New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 1 August 2007
| Public Act | 1989 No 142 |
| Date of assent | 19 December 1989 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Parliamentary Counsel Office.
1 Short Title and commencement
4 Publication of copies of Acts of Parliament, reprints of Acts of Parliament, regulations and reprints of regulations, and reprints of Imperial Acts
5 Obligation to forward regulations to Chief Parliamentary Counsel
6 Publication of regulations made before commencement of Act
8 Special requirements in relation to copies of regulations
9 Power to designate places where copies of Acts of Parliament and regulations may be purchased
10 Sale of copies of Acts of Parliament and regulations
12 Notice of making of regulations
13 Publishing under this Act sufficient compliance with direction to be published in Gazette
14 Printing and publication of instruments other than regulations
15 Incorporation of amendments in reprints [Repealed]
16 Power to revoke spent regulations and other instruments
Judicial notice and evidence of New Zealand legislation
16A Judicial notice of Acts of Parliament
16B Judicial notice of regulations
16C Copy of Act of Parliament, Imperial legislation, and regulations printed as prescribed to be evidence
16D Copy of reprint of Act, Imperial legislation, or regulations to be evidence
16E Copies of parliamentary Journals to be evidence
Gazetting of Acts of Parliament unnecessary
17 Gazetting of Acts of Parliament unnecessary
Power to make editorial changes in reprints
17B Purpose of sections 17C to 17E
17C Power to make editorial changes in reprints
17F Changes to be noted in reprint
Amendments to Acts Interpretation Act 1924
[Repealed]
18 General interpretation of terms [Repealed]
19 Repeal of provision relating to gazetting of Acts [Repealed]
Amendments to Civil Defence Act 1983
[Repealed]
20 Emergency regulations [Repealed]
21 Consequential amendment [Repealed]
Amendments to Electoral Act 1956
[Repealed]
22 Indexes of streets and places [Repealed]
Amendments to Evidence Act 1908
[Repealed]
23 New sections substituted [Repealed]
[Repealed]
25 Departments and organisations to which section 10 of the Films Act 1983 applies [Repealed]
Amendment to Judicature Act 1908
[Repealed]
26 Publication of High Court Rules under Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 [Repealed]
Amendment to Medical Research Council Act 1950
[Repealed]
27 Annual report to Minister [Repealed]
Amendments to Ombudsmen Act 1975
[Repealed]
28 House of Representatives may make rules for guidance of Ombudsmen [Repealed]
30 Departments to which Ombudsmen Act 1975 applies [Repealed]
Amendment to Public Finance Act 1989
[Repealed]
31 Revolving funds [Repealed]
Amendment to State Sector Act 1988
[Repealed]
32 Departments of the Public Service [Repealed]
33 Transitional provision relating to Government Printing Office [Repealed]
Amendments to Veterinary Services Act 1946
[Repealed]
34 Annual report and statement of accounts [Repealed]
35 Regulations [Repealed]
An Act—
(a) to provide for the printing and publication of copies of Acts of Parliament and statutory regulations; and
(b) to ensure that copies of Acts of Parliament and statutory regulations are available to the public; and
(c) to provide for the Government Printing Office to cease to be a department of the Public Service
