Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile
Networks) Order 2015
(LI 2015/208)
Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile Networks) Order 2015 : revoked , on 31 Octo-
ber 2015, by clause 5.
Jerry Mateparae, Governor-General
Order in Council
At Wellington this 31st day of August 2015
Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council
Pursuant to section 122S(3)(b) of the Copyright Act 1994, His Excellency the Gov-
ernor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council
and on the recommendation of the Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs,
makes the following order.
Contents
Page
1 Title 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Section 122S(2) of Copyright Act 1994 repealed 2
4 Order revoked 2
5 Revocation of this order 2
Note
Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.
Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.
This order is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.Reprint
as at 31 October 2015
1Order
1 Title
This order is the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile Net-
works) Order 2015.
2 Commencement
This order comes into force on 30 September 2015.
3 Section 122S(2) of Copyright Act 1994 repealed
In the Copyright Act 1994, repeal section 122S(2).
4 Order revoked
The Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile Networks) Order
2013 (SR 2013/336) is revoked.
5 Revocation of this order
This order is revoked on 31 October 2015.
Michael Webster,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
Explanatory note
This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.
This order repeals section 122S(2)  of the Copyright Act 1994 (the Act) on 30 Sep-
tember 2015. Internet protocol address providers are currently exempted from the re-
quirement to issue infringement notices for alleged copyright breaches in respect of
services provided by way of a cellular mobile network ( see section 122S(1) of the
Act). The effect of this order is to extend that exemption indefinitely (but see section
122S(3)(a) of the Act).
Regulatory impact statement
The Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment produced a regulatory impact
statement on 27 July 2015 to help inform the decisions taken by the Government re-
lating to the contents of this instrument.
A copy of this regulatory impact statement can be found at—
• http://www.mbie.govt.nz/about-us/publications/ris
• http://www.treasury.govt.nz/publications/informationreleases/riscl 1Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile
Networks) Order 2015Reprinted as at
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2Issued under the authority of the Legislation Act 2012.
Date of notification in Gazette : 3 September 2015.Reprinted as at
31 October 2015Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile
Networks) Order 2015 Explanatory note
3Reprints notes
1 General
This is a reprint of the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile
Networks) Order 2015 that incorporates all the amendments to that order as at
the date of the last amendment to it.
2 Legal status
Reprints are presumed to correctly state, as at the date of the reprint, the law
enacted by the principal enactment and by any amendments to that enactment.
Section 18 of the Legislation Act 2012 provides that this reprint, published in
electronic form, has the status of an official version under section 17 of that
Act. A printed version of the reprint produced directly from this official elec-
tronic version also has official status.
3 Editorial and format changes
Editorial and format changes to reprints are made using the powers under sec-
tions 24 to 26 of the Legislation Act 2012. See also http://www.pco.parlia-
ment.govt.nz/editorial-conventions/.
4 Amendments incorporated in this reprint
Copyright (Infringing File Sharing and Cellular Mobile Networks) Order 2015 (LI 2015/208): clause
5
Wellington, New Zealand:
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