the Racing Industry Act 2020

1: Title

Racing Industry Act 2020

This law explains what the Racing Industry Act 2020 aims to achieve

3: Purposes

Racing Industry Act 2020

This law explains how racing works in New Zealand and who's in charge

4: Outline

Racing Industry Act 2020

This part explains what important words mean in the Racing Industry Act 2020

5: Interpretation

Racing Industry Act 2020

The government must follow this law just like everyone else

8: Act binds the Crown

Racing Industry Act 2020

Getting Started: Important Words and Rules for Horse Racing

Racing Industry Act 2020

Different types of racing

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing codes look after different types of racing and help make sure everything runs smoothly

15: Functions of racing codes

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing groups must write a yearly plan about what they will do

16: Racing codes must prepare statement of intent

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing groups have to make and share a yearly plan about their activities

17: Racing codes must prepare business plan

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing groups must share money from TAB NZ with their racing clubs

19: Racing codes must distribute funds received from TAB NZ to racing clubs

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules about racing clubs

Racing Industry Act 2020

Members can't make money from racing club property

20: No pecuniary interest in club property

Racing Industry Act 2020

You need permission to change or sell your racing club's land

21: Restriction on dealing with racing venue

Racing Industry Act 2020

Special rule for land with racing venues must be written on official records

22: Restriction on dealing must be recorded on record of title

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing Industry Act 2020

This part explains important words used in the racing law

23: Interpretation

Racing Industry Act 2020

Moving things from one place to another

Racing Industry Act 2020

Club's leftover money and property goes to bigger racing group when club shuts down

24: Transfer of assets on dissolution of club

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing clubs can share their stuff when they join together

25: Transfer of assets if racing clubs combine

Racing Industry Act 2020

Moving extra race tracks to new owners

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing clubs can give away extra racecourses to their racing group

26: Transfer of surplus venue by agreement

Racing Industry Act 2020

The Governor-General can step in to move unused racetracks to new owners when people can't agree

27: Transfer of surplus venues by Order in Council

Racing Industry Act 2020

Special rules make it easier to transfer a racing venue when it's no longer needed

32: Effect of transfer of surplus venue

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules for how racing works

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules that control how races are run and what everyone involved must do

37: Racing rules

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing clubs must talk to others before changing their rules

38: Amendment of racing rules

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing rules must be shared and are like a contract for everyone in racing

39: Availability and status of racing rules

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules about who can enter racecourses during races

40: Rules controlling or prohibiting admission to racecourses

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing rules must follow New Zealand laws

41: Rules must not conflict with any Act or general law

Racing Industry Act 2020

A group that makes sure racing is fair and follows the rules

Racing Industry Act 2020

A new group is formed to keep racing fair and honest

42: Racing Integrity Board established

Racing Industry Act 2020

The Racing Integrity Board aims to set and enforce good rules for everyone in racing

43: Objectives of Board

Racing Industry Act 2020

How the Racing Integrity Board is chosen and what its members do

45: Board members

Racing Industry Act 2020

How the Racing Integrity Board gets money to do its job

46: Funding of Board

Racing Industry Act 2020

The racing board makes a yearly plan to show what it will do

47: Board must prepare statement of intent

Racing Industry Act 2020

The Racing Board makes a plan each year about what they'll do

48: Board must prepare business plan

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules for racing decision-makers are in Schedule 2

50: Further provisions relating to adjudicative committees and appeals tribunals

Racing Industry Act 2020

People who check if racing rules are being followed

Racing Industry Act 2020

The racing boss can pick people to check if betting places follow the rules

51: Chief executive may appoint inspectors

Racing Industry Act 2020

Inspectors can check racing places without paying and ask for information

52: Powers of inspector

Racing Industry Act 2020

You can be punished for getting in the way of an inspector doing their job

53: Obstructing inspector

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules for horse and dog races, and how to run racing clubs and racecourses

Racing Industry Act 2020

The law creates a new racing organisation called TAB New Zealand

54: TAB New Zealand established

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ is run by a group of people chosen by the Minister

55: Governing body of TAB NZ

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ's main jobs: help people bet and make money to support racing and sports

57: Objectives of TAB NZ

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ's jobs: planning races, managing betting, and helping the racing industry

58: Functions of TAB NZ

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ must create and check its money records each year

59: Accounts and audit

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ must have a check-up every five years to see if it's doing a good job

60: Performance and efficiency audit

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ must be careful with its money and spend wisely

61: TAB NZ must operate in financially responsible manner

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ writes a yearly plan about its goals and shares it with important people

62: TAB NZ must prepare statement of intent

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ makes a yearly plan and talks to racing groups about it

63: TAB NZ must prepare business plan

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ must write a yearly report about their activities and share it with important people

64: Annual report

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ can save extra money in special accounts for future use

65: TAB NZ may maintain reserves

Racing Industry Act 2020

The list of races that will happen

Racing Industry Act 2020

Planning races and deciding when and where they happen

66: Setting of racing calendar and allocation of racing dates

Racing Industry Act 2020

The dates committee can change racing schedules if TAB NZ and racing codes can't agree

67: Change of racing dates, allocations, or conditions

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules about who can run betting games

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ gives racing clubs permission to hold betting races

68: Issue of betting licences

Racing Industry Act 2020

Changes to racing dates or rules mean betting licences might need to change too

69: Amendment or revocation of betting licence

Racing Industry Act 2020

No betting licenses for races on some special days and holidays

70: Betting licence must not be issued for certain days

Racing Industry Act 2020

How TAB NZ shares its extra money and money made from betting

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ gives agreed-upon money to racing groups each year

72: Distribution to codes

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules for sharing out money from betting

73: Regulations relating to distribution from betting profits

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules for the betting company: how it's set up, what it does, and how it shares money from bets

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ can run different kinds of betting on races and sports

74: TAB NZ may conduct betting

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing clubs can run a special type of betting if they follow the rules

75: Racing clubs may conduct equalisator betting

Racing Industry Act 2020

Places where you can bet on horse races

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules for how TAB NZ manages betting on races

76: Racing betting rules

Racing Industry Act 2020

How TAB NZ spends the money it gets from horse racing bets

77: Application of revenue from racing betting

Racing Industry Act 2020

Places where you can bet on sports and races

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules for betting on sports

78: Sports betting rules

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ needs permission from sports groups to run betting on their events

79: Agreements with New Zealand national sporting organisations

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ can make deals with Sport NZ to allow betting on sports without official NZ groups

80: Agreements with Sport and Recreation New Zealand

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ can use its current offices and tools for sports betting, or set up new ones

81: Use of facilities

Racing Industry Act 2020

How TAB uses money from sports betting

82: Application of revenue from sports betting

Racing Industry Act 2020

Different kinds of betting on races or sports

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ can make rules about other betting, but they need approval and must follow guidelines

83: Rules relating to other racing or sports betting conducted by TAB NZ

Racing Industry Act 2020

How TAB NZ takes a small part of your bet money for horse races and sports events

84: Deductions for totalisator betting

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ must share new betting rules with the government and put them online for everyone to see

85: Availability of betting rules

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules for how much money you can win when betting on races

86: Amounts of dividends

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules for using TAB NZ's betting systems for special games

87: Use of betting systems for gaming purposes

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ can mix betting money with other countries to make bigger prizes

88: Amalgamation with overseas betting systems

Racing Industry Act 2020

It's illegal for under-18s to bet or for others to help them bet

89: Offences relating to underage betting

Racing Industry Act 2020

You can take legal action if someone doesn't pay up on a fair bet

91: Betting contracts enforceable

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ or racing clubs can choose not to accept your bet

92: Bets may be refused

Racing Industry Act 2020

Racing Industry Act 2020

Asking your local council for permission to open a TAB venue

94: Application for territorial authority consent

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules for making and updating betting shop policies

97: Adoption and review of TAB venue policy

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules about how TAB NZ works

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules to help keep people safe when betting on races and sports

98: Regulations relating to harm prevention and minimisation

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules about who can and can't go into TAB betting places

99: Regulations relating to admission to and exclusion from TAB venues

Racing Industry Act 2020

Rules for keeping problem gamblers away from betting places

100: Regulations relating to exclusion of problem gamblers from TAB venues and racecourses

Racing Industry Act 2020

Money collected to help people who gamble too much

Racing Industry Act 2020

TAB NZ must share information with the boss when asked

102: TAB NZ must provide information to chief executive

Racing Industry Act 2020

Civil Aviation Act 2023

How the licensing authority decides on applications for international flight licences

180: Consideration of application for scheduled international air service licence

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Getting a licence to fly: what you need to know

181: Grant of licence

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Changing the rules of an airline licence

184: Variation of terms and conditions of licence

Civil Aviation Act 2023

The Minister can let airlines work together on international flights if it helps the public.

199: Minister may authorise international carriage by air

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Some commerce rules don't apply to international flight contracts if they follow special approval rules

204: Application of Commerce Act 1986

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Who is an 'officer' in an organisation, like a company director or chief executive

8: Meaning of officer

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Rules for aviation companies to share information with the public

411: Regulations requiring information disclosure by specified aviation participants

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Airports can charge you for using their services, but they must follow rules when setting these charges.

230: Airport operators may set charges

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Change the area your airport operates in

223: Area covered by registration may be varied

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Some airport rules don't apply to everyone, and the Secretary can decide who gets exempted.

251: Exemptions from requirements of subparts 2 and 3

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Airports must be run like a business, unless you're a council or special organisation.

226: Airport to be operated commercially

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Rules about paying for airport services and other aviation fees

415: Regulations relating to fees and charges

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Rules about how levies are collected and used in aviation

420: Other provisions relating to levies

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Rules for Safety in Aviation: Designating, Classifying, and Certifying Aircraft and Services

53: Rules relating to designation, classification, and certification

Civil Aviation Act 2023

Keep your business information secret if you think it will hurt you

215: Eligible New Zealand operator may request that information be treated as confidential

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

The boss can still make decisions even when others help

102: Subpart does not limit or affect chief executive’s powers

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Don't act if you think someone is being forced or threatened

36: Accredited requestor must not act if reasonable grounds to believe authorisation or instruction is given under threat of physical or mental harm

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Rules for sharing information by people allowed to ask for it

34: Requirements in regulations or standards for accredited requestors to make information available

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

A company that shares information or does specific tasks as part of the Customer and Product Data Act

10: Regulated data service

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Making data more useful and accessible while promoting safety and innovation

Customer and Product Data Bill

Government explains how they made this new law

Customer and Product Data Bill

A simple explanation of how this law wants to make it easier for you to control and share your information

Customer and Product Data Bill

Documents explaining the main ideas behind the bill

Customer and Product Data Bill

Understanding the Big Picture: The Main Ideas Behind the Rules

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

What this law is called

1: Title

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

When this law begins to apply to everyone

2: Commencement

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

This law helps you and businesses use data safely to improve services and products

3: Purpose

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

This part explains important words used in the law

5: Interpretation

Customer and Product Data Bill

The government must follow this law too

13: Act binds the Crown

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Getting Started: What This Law Means and How It Works

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Rules for old and new stuff when the law changes

Schedule 1: Transitional, savings, and related provisions

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Rules for sharing and protecting your information

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Rules for managing information and making decisions about data sharing

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Customer and Product Data Bill

Rules about getting permission to use information

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

You don't have to agree to data sharing to get a product

42: Authorisation must not be required as condition of providing product

Customer and Product Data Bill

Rules about who can ask for special information

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Keeping Your Information Safe and Under Your Control

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Companies must keep track of how they share people's information

46: Data holder must keep records about regulated data service

Customer and Product Data Bill

Rules about how companies handle your information and products

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Rules for making the Customer and Product Data Act 2025 work

131: General regulations

Customer and Product Data Bill

Companies must create and follow rules about customer and product information

47: Data holders and accredited requestors must have customer data, product data, and action performance policies

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

This law explains how companies must handle your personal and product information when you or someone you trust asks for it

4: Overview

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Who is in charge of keeping important customer and product information

6: Data holder

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

What the law means by customers and their information

8: Customer, customer data, and designated customer data

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

What products are and what information about them is important

9: Product, product data, and designated product data

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Rules that explain how to follow the Customer and Product Data Act 2025

138: Standards

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Rules for special decisions about customer and product information

104: Designation regulations

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Companies must share your personal information with you if you ask correctly

14: Data holder must provide customer data to customer

Customer and Product Data Bill

Rules about how companies handle your personal information

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Give your info if you say it's okay and the asker is allowed

15: Data holder must provide customer data to accredited requestor if customer’s authorisation is confirmed

Customer and Product Data Bill

Rules about sharing information about products

Customer and Product Data Bill

Companies must have a computer system ready to handle data requests

27: Data holder must operate electronic system for providing regulated data services

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Data holder must follow verified customer requests from approved requestors

19: Data holder must perform certain actions on accredited requestor’s request if customer’s authorisation is confirmed

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Companies must share specific product info if you ask nicely through a special system

22: Data holder must provide product data to any person

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Rules and consequences for breaking the data law

Customer and Product Data Bill

Keeping important information safe and organized

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Businesses must let customers complain if they're unhappy with how their data is used

48: Data holders and accredited requestors must have customer complaints process

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

The boss decides if someone can use customer information

112: Decision by chief executive

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Only you, your helper, or a special approved person can ask for your customer data

43: Only customer, secondary user, or accredited requestor may request regulated data service

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Breaking the rules of an exemption is the same as breaking the original law

142: Effect of breach of term or condition of exemption

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

The Governor-General can let some people not follow parts of this law

141: Exemptions

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Rules about what information can be shared and who can use it

107: Contents of designation regulations

Customer and Product Data Bill

People who use information after it has been shared

Customer and Product Data Bill

What is a regulated data service and why is it important?

10: Regulated data service

Customer and Product Data Bill

Rules for how things should be done

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

When the boss can stop someone from asking for customer info

118: When chief executive may suspend or cancel accreditation

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Rules for keeping and sharing customer and product information

32: Requirements for data holders in regulations or standards

Customer and Product Data Bill

Rules for managing important details

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Rules about asking for, giving, and sharing information

Customer and Product Data Bill

Rules about when the law doesn't apply to someone

Customer and Product Data Bill

This part explains the basic ideas and rules of the law.

Customer and Product Data Bill

Words and phrases are explained to help understand the law.

Customer and Product Data Bill

This section explains what happens during changes and how things are kept safe.

Customer and Product Data Bill

This law applies to the government too.

Customer and Product Data Bill

Explains where this law applies

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Where the law applies and who it affects

11: Territorial application of Act

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

You can check and change who sees your information

40: Customer or secondary user must be able to control authorisation

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

How to ask for permission to handle customer info

109: How application is made

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

How long your permission to ask for data lasts

116: Duration of accreditation

Customer and Product Data Bill

Approved companies must tell the government what they did with people's information each year

113: Annual reporting by accredited requestors

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

How to ask for changes to your accreditation

114: Application to modify accreditation

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Companies with data must follow rules when sharing or using it

31: Data holders must comply with requirements for requests, providing services, and making information available

Customer and Product Data Bill

A computer system that uses electricity to work with information

Customer and Product Data Bill

Rules for making a valid request for information or action

26: When request is valid

Customer and Product Data Bill

Rules about asking for data in the right way

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

How to keep your special permission to ask for data

117: Renewal of accreditation

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Someone with special permission to ask for information

7: Accredited requestor

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

The government keeps a list of everyone involved in sharing customer and product data

121: Register of participants in customer and product data system

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

The register helps you find out who can ask for and share customer data

122: Purposes of register

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

What's in the public list of companies that handle your information

126: Contents of register that is publicly available

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

What extra information can data holders and requestors see in the register?

127: Contents of register that is available to data holders and accredited requestors (other than information publicly available under section 126)

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Data holders must tell the government about their status and details

125: Other data holders must provide information to chief executive

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

The boss can ask you for information to help with their job

53: Chief executive may require person to supply information or produce documents

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

You could be fined for not giving requested information or documents

57: Offence for failing to comply with notice to supply information or produce documents

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Rules about paying for services under this law

133: Regulations relating to fees and charges

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

How you might receive important notices about customer and product data

146: Service of notices

Customer and Product Data Bill

What this part of the law is about and why it's important

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Government groups can be customers, hold data, or ask for data

120: Crown organisations may be customer, data holder, or accredited requestor

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

You can't make deals to avoid following this law

143: No contracting out

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Minister must think carefully before making rules about sharing data

105: Minister must have regard to certain matters when recommending designation regulations

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

The boss checks who you are when you ask for something

111: Chief executive must verify applicant’s identity

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

You must follow special rules to fix problems if you break this law

58: Data holder or accredited requestor must take prescribed steps to avoid, mitigate, or remedy loss or damage caused by contravention

Customer and Product Data Act 2025

Requestors must keep customer data records for 5 years

47: Accredited requestor must keep records about regulated data service

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Stopping your request for approvals before a decision is made

45: Withdrawal of substantive application

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

The government can make rules about paying for fast-track approvals

108: Regulations may set fees, charges, and contributions

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Rules for paying money to help with the costs of fast-track approvals

109: Regulations may impose levies

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Sharing costs when more than one person applies together

112: Liability for costs if application lodged, or to be lodged, by more than 1 person

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Steps to follow before applying for a special project

29: Pre-lodgement requirements for listed project

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Finding out if someone else already has permission for the same activity

30: Identification of existing resource consent for same activity

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Making an agreement before asking to start a fish farm

31: Pre-request aquaculture agreement

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

You can share mining permit details with the boss before applying

37: Mining permit information may be lodged with relevant chief executive

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

The person in charge chooses people to review important applications

50: Panel convener sets up panel

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

EPA can ask for project information from groups and councils to help with applications

90: EPA may request information from relevant administering agencies and local authorities

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Rules for using and protecting New Zealand's conservation land, reserves, wildlife, and national parks

Schedule 6: Approvals relating to Conservation Act 1987, Reserves Act 1977, Wildlife Act 1953, and National Parks Act 1980

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Rules for getting permission to do things that might affect New Zealand wildlife

Schedule 7: Approvals relating to Wildlife Act 1953

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Rules for accessing land to mine or dig under the Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Schedule 11: Approvals relating to Crown Minerals Act 1991

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

How the Minister decides if a project can use the faster approval process

22: Criteria for assessing referral application

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Allowed people can ask for many project approvals at once

42: Authorised person may lodge substantive application for approvals

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

This Act's process replaces normal approval steps for faster decisions

40: Process under this Act applies instead of process under specified Act

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

EPA asks for advice about fish farming in the sea

48: EPA requests recommendation in relation to aquaculture activities

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

You need a special decision for some fish farming permits

80: Aquaculture decision required for certain coastal permits

Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Panel writes rules for fish farming and sends them to the government

71: Panel provides draft conditions relating to aquaculture activities for recommendation

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