Consumer Council Act Repeal Act 1988

1: Short Title and commencement
1: This Act may be cited as the Consumer Council Act Repeal Act 1988.
2: Except as provided in subsection (3), this Act shall come into force on the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Sections 4 to 10
2: Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Council Consumer Council Act 1966 Institute Consumer Council Act 1966 society section 3 undertaking
3: Council to register incorporated society
1: The Council shall, before 1 January 1989, register an incorporated society under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908 Consumers' Institute of New Zealand Incorporated
2: The society may be registered as if it were a society authorised by section 4
3: Notwithstanding anything in section 7
a: an application for incorporation in any written form sealed with the common seal of the Council; and
b: 2 copies of the proposed rules of the society, signed by the Chairman of the Council; and
c: the fee prescribed under the Incorporated Societies Act 1908
4: Nothing in section 35 of the Consumer Council Act 1966
4: Transfer of undertaking
On 1 January 1989—
a: the undertaking of the Council and the Institute shall vest in the society; and
b: all money payable to the Council or the Institute shall become payable to the society; and
c: all proceedings pending by or against the Council or the Institute may be continued, completed, or enforced by or against the society.
5: Members of Institute
1: On 1 January 1989 every person who is a member of the Institute shall become a member of the society.
2: This section shall not apply to any person who has given notice to the Institute on or before 31 December 1988 that he or she wishes to terminate his or her membership of the Institute.
6: Employees of Council
1: On 1 January 1989 every employee of the Council shall become an employee of the society but, for the purposes of every enactment, law, award, determination, contract, and agreement relating to the employment of each such employee, the contract of employment of that employee shall be deemed to have been unbroken and the period of service with the Council shall be deemed to have been a period of service with the society.
2: The terms and conditions of employment of each such employee shall, until varied, be identical with the terms and conditions of that employee's employment with the Council immediately before 1 January 1989.
3: No such employee shall be entitled to receive any payment or other benefit by reason only of that employee ceasing by virtue of this Act to be an employee of the Council.
7: Dissolution of Consumer Council and Consumers Institute
On 1 January 1989—
a: the Council, the Institute, and all other bodies established under the Consumer Council Act 1966 shall be dissolved; and
b: every member of the Council, and every member of any other body established under the Consumer Council Act 1966
8: Final report of Consumer Council
1: As soon as practicable after 31 March 1989 the society shall arrange for a final report of the Council to be sent to the Minister of Consumer Affairs showing the Council's proceedings and operations for the year ending with 31 December 1988, and shall attach to the report a copy of the Council's accounts for that year certified by the Audit Office.
2: A copy of the report and accounts shall be laid before the House of Representatives within 28 days after the date of its receipt by that Minister if Parliament is then in session, and, if not, shall be laid before the House of Representatives within 28 days after the date of the commencement of the next ensuing session.
9: Consequential amendments
The enactments specified in Schedule 1
10: Repeals
The enactments specified in Schedule 2