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Animal Welfare Amendment Act 2005

1: Title
1: This Act is the Animal Welfare Amendment Act 2005.
2: In this Act, the Animal Welfare Act 1999 the principal Act
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: New section 167 substituted
The principal Act is amended by repealing section 167
167: Time for laying information
Despite section 14 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957
a: if the offence was committed before the date on which this section comes into force, at any time within 1 year after the time when the matter of the information arose; or
b: if the offence was committed on or after the date on which this section comes into force, at any time within 2 years after the time when the matter of the information arose.
Real Estate Agents Amendment Act 2005

1: Title
1: This Act is the Real Estate Agents Amendment Act 2005.
2: In this Act, the Real Estate Agents Act 1976 the principal Act
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on 26 April 2005.
3: Application
1: The amendments to section 63 section 4
2: Subsection (1)
3: The amendment to section 82 section 5 section 82(6)
4: Purchase or lease by agent voidable
1: Section 63(1)(b) spouse , civil union partner, de facto partner,
2: Section 63(2)(b) spouse , civil union partner, de facto partner,
5: Claims against Fund
Section 82(6) spouse , civil union partner, or de facto partner
Rates Rebate Amendment Act 1978

1: Short Title and commencement
1: This Act may be cited as the Rates Rebate Amendment Act 1978, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Rates Rebate Act 1973
2: This Act shall come into force on the 1st day of April 1979.
2: Section 2 repealed 1 April 1980 9(1) Local Government Amendment Act 1979
3: Rates rebate
1: This subsection substituted s 3(1)
2: The Rates Rebate Order 1978 (SR 1978/122)
3: Where after the commencement of this Act application is made by any ratepayer for a rebate of any rates payable for a rating year that commenced before the commencement of this Act, the ratepayer's entitlement to a rebate and the amount of the rebate shall be determined as if subsections (1) (2)
4:
5:
6:
7:
Mount Egmont Vesting Act 1978

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Mount Egmont Vesting Act 1978.
2: Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Board section 9 Minister Conservation the Mountain Schedule Section 2 Minister amended 1 April 1987 section 65(1) Conservation Act 1987
3: Act to bind Crown
This Act binds the Crown.
4: Vesting of Mountain in Taranaki Maori Trust Board
The Mountain is hereby excluded from the Egmont National Park, and is hereby vested in the Board for an estate in fee simple.
5: Gift of Mountain for purposes of national park
1: The Board is hereby empowered to give and does give the whole of the interest in the Mountain vested in it by section 4 section 6
2: For the purposes of giving full effect to that gift, the Mountain is hereby vested in Her Majesty, to be held by Her Majesty for the purposes of and as part of the Egmont National Park, under and subject to the National Parks Act 1952.
6: Board to be consulted in respect of proposal to exclude Mountain from national park
The Board's gift of the Mountain is subject to the condition that every proposal to exclude any part of the land comprising the Mountain from the Egmont National Park shall be referred by the Minister to the Board, and he shall give the Board a reasonable opportunity to consider the proposal and to comment on it to the Minister.
7: Gift duty exemption
No duty shall be payable in respect of the gift of the Mountain by the Board.
8: Act not limited by other Acts
The provisions of this Act shall apply notwithstanding anything in the National Parks Act 1952, Part 21 of the Maori Affairs Act 1953 Maori Trust Boards Act 1955 Estate and Gift Duties Act 1968
9: Savings
1: Nothing in section 6 section 10(2) of the National Parks Act 1952
2: Nothing in this Act shall affect any Order in Council, notice, regulation, rule, or bylaw or any lease, licence, authority, or document made or granted, or any thing whatsoever done, under the provisions of the National Parks Act 1952 or any corresponding former enactment; and every such Order in Council, notice, regulation, rule, bylaw, lease, licence, authority, document or thing, so far as it is subsisting or in force on the date of the commencement of this Act, shall continue to have effect as if the Mountain had at all times remained subject to the National Parks Act 1952.
Local Government Amendment Act 1978

1: Short Title and commencement
1: This Act may be cited as the Local Government Amendment Act 1978, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Local Government Act 1974
2: This section and section 307 section 2
3: Subsections (2) (5) section 2
4: Except as provided in subsections (2) (3)
1: New
Parts 18 to 22
2:
2: Miscellaneous provisions
3:
4: Repeals and savings
1:
2:
3: The Local Authorities (Prohibiting Liquor in Streets and Roads) Regulations 1975 (SR 1975/268) section 343 section 2
4: All other regulations in force at the commencement of this Act pursuant to any enactment repealed by subsection (1) section 2
5: For the purposes of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924â€”
a: Parts 2 to 17 section 2 of the Local Government Amendment Act (No 3) 1977) section 8(1) of that Act
b: Parts 18 to 22 section 2 subsection (1)
6: Every reference to any provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1954 Counties Act 1956 section 2
7: Every special order made under any enactment repealed by this Act and in force at the commencement of this Act shall continue in force after the commencement of this Act, as if it had been made under the corresponding provision of the principal Act as enacted by section 2
8: This subsection amended section 9(22) Local Government Amendment Act Subsection (2) repealed 1 April 1980 9(1) Local Government Amendment Act 1979
Rural Intermediate Credit Amendment Act 1978

1: Short Title
This Act may be cited as the Rural Intermediate Credit Amendment Act 1978, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Rural Intermediate Credit Act 1927
2: Procedure on application for loans under this Part
1: This subsection amended section 52(9)
2: Every loan granted by the Corporation or an association between the 21st day of July 1977 and the commencement of this Act shall be as valid and effectual as ifâ€”
a: Subsection (1)
b: The maximum rate of interest fixed by the Corporation under the said section 52(9) subsection (1)
3:
4: Repeal
Section 10(3) Rural Intermediate Credit Amendment Act 1946
New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001 2012-02-25 New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001
4: Periods of absence that are not counted
Section 9
3: The reference in subsection (1)(d) to Volunteer Service Abroad Incorporated Volunteer Service Abroad Inc
5: New section 79A inserted
The following section is inserted after section 79
79A: References to Volunteer Service Abroad Incorporated
The references in the following provisions to Volunteer Service Abroad Incorporated Volunteer Service Abroad Inc
a: section 14(2)(e) of the Social Security Act 1964 (as inserted on 29 September 1969 by section 4 of the Social Security Amendment Act 1969, and repealed on 1 April 1990 by section 14(18) of the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990):
b: section 4(2)(d) of the Social Welfare (Transitional Provisions) Act 1990 (which commenced on 1 April 1990, and was repealed by section 77 of this Act on 12 October 2001).
Radiocommunications Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Radiocommunications Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Radiocommunications Act 1989 2012-08-31 Radiocommunications Act 1989
4: Modification or cancellation of spectrum licence by rightholder alone
1: Section 57(1) present to the Registrar for the purposes of registration send to the Registrar, by electronic or other means and for the purposes of registration,
2: Section 57(2)
3: Section 57
4: As soon as practicable after receiving a notice under subsection (1), the Registrar must ensure that the details specified in the notice are sent, by electronic or other means, to the manager who has the management rights in relation to the frequency band or frequency bands within which it is permitted to transmit under the spectrum licence.
5: Modification or cancellation of spectrum licence by manager alone
1: Section 57A(1) present to the Registrar for the purposes of registration send to the Registrar, by electronic or other means and for the purposes of registration,
2: Section 57A(2)
3: Section 57A
4: As soon as practicable after receiving a notice under subsection (1), the Registrar must ensure that the details specified in the notice are sent, by electronic or other means, to the rightholder.
6: Recovery of fees
1: Section 136(3)(b) presenting to the Registrar for the purposes of registration sending to the Registrar, by electronic or other means and for the purposes of registration,
2: Section 136(4)
3: Section 136
6: As soon as practicable after receiving a notice under subsection (3)(b), the Registrar must ensure that the details specified in the notice are sent, by electronic or other means, to the rightholder.
7: Consequential amendment to regulations
1: This section amends the Radiocommunications Regulations 2001
2: The Schedule
3: Form 10 2012-08-31 Radiocommunications Regulations 2001
Education (Student Allowances Indexation—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Education (Student Allowances Indexation—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Section 303 amended (Student allowances)
In section 303(3C) 2011, 1 April 2012, and 1 April 2013 in any year from 2011 to 2017 (inclusive) 2012-10-24 Education Act 1989
Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010 2012-12-12 Local Government (Auckland Transitional Provisions) Act 2010
4: Financial contributions for certain infrastructure transferred to Watercare Services Limited
1: Section 59(1) and that is— and—
2: Section 59(1)(a) that is referred
Fisheries Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Fisheries Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Fisheries Act 1996 2012-08-31 Fisheries Act 1996
4: Provisions relating to notified users of fishing vessels
1: Section 104
3: No person may be a notified user in relation to a foreign-owned New Zealand fishing vessel.
2: Section 104(5)
5: New section 302A inserted
The following section is inserted after section 302
302A: Gazette
1: The Minister may publish a notice in the Gazette
a: that revokes 1 or more notices that were given under this Act by the Minister and were required to be published in the Gazette
b: that otherwise has the same effect as the revoked notices had immediately before they were revoked.
2: The chief executive may publish a notice in the Gazette
a: that revokes 1 or more notices that were given under this Act by the chief executive and were required to be published in the Gazette
b: that otherwise has the same effect as the revoked notices had immediately before they were revoked.
3: Each part of the new notice that has the same effect as a part of a revoked notice that was given under a particular provision of this Act must be treated as having been given under that provision.
4: Any prerequisites for publication of the new notice must be treated as having been satisfied, but only to the extent that the prerequisites for publication of the revoked notices were satisfied when they were published.
5: A revoked notice continues to have effect, as if it had not been revoked, on any matter in a period to which the revoked notice applied.
6: In this section, in any particular case,— new notice
a: the notice published by the Minister under subsection (1)
b: the notice published by the chief executive under subsection (2) revoked notices
a: the 1 or more notices revoked by the Minister's new notice under subsection (1)(a)
b: the 1 or more notices revoked by the chief executive's new notice under subsection (2)(a)
6: Certain notices to have status of regulations
Section 303(2) 175, 350,
7: Validation of existing notified users
Any recognition of a person as a notified user under section 104(2)
Companies Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Companies Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act Companies Act 1993 2012-02-25 Companies Act 1993
4: Commencement of liquidation
1: Section 241(2)(c)
viii: in the case of a company that has been removed from the New Zealand register, the Registrar or a person who, immediately before the company was removed from the New Zealand register, was a person described in subparagraph (ii), (iii), (iv), or (vii); or .
2: Section 241
2A: However, the court must not appoint a liquidator under subsection (2)(c)(viii)
5: Registers
Section 360
6: Section 361 repealed
Section 361
Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Act 2012 2012-12-12 Ngati Porou Claims Settlement Act 2012
4: Submissions
Section 28(5) 27(1)(b)(ii) 27(1)(b)
5: Disposal by the Crown under certain legislation
Section 111(b) . ; or
6: Election by trustee to be Maori authority
Section 152(1) 151(5) 151(6)
7: Schedule 3 amended
The item relating to Pukeamaru in Part 2 Section I Block XI, Block X,
New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income (Indexation—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income (Indexation—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Section 15 amended (Annual adjustment of standard rates of New Zealand superannuation)
In section 15(2A) 2011, 1 April 2012, and 1 April 2013 in any year from 2011 to 2017 (inclusive) 2012-10-24 New Zealand Superannuation and Retirement Income Act 2001
Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Social Security Amendment Act (No 2) 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act Social Security Act 1964 2012-12-12 Social Security Act 1964
4: Interpretation
Paragraph (a) of the definition of work-test married rate section 3(1)
a: means, in relation to an unemployment benefit or a sickness benefit, a rate in Schedule 9 that is payable to a person who is married or in a civil union or in a de facto relationship, other than a rate payable if the person's spouse or partner is entitled to a benefit in his or her own right: .
5: Procedure for imposing sanctions
Section 113(2)
d: specifying a date on which the reduction, suspension, or cancellation is to take effect, and, in the case of a reduction or suspension, the nature and duration of the reduction or suspension; and
e: stating that the beneficiary has 5 working days from the giving of the notice to dispute the reduction, suspension, or cancellation; and .
6: Repeals and savings
Section 135(5)
5: If a sickness benefit was in force on 13 September 1961 (the date of the passing of the Social Security Amendment Act 1961), and is in force at 1 April 1965 (the date of the commencement of this Act),—
a: nothing in section 55(1) or 66 or Schedule 9 or 10 applies with respect to it; and
b: it may be continued as if this Act, and section 6 of the Social Security Amendment Act 1961, had not been passed.
7: Schedule 18 amended
Paragraph (da) of the definition of base rate clause 1 in not is not
Employment Relations (Secret Ballot for Strikes) Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Employment Relations (Secret Ballot for Strikes) Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
1: Sections 5 9
2: The rest of this Act comes into force 1 year after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Employment Relations Act 2000 2012-05-15 Employment Relations Act 2000 Only Sections 5 and 9 come into force 2013-05-14 Employment Relations Act 2000 The rest of this Act comes into force 1 year after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
4: Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to require unions to hold a secret ballot vote of their members to approve a strike before undertaking any strike action.
5: When society entitled to be registered as union
Section 14(1)
ca: the society's rules contain a provision relating to the process for holding a secret ballot for the purposes of this Act; and .
6: Meaning of strike
Section 81(1)(b) , as the case requires, express or
7: New sections 82A to 82C inserted
The following sections are inserted before section 83
82A: Requirement for union to hold secret ballot before strike
1: This section applies to—
a: a union that—
i: is bound by a current collective agreement; or
ii: will be bound by a proposed collective agreement; and
b: members of that union who are employees who are or have been in the employment of the same employer or of different employers and who—
i: are or were bound (as the case may be) by the current collective agreement referred to in paragraph (a)(i)
ii: will be bound (as the case may be) by the proposed collective agreement referred to in paragraph (a)(ii)
2: Before a strike may proceed under this Part,—
a: the union must hold, in accordance with its rules, a secret ballot of its members who are employed by the same or different employers (as the case may be) and who would become a party to the strike; and
b: the result of the secret ballot must be in favour of the strike.
3: For the purposes of subsection (2)(b)
4: As soon as is reasonably practicable after the conclusion of the secret ballot under subsection (2)
82B: Terms of question for secret ballot
The question to be voted on in a secret ballot for the purposes of section 82A
82C: When requirement for secret ballot does not apply
Sections 82A and 82B
8: Unlawful strike or lockouts
Section 86(1)
aa: in the case of a strike, takes place in contravention of section 82A .
9: Transitional provision
1: This section applies to a society whose rules do not comply with section 14(1)(ca) section 5
2: The society must amend its rules so that the rules comply with section 14(1)(ca)
3: The society must amend its rules for the purposes of subsection (2)
a: as soon as is reasonably practicable after the commencement of section 5
b: no later than 2 years after the commencement of section 5
Takeovers Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Takeovers Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Takeovers Act 1993 takeovers code 2012-08-31 Takeovers Act 1993
4: Interpretation
Section 2(1) code company code company section 2A .
5: New section 2A inserted
The following section is inserted after section 2
2A: Meaning of code company
1: Code company
a: is a party to a listing agreement with a registered exchange and that has securities that confer voting rights quoted on the registered exchange's securities market; or
b: was within paragraph (a)
c: has 50 or more shareholders and 50 or more share parcels.
2: However, if, as a result of a transaction or an event regulated under the code, a company that previously satisfied subsection (1)(c)
3: In this section, shareholder
6: Powers of division
Section 7C
3: A resolution signed or assented to in writing (whether sent by post, delivery, or electronic communication) by all members of a division is as valid and effectual as if it had been passed at a meeting of that division duly called and constituted.
4: The resolution may consist of several documents containing the same resolution, each signed or assented to in writing by 1 or more members.
7: Consequential amendments to Takeovers Code
Sections 8 9 Takeovers Code code 2012-08-31 Takeovers Code
8: Interpretation
1: Rule 3(1) code company code company rule 3A .
2: Rule 3(3)
9: New rule 3A inserted
The following rule is inserted after rule 3
3A: Meaning of code company
1: Code company
a: is a party to a listing agreement with a registered exchange and that has securities that confer voting rights quoted on the registered exchange's securities market; or
b: was within paragraph (a)
c: has 50 or more shareholders and 50 or more share parcels.
2: However, if, as a result of a transaction or an event regulated under this code, a company that previously satisfied subclause (1)(c)
3: In this rule, shareholder
4: The definition of code company
10: Consequential amendments to Companies Act 1993
1: This section amends the Companies Act 1993
2: Paragraph (j) of Schedule 4 section 2 section 2A
3: The last paragraph of the notes to Schedule 4 2012-08-31 Companies Act 1993
Mental Health Commission Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Mental Health Commission Amendment Act 2012
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on 1 July 2012.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Mental Health Commission Act 1998 2012-07-01 Mental Health Commission Act 1998 This Act should firstly be amended and history note inserted, etc, and once this is done, should be revoked at the same time. Amendment to principal Act
4: Expiry and repeal of Act
Section 13
1: This Act expires on the close of 30 June 2012. Other amendments
5: Amendments to Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
1: This section amends the Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
2: Section 9
9: Deputy Commissioners and Mental Health Commissioner
1: One or more Deputy Health and Disability Commissioners may be appointed in the same way as the Commissioner is appointed, except that the Minister must consult the Commissioner before recommending a person for appointment as a Deputy Commissioner.
2: A person may be appointed as the Mental Health Commissioner in the same way as the Commissioner is appointed, except that the Minister must consult the Commissioner before recommending a person for appointment as the Mental Health Commissioner.
3: A person who is a Deputy Commissioner or the Mental Health Commissioner has any powers, duties, and functions that—
a: the Commissioner delegates to him or her under section 68(3A); and
b: he or she may exercise and perform under subsection (4)
4: During the absence of the Commissioner from duty (for any reason) or a vacancy in the office of the Commissioner (for any reason), the powers, duties, and functions of the Commissioner may be exercised and performed by—
a: a person appointed under this section who is nominated for the purpose by the Commissioner before the absence or vacancy by a written notice that is in force at the time of the absence or vacancy; or
b: if there is no such notice, the longest serving person appointed under this section.
3: Section 14(1)
ma: to monitor mental health and addiction services and to advocate improvements to those services: .
4: Section 68(2) or the Mental Health Commissioner a Deputy Commissioner
5: Clause 4(5) or the Mental Health Commissioner Deputy Commissioner
6: The person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was the chairperson of the Mental Health Commission is deemed to have been appointed as the first Mental Health Commissioner until the close of 31 August 2015 and holds that new office on the same terms and conditions as he or she held that former office (as if determined by the Remuneration Authority). 2012-07-01 Health and Disability Commissioner Act 1994
6: Revocation
The Mental Health Commission Act (Postponement of Expiry) Order 2004 2012-07-01 Mental Health Commission Act (Postponement of Expiry) Order 2004
7: Consequential amendments
1: The Remuneration Authority Act 1977 Schedule 1
2: On the expiry of the Mental Health Commission Act 1998 Schedule 2 2012-07-01 Remuneration Authority Act 1977 Crown Entities Act 2004 Official Information Act 1982 Ombudsmen Act 1975
Wills Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Wills Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Wills Act 2007 2012-02-25 Wills Act 2007
4: Requirements for validity of wills
Section 11
3: The will-maker must—
a: sign the document; or
b: direct another person to sign the document on his or her behalf in his or her presence.
4: At least 2 witnesses must—
a: be together in the will-maker's presence when the will-maker—
i: complies with subsection (3)
ii: acknowledges that—
A: he or she signed the document earlier and that the signature on the document is his or her own; or
B: another person directed by him or her signed the document earlier on his or her behalf in his or her presence; and
b: each sign the document in the will-maker's presence.
5: As evidence of compliance with subsection (4)
a: that he or she was present with the other witnesses when the will-maker—
i: signed the document; or
ii: acknowledged that he or she signed the document earlier and that the signature on the document is his or her own; or
iii: directed another person whose signature appears on the document to sign the document on his or her behalf in his or her presence; or
iv: acknowledged that another person directed by him or her signed the document earlier on his or her behalf in his or her presence; and
b: that he or she signed the document in the will-maker's presence.
6: No particular form of words is required for the purposes of subsection (5)
5: Wills made before 1 November 2007
Section 40(2)
n: section 16(g) does not apply; and .
6: New section 40A inserted
The following section is inserted after section 40
40A: Application of Wills (Validity) Amendment Act 2012
1: Sections 11 and 40 as amended by the Wills Amendment Act 2012 Act Act commencement
2: Subsection (1)
a: is made by the High Court, a Judge of the High Court, a Registrar or Senior Deputy Registrar of the High Court, a personal representative (as defined in section 6) of a person who has died, or any other court or person:
b: arises from, or without, an application for administration (whether without notice, or in solemn form) made before or after the commencement (including, without limitation, one in solemn form made before or after the commencement and following one without notice made unsuccessfully before the commencement):
c: arises from an application made before or after the commencement for a review by the High Court or a Judge of the High Court of a determination made by a Registrar or Senior Deputy Registrar of the High Court made before or after the commencement.
3: But this section and sections 11 and 40 (as amended by the Wills Amendment Act 2012 Act
a: a grant of administration (as defined in section 2(1) of the Administration Act 1969) made before the commencement:
b: a payment made or other action taken before the commencement and that an enactment authorised without a grant of administration (as so defined).
War Pensions (Indexation—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the War Pensions (Indexation—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Section 74C amended (Annual adjustment of rates of veterans’ pensions)
In section 74C(2A) 2011, 1 April 2012, and 1 April 2013 in any year from 2011 to 2017 (inclusive) 2012-10-24 War Pensions Act 1954
Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act (No 2) 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Lawyers and Conveyancers Amendment Act (No 2) 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006 2012-12-12 Lawyers and Conveyancers Act 2006
4: Levy
Section 217(2)(a) the Deputy each Deputy
5: Schedule 3 amended
Sections 6 to 10 Schedule 3 Amendments to Schedule 3
6: Deputy Legal Complaints Review Officer
1: The heading to clause 3 Officer Officers
2: Clause 3(1) a deputy 2 deputies
3: Clause 3(2) the Deputy a Deputy
4: Clause 3
3: Each Deputy Legal Complaints Review Officer is to be appointed in the same manner as the Legal Complaints Review Officer, and sections 190 and 191 and clauses 1 and 2 apply to a Deputy Legal Complaints Review Officer in the same manner as they apply to the Legal Complaints Review Officer.
5: Clause 3(4) the Deputy each Deputy
6: Clause 3(5) the Deputy a Deputy
7: Remuneration and allowances
Clause 4 the Deputy each Deputy
8: Accommodation and services
1: Clause 5(1) the Deputy each Deputy
2: Clause 5(2) the Deputy Legal Complaints Review Officer or both a Deputy Legal Complaints Review Officer
9: Disclosure of information
Clause 10(1)(a) the Deputy a Deputy
10: Legal Complaints Review Officer not personally liable
Clause 11 the Deputy a Deputy
Customs and Excise (Tobacco Products—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Customs and Excise (Tobacco Products—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act
This Act amends the Customs and Excise Act 1996 principal Act 2012-10-24 Customs and Excise Act 1996 Purpose
4: Four substantive 10% increases
1: This Act amends the principal Act to increase by 10%, on 1 January in 2013, 2014, 2015, or 2016, every rate that is—
a: in the Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (as defined in section 76A
b: a rate of excise or excise-equivalent duty on a tobacco product (as defined in section 79(4)
c: in force immediately before that date.
2: Those 4 substantive 10% increases in every rate of that kind are to be made—
a: by an annual indexation Order in Council that is made under section 79(1)
b: if no order of that kind comes into force on that date, by section 79AB Amendments to principal Act
5: Section 79 amended (Indexation of rates of excise duty and excise-equivalent duty on alcoholic beverages and tobacco products)
1: After section 79(3), insert:
3A: If an Order in Council is made under subsection (1), changes the rates of excise duty and excise-equivalent duty for tobacco products, and comes into force on 1 January in 2013, 2014, 2015, or 2016, then despite subsections (1) to (3),—
a: every new rate of excise duty or excise-equivalent duty that the Order in Council imposes on a tobacco product is calculated by adding 10% of the existing rate of duty on the product to the result achieved by applying the formula in subsection (3); and
b: the Order in Council must be called (as the case requires) an Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table (Tobacco Products Indexation and Separate 10% Increase) Amendment Order 2012, 2013, 2014, or 2015.
2: Section 79(3A) 2016-01-01 Customs and Excise Act 1996 see sections 5(2) and 6(2) for repealing information
6: New section 79AB inserted (Rates of duties for tobacco products increased by 10% if not indexed on 1 January in 2013 to 2016)
1: Before section 79A
79AB: Rates of duties for tobacco products increased by 10% if not indexed on 1 January in 2013 to 2016
1: This section, in accordance with section 76G(1), amends the Excise and Excise-equivalent Duties Table.
2: A rate in that Table is amended by this section only if the rate is one that is—
a: a rate of excise duty or excise-equivalent duty on a tobacco product (as defined in section 79(4)); and
b: in force immediately before 1 January in 2013, 2014, 2015, or 2016; and
c: not changed on that date by an Order in Council made under section 79(1) and (3A).
3: The rate is on that date replaced with a new rate calculated by adding to the rate an amount equal to 10% of the rate.
2: Section 79AB
Social Security (Indexation—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Social Security (Indexation—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Section 61HA amended (Annual CPI adjustment of rates of certain benefits)
In section 61HA(3) 2011, 1 April 2012, and 1 April 2013 in any year from 2011 to 2017 (inclusive) 2012-10-24 Social Security Act 1964 see section 4 also
4: Section 155 amended (Regulations relating to this Part)
In section 155(2A) 2011, 1 July 2012, and 1 July 2013 in any year from 2011 to 2017 (inclusive)
Citizens Initiated Referenda Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Citizens Initiated Referenda Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993 2012-02-25 Citizens Initiated Referenda Act 1993
4: Writ for indicative referendum conducted by postal voting
Section 26A
6: The latest day for the return of the writ is the 60th day after the issue of the writ.
5: Endorsement and return of writ
1: Section 39
5A: If the voting period for an indicative referendum conducted by postal voting is extended under section 37 of the Referenda (Postal Voting) Act 2000, the Electoral Commission may postpone the return of the writ until as soon as practicable after noon on the fourth day after the last day of the extended voting period.
5B: Subsection (5A)
2: Section 39(6) and (5) to (5B)
Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Indexation—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Children, Young Persons, and Their Families (Indexation—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Section 363 amended (Payment to person or organisation providing care)
In section 363(6) 2011, 1 April 2012, and 1 April 2013 in any year from 2011 to 2017 (inclusive) 2012-10-24 Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989
Public Finance Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Public Finance Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act Public Finance Act 1989 2012-02-25 Public Finance Act 1989
4: Estimates and other supporting information must be presented with first Appropriation Bill
Section 13(1) , or at any time prior to that time on the same day
5: Fiscal strategy report
Section 26I(2) , or at any time prior to that time on the same day
6: Economic and fiscal update
Section 26O(2) , or at any time prior to that time on the same day
7: Obligation to present and publish information on future operating intentions
Section 39(1) , or at any time prior to that time on the same day
New Zealand Railways Corporation Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the New Zealand Railways Corporation Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act New Zealand Railways Corporation Act 1981 2012-02-25 New Zealand Railways Corporation Act 1981
4: New Zealand Railways Corporation
Section 4(2) 7 9
Real Estate Agents Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Real Estate Agents Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act Real Estate Agents Act 2008 2012-12-12 Real Estate Agents Act 2008
4: Persons prohibited from being licensed
Section 37(1)
d: a person—
i: whose licence has, within the preceding 5 years, been cancelled under section 54(c) to (h); or
ii: whose licence is currently suspended under section 110(2)(c) or 115: .
5: Registrar to license applicant or decline application
Section 43(1)(c) by reason of his or her personal character or financial position by reason of both his or her personal character and his or her financial position
6: Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal established
Section 100(2)(b) 4 5
7: Meaning of licensee and person related to licensee in sections 134 to 136
Section 137(2)
h: a grandparent, parent, uncle, or aunt of the licensee or of any person referred to in paragraph (d) or (e): .
Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Residential Tenancies Act 1986 2012-12-12 Residential Tenancies Act 1986
4: Interpretation
Section 2(1) Registrar Registrar section 72(1) section 72(2) .
5: Possession orders
Section 64(4) 3 months 90 days
6: New section 72 substituted
Section 72
72: Registrars
1: Every Registrar, and every Deputy Registrar, of a District Court is a Registrar of the Tribunal.
2: In addition, employees of the Ministry of Justice who are not Registrars, or Deputy Registrars, of District Courts may be designated by the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice as Registrars of the Tribunal.
3: It is the responsibility of each Registrar—
a: to arrange, in accordance with the instructions of the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice, for the provision of any secretarial and administrative services that may be necessary for the efficient and expeditious exercise of the Tribunal's jurisdiction; and
b: to ensure that adequate arrangements are made, in consultation with the chief executive, for the filing and processing of all applications and other documents required or authorised to be filed under this Act; and
c: to arrange fixtures for cases to be dealt with by the Tribunal; and
d: to carry out, in respect of the exercise of the Tribunal's jurisdiction, the duties customarily carried out by a registrar of a judicial body.
4: Any Registrar may, at the direction of the chief executive (given generally or in any particular case), refer a matter to another Registrar.
7: Filing of applications
1: Section 86(1) the appropriate any
2: Section 86
3: The chief executive must determine the offices of the Tribunal for the purposes of subsection (1).
8: Duties of chief executive on receipt of application
1: Section 87(1) appropriate Registrar
2: Section 87(2) appropriate Registrar
3: Section 87
3: For the purposes of this section and section 88, the appropriate Registrar
9: Functions of Tenancy Mediators
Section 88(3) appropriate Registrar
Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance (International Co-operation) Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance (International Co-operation) Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act amends the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003 2012-10-24 Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003
4: Application of Commerce Act 1986
Section 113
ea: sections 99B to 99P
i: references in those sections to competition law were references to consumer credit law; and
ii: references in those sections to the Minister were references to the Minister of Consumer Affairs: .
Student Loan Scheme (Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Student Loan Scheme (Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
1: This Act comes into force on 1 April 2013, except as provided in this section.
2: Sections 8 10(2) Section 2(2) amended 1 April 2014 section 76(2) Student Loan Scheme Amendment Act 2013
3: Principal Act
This Act amends the Student Loan Scheme Act 2011 principal Act 2013-04-01 Student Loan Scheme Act 2011 sections 5, 6, 7 2014-04-01 Student Loan Scheme Act 2011 sections 8 and 9
4: Purpose
This Act amends the Student Loan Scheme Act 2011
a: remove eligibility for, and entitlement to, a 10% bonus (a reduction in the loan balance by an amount equal to 10% of a borrower's excess repayment for the relevant tax year) in respect of an excess repayment made for the borrower for the 2013–14 or a later tax year; but
b: ensure an excess repayment bonus from an excess repayment by payments made for the 2012–13 tax year is determined and credited under the provisions that this Act repeals on 1 April 2013 for later tax years; and
c: ensure a borrower's overseas-based repayment obligation for the 2013–14 tax year is assessed taking into account any 2012–13 tax year excess repayment bonus of the borrower. Repeal of provisions on 10% bonus
5: Section 118 repealed (Interpretation)
1: Repeal section 118
2: Subsection (1) applies for the 2013–14 and later tax years.
6: Section 121 amended (Options that apply to excess repayments)
1: In section 121
2: Subsection (1) applies for the 2013–14 and later tax years.
7: Part 3, subpart 1 repealed
1: In Part 3 subpart 1
2: Subsection (1) applies for the 2013–14 and later tax years. Consequential changes to overseas-based repayment obligation
8: Section 110 amended (Repayment obligations of overseas-based borrowers)
1: In section 110(6)(b)(ii) ; and
2: In section 110(6)(b)
3: Subsections (1) and (2) apply for the 2014–15 and later tax years.
9: Section 111 amended (Exceptions to repayment obligations of overseas-based borrowers)
Section 9 repealed 1 April 2014 section 76(3) Student Loan Scheme Amendment Act 2013 Consequential repeals of spent amending provisions
10: Student Loan Scheme Amendment Act 2012 amended
1: This section amends the Student Loan Scheme Amendment Act 2012
2: Repeal sections 31(2) 32
3: Repeal sections 37 39 40 2013-04-01 Student Loan Scheme Amendment Act 2012 section 10(3) only 2014-04-01 Student Loan Scheme Amendment Act 2012 section 10(2) only
Income Tax (Working for Families Indexation—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Income Tax (Working for Families Indexation—Budget Measures) Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Application of section MF 7 (Orders in Council)
1: Section MF 7(1)(a) Income Tax Act 2007 section 94(2)
2: Subsection (1) does not limit section 94(6) 2012-10-24 Income Tax Act 2007 Compiler – there is no physical amendment to do. All this requires is a history note and you need to see Juliet to find out what wording is to be inserted in the history note – KH
Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Protected Area Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Protected Area Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Protected Area Act 1991 2012-02-25 Sugar Loaf Islands Marine Protected Area Act 1991
4: Protected Area to be conservation area
Section 7(2) Saddlebank Island Saddleback Island
Electricity Industry Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Electricity Industry Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act Electricity Industry Act 2010 2012-12-12 Electricity Industry Act 2010
4: Class exemptions relating to membership of dispute resolution scheme
Section 111 Minister responsible for Part 4 Minister of Consumer Affairs
5: Schedule 4 amended
The heading to clause 18 related regulated
Imprest Supply (First for 2012/13) Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Imprest Supply (First for 2012/13) Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on 1 July 2012.
3: Repeal of this Act
1: Sections 6 7 10
2: The rest of this Act is repealed on the close of 30 June 2013. Sections 6, 7, and 10 are repealed on the coming into force of the first Appropriation Act for the 2012/13 year. 2012-08-28 Imprest Supply (First for 2012/13) Act 2012 Sections 6, 7, and 10 came into force with the commencement of the Appropriation (2012/13 Estimates) Act 2012 pco=16097 which is 28 August 2012. 2013-07-01 Imprest Supply (First for 2012/13) Act 2012 The rest of this Act is repealed on the close of 30 June 2013—Section 3(1) says that sections 6, 7 and 10 are repealed on the coming into force of the first Appropriation Act for the 2012/13 year (this is still at the bar 1 stage (pco 16097) so we do not know the date as the commencement clause is day after assent). On 1 July 2013, section 3(2) pertains to the rest of this Act being repealed, please also check to see if sections 6, 7 and 10 are repealed (Peter).
4: Purposes
The purposes of this Act are—
a: to authorise expenses and capital expenditure to be incurred by the Crown and Offices of Parliament during the 2012/13 year in advance of appropriation by way of an Appropriation Act; and
b: to enable the net asset holdings of departments and Offices of Parliament to exceed the amounts confirmed in the Appropriation (2011/12 Supplementary Estimates) Act 2012
5: Interpretation
1: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— 2012/13 year department section 2(1) expenses section 2(1)
2: In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, asset capital expenditure financial year intelligence and security department Minister Office of Parliament operating surplus remeasurements responsible Minister Vote section 2(1)
6: Authority to incur expenses
Section 6 repealed 28 August 2012 section 3(1)
7: Authority to incur capital expenditure
Section 7 repealed 28 August 2012 section 3(1)
8: Appropriation required
1: All expenses incurred under section 6(1) and all capital expenditure incurred under section 7(1)
2: Until the coming into force of that Appropriation Act, those expenses and that capital expenditure may be incurred during the 2012/13 year as if they had been incurred in accordance with one of the separate appropriations specified in section 7(1)
9: Authority under this Act is authority for purposes of sections 4(1) and 26C(1) of Public Finance Act 1989
1: The authority given by this Act to incur expenses or capital expenditure in advance of appropriation is an authority under an Act for the purposes of sections 4(1) 26C(1)
2: However, subsection (1) does not apply to expenses or capital expenditure for which no appropriation is made in accordance with section 8(1)
10: Authority to exceed net assets confirmed in Appropriation Act
Section 10 repealed 28 August 2012 section 3(1)
Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 2012

1: Title
This Act is the Wild Animal Control Amendment Act 2012.
2: Commencement
This Act comes into force on the day after the date on which it receives the Royal assent.
3: Principal Act amended
This Act Wild Animal Control Act 1977 2012-02-25 Wild Animal Control Act 1977
4: Interpretation
Paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition of wild animal section 2(1) thar tahr
5: Keeping of specified wild animals in captivity
Section 12(5)(a) thar tahr