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Reprint as at 7 September 2000 Ministry of Economic Development Act 2000 Public Act Date of assent Commencement 2000 No 28 6 September 2000 see section 2 Contents Title Commencement Purpose Act to bind the Crown Transitional provisions relating to references to Ministry of Commerce, etc Transitional provisions relating to proceedings in name of Secretary of Commerce Transitional provisions relating to consents, etc Consequential amendments to other enactments Schedule 1 Acts amended Schedule 2 Regulations amended Page 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 6 Note 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 Ministry of Economic Development.

1 s 1 Ministry of Economic Development Act 2000 Reprinted as at 7 September 2000 Title This Act is the Ministry of Economic Development Act 2000.

Commencement This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
Purpose The purpose of this Act is to give effect to the Ministry of Commerce’s change of name to the Ministry of Economic De- velopment.

Act to bind the Crown This Act binds the Crown.
Transitional provisions relating to references to Ministry of Commerce, etc Unless the context otherwise requires, in any enactment, agreement, deed, instrument, application, notice, or in any other document in force immediately before the commence- ment of this Act,— (a) every reference to the Ministry of Commerce is, on and after that commencement, to be read as a reference to the Ministry of Economic Development: every reference to the Secretary of Commerce is, on and after that commencement, to be read as a reference to the chief executive of the Ministry of Economic Devel- opment.
(b) 6 Transitional provisions relating to proceedings in name of Secretary of Commerce (1) Any action initiated before the commencement of this Act by the Secretary of Commerce under the authority of an enact- ment that formerly referred to the Secretary of Commerce may be continued and completed by the chief executive of the Min- istry of Economic Development.
(2) Any proceedings to which the Secretary of Commerce is a party before the commencement of this Act may be continued, 2 Reprinted as at 7 September 2000 Ministry of Economic Development Act 2000 s 8 completed, and enforced by or against the chief executive of the Ministry of Economic Development.

This section applies for the avoidance of doubt.


(3) Transitional provisions relating to consents, etc 7 (1) Any consent, licence, permit, approval, delegation, or remis- sion given or granted by the Secretary of Commerce that was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act continues in force on and after that commencement until it is transferred, amended, or revoked by the chief executive of the Ministry of Economic Development.

This section applies for the avoidance of doubt.


(2) 8 (1) (2) Consequential amendments to other enactments The Acts specified in Schedule 1 are amended in the manner indicated in that schedule.

The regulations specified in Schedule 2 are amended in the manner indicated in that schedule.

3 Schedule 1 Ministry of Economic Development Act 2000 Schedule 1 Acts amended Broadcasting Act 1989 (1989 No 25) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
Reprinted as at 7 September 2000 s 8(1) Business Development Boards Act 1991 (1991 No 108) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Civil Aviation Act 1990 (1990 No 98) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Crown Minerals Act 1991 (1991 No 70) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Customs and Excise Act 1996 (1996 No 27) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Dumping and Countervailing Duties Act 1988 (1988 No 158) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
Import Control Act 1988 (1988 No 157) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Income Tax Act 1994 (1994 No 164) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Life Insurance Act 1908 (1908 No 105) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

New Zealand Trade Development Board Act 1988 (1988 No 160) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Ombudsmen Act 1975 (1975 No 9) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
4 Reprinted as at 7 September 2000 Ministry of Economic Development Act 2000 Schedule 1 Overseas Investment Act 1973 (1973 No 14) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Ozone Layer Protection Act 1996 (1996 No 40) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Privacy Act 1993 (1993 No 28) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

State Sector Act 1988 (1988 No 20) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Tariff Act 1988 (1988 No 155) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).
Telecommunications Act 1987 (1987 No 116) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

Temporary Safeguard Authorities Act 1987 (1987 No 88) Amendment(s) incorporated in the Act(s).

5 Schedule 2 Ministry of Economic Development Act 2000 Schedule 2 Regulations amended Reprinted as at 7 September 2000 s 8(2) Crown Minerals (Fees) Regulations 1991 (SR 1991/207) Amendment(s) incorporated in the regulations.
Crown Minerals (Minerals and Coal) Regulations 1999 (SR 1999/312) Amendment(s) incorporated in the regulations.

Gas (Information Disclosure) Regulations 1997 (SR 1997/127) Amendment(s) incorporated in the regulations.

Petroleum Products Specifications Regulations 1998 (SR 1998/267) Amendment(s) incorporated in the regulations.

Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Regulations 1977 (SR 1977/67) Amendment(s) incorporated in the regulations.
Radiocommunications (Forms) Regulations 1990 (SR 1990/42) Amendment(s) incorporated in the regulations.

Securities Regulations 1983 (SR 1983/121) Amendment(s) incorporated in the regulations.

Shipping (Radio) Regulations 1994 (SR 1994/51) Amendment(s) incorporated in the regulations.

Telecommunications (Information Disclosure) Regulations 1999 (SR 1999/383) Amendment(s) incorporated in the regulations.
6 Reprinted as at 7 September 2000 Ministry of Economic Development Act 2000 Schedule 2 Telecommunications (International Services) Regulations 1994 (SR 1994/280) Amendment(s) incorporated in the regulations.

Weights and Measures Regulations 1999 (SR 1999/373) Amendment(s) incorporated in the regulations.
7 Notes Ministry of Economic Development Act 2000 Reprinted as at 7 September 2000 Contents 1 2 3 4 General Status of reprints How reprints are prepared Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 List of amendments incorporated in this reprint (most recent first) General This is a reprint of the Ministry of Economic Development Act 2000.
The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the Act as at 7 September 2000, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.

Relevant provisions of any amending enactments that have yet to come into force or that contain relevant transitional or savings provisions are also included, after the principal enactment, in chronological order.
Status of reprints Under section 16D of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law enacted by the principal enactment and by the amendments to that enactment.

This presumption applies even though editorial changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in the reprint.
This presumption may be rebutted by producing the official volumes of statutes or statutory regulations in which the principal enactment and its amendments are contained.

of How reprints are prepared A number editorial in the preparation of enacting words provisions are that are repealed or conventions reprints.

not included followed are the For example, and in Acts, revoked are omitted.
5 Notes 1 2 3 8 Reprinted as at 7 September 2000 Ministry of Economic Development Act 2000 Notes see For a detailed list of http://www.pco.parliament.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/ or Part 8 of the Tables of New Zealand Acts and Ordinances and Statutory Regulations and Deemed Regulations in Force.
the editorial conventions, 4 Changes made under section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 Section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 authorises the making of editorial changes in a reprint as set out in sections 17D and 17E of that Act so that, to the extent permitted, the format and style of the reprinted enactment is consistent with current legislative drafting practice.

Changes that would alter the effect of the legislation are not permitted.
A new format of legislation was introduced on 1 January 2000.

Changes to legislative drafting style have also been made since 1997, and are ongoing.

To the extent permitted by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989, all legislation reprinted after 1 January 2000 is in the new format for legislation and reflects current drafting practice at the time of the reprint.
In outline, the editorial changes made in reprints under the authority of section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 are set out below, and they have been applied, where relevant, in the preparation of this reprint: • omission of unnecessary referential words (such as “of this section” and “of this Act”) typeface and type size (Times Roman, generally in 11.5 point) layout of provisions, including: • • indentation position of section headings (eg, the number and heading now appear above the section) format of definitions (eg, the defined term now appears in bold type, without quotation marks) format of dates (eg, a date formerly expressed as “the 1st day of January 1999” is now expressed as “1 January 1999”) 9 • • • • Notes Ministry of Economic Development Act 2000 Reprinted as at 7 September 2000 • • • • • • • position of the date of assent (it now appears on the front page of each Act) punctuation (eg, colons are not used after definitions) Parts numbered with roman numerals are replaced with arabic numerals, and all cross-references are changed accordingly case and appearance of letters and words, including: • followed by small capital format of headings (eg, headings where each word formerly appeared with an initial capital letter letters are amended so that the heading appears in bold, with only the first word (and any proper nouns) appearing with an initial capital letter) small capital letters in section and subsection references are now capital letters • schedules are renumbered (eg, Schedule 1 replaces First Schedule), and all cross-references are changed accordingly running heads (the information that appears at the top of each page) format of amendments, and schedules of are rearranged into alphabetical order, chronological).
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