IP/N/1/NZL/16  
IP/N/1/NZL/C/9  
 
8 April 2021  
(21-2931)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
NEW ZEALAND : TRIBUNALS POWERS AND PROCEDURES LEGISLATION ACT 2018  
Notifying Member  NEW ZEALAND  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights  
Nature of 
notification  [  ] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[X] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2021/IP/NZL/21_1816_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/NZL /C/1 
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Amends the Copyright Act to update the Copyright Tribunal's powers and procedures to resolve 
licensing disputes . 
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  13 November 2018;  
 
Commencement  
(1)  Sections 6, 7, 11, 20, 24(7), (12), and (18), 27, 32, 33(1), 35 to 39, 
40(2) to (5), 41, 44, 45, 47, 52 to 55, 56, 57, 62, 70, 77, 89(6), 95, 
106(2) and (6), 109, 114(5) and (11), 119, 121(5), 125, 128, 135(4), 
138, 1 40, 149, 152(6), 171(2), (4), (9), and (13), 178, 181(1), 
182(1), 183(1), 187(2), 188, 191(1), 195(2), 197 to 199, 204(2), 206, 
207(2), 208, 209(2), 219, 233(2), 243, 248, 254(6), 258, 262, 266, 
272, 273, 276(1) and (4), 277, 279 to 283, 288, 289, 299, 307 (2), 
309(10), 321, 324, 325, 328, 332, 337(4), 340(1), 340(2), and 340(3) 
come into force on a date appointed by the Governor -General by Order 
in Council, and 1 or more orders may be made bringing different 
provisions into force on different dates for diff erent purposes.  
 IP/N/1/NZL/16 • IP/N/1/NZL/C/9  
 
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  (2)  Any provision specified in subsection (1) that has not earlier been 
brought into force comes into force on 1 July 2020.  
 
(3)  Sections 305, 306, 307(1), 308, and 309(1) to (9), (11), and (12) 
come into force on 26 November 2018.  
 
(4)  The rest of this Act comes into force on the day after the date on which 
this Act receives the Royal assent.  
 
Section 2(1): sections 181(1), 182(1), 183(1), 187(2), 188, 191(1), 195(2), 
and 340(1) brought into force, on 1 May 2019, by clause 2 of the Tribunals 
Powers and Procedures Legislation Act Commencement Order 2019 
(LI 2019/59).  
 
Section 2(1): sections 6, 7, 11, 20, 24(7), (12), and (18), 27, 32, 33(1), 35 
to 39, 40(2) to (5), 41, 44, 45, 47, 52 to 55, 56, 57, 62, 70, 77, 89(6), 95, 
106(2) and (6 ), 109, 114(5) and (11), 119, 121(5), 125, 128, 135(4), 138, 
140, 149, 152(6), 171(2), (4), (9), and (13), 178, 197 to 199, 204(2), 206, 
207(2), 208, 209(2), 219, 233(2), 243, 248, 254(6), 258, 262, 266, 272, 
273, 276(1) and (4), 277, 279 to 283, 288, 289,  299, 307(2), 309(10), 321, 
324, 325, 328, 332, 337(4), 340(2), and 340(3) brought into force, on 
29 October 2019, by clause 2 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures 
Legislation Act Commencement Order (No 2) 2019 (LI 2019/224).  
 
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  5 March 2021  
Other information   
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  Ministry of Justice  
 
 
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