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Legislation Act 2019 No 58, Public Act – New Zealand Legislation
2019 No 58
21 Anything done under secondary legislation or other instrument is also done under Act
24 Outline of commencement provisions
25 Date on which Acts commence
26 Date on which secondary legislation commences
27 Time at which legislation commences
28 When legislation commences if calculated by number of months
29 Power to make commencement order
30 Amendments part of, and construed with, legislation amended
31 References to repeal or amendment extend to other ceasing of effect
32 Effect of repeal or amendment generally
33 Effect of repeal or amendment on existing rights and proceedings
34 Effect of repeal or amendment on prior offences and breaches of legislation
35 Powers exercised under repealed or amended legislation have continuing effect
36 Legislation made under repealed legislation has continuing effect
37 How to apply references to new legislation that is not yet in force
38 How to apply references to repealed legislation
39 Time of repeal of legislation on particular day
40 Authority to make secondary legislation
41 Secondary legislation may make consequential amendments to other secondary legislation
42 Amendments made to secondary legislation by Act do not prevent later amendments
57 Determining time generally
58 Determining measurements of distance
59 Meaning of revision Act and old law
60 Revision Act is generally to have same effect as old law
61 Using old law as interpretation guide for revision Act
62 Exceptions: when revision Act changes effect of old law
64 Power for secondary legislation to incorporate material by reference
65 Schedule 2 applies if material incorporated by reference
66 Effect of amendments to material incorporated by reference
67 What legislation is drafted by PCO
68 Power to authorise IRD to draft Inland Revenue Bills
69 PCO must publish all legislation
70 PCO must publish consolidations of legislation that is amended
71 How and when PCO must publish legislation and consolidations of legislation
72 How and when electronic versions of legislation must be available on legislation website
80 Evidential status of minimum legislative information
81 Judicial notice of legislation
82 Power to revoke spent secondary legislation and other instruments
83 Attorney-General directions under this Part
84 Purpose of this subpart
86 Power to make editorial changes
87 Editorial changes
88 Changes to numbering
89 Changes to format
90 When changes take effect
91 Changes to be noted in legislation
92 Purpose of this subpart
93 Overview of this subpart
95 Three-yearly revision programme
96 Revision powers
97 Format of revision Bill
98 Certification of revision Bill
99 Amendments proposed by revision Bills
100 PCO’s annual report may address matters relating to revision and editorial changes
101 Purpose of this Part
102 Interpretation in this Part
103 Chief executives must prepare and publish disclosure statements for Government-initiated legislation
104 What must be contained, or linked to, in disclosure statements
105 Disclosure statement requirements do not apply to certain Bills and amendments
106 Chief executives must act independently and include statement of responsibility
107 Government notice must be issued to support consistent approach across agencies
108 Government notice may be issued only with approval of House of Representatives
109 Factors to be considered in determining classes of legislation requiring disclosure statements
110 Ministerial direction may be given to support consistent approach across agencies
111 Disclosure relates only to information available to public under Official Information Act 1982
112 Validity of legislation not affected by failure to comply with this Part
113 Purpose of this Part
114 Secondary legislation must be presented to House of Representatives
115 All secondary legislation subject to disallowance, with limited exceptions
116 House of Representatives may disallow secondary legislation by resolution
117 Secondary legislation disallowed if House of Representatives does not dispose of motion to disallow
118 Effect of disallowance on legislation
119 House of Representatives may amend or replace secondary legislation
120 Resolution or motion is secondary legislation
121 Definitions used in this subpart
122 What secondary legislation must be confirmed under this subpart
123 Secondary legislation must be confirmed by deadline (or otherwise will be revoked)
124 How to confirm secondary legislation
125 Usual effect of revocation if not confirmed by deadline
126 Effect on some legislation of not being confirmed by deadline (whether or not earlier revoked)
127 Confirmable secondary legislation must state this fact
128 Parliamentary Counsel Office continues
129 Objective of PCO
130 Functions of PCO
131 Confidentiality
132 Powers of Chief Parliamentary Counsel
133 Delegation of functions, duties, and powers
134 Revocation of delegations
135 Chief Parliamentary Counsel
136 Parliamentary counsel
137 Chief Parliamentary Counsel and parliamentary counsel to hold legal qualification
138 Other employees of PCO
139 Remuneration and conditions of appointment of Chief Parliamentary Counsel
140 Chief Parliamentary Counsel acts as employer
141 Collective agreements
142 Employment principles
143 Appointments on merit
144 Chief Parliamentary Counsel to establish procedure for notifying vacancies and appointments, and reviewing appointments
145 Secondments from elsewhere in State Services for developing senior leadership and management capability
146 Protection from liability
147 Regulations
148 Review of revision programme provisions after 30 June 2020
Secondary legislation exempted from presentation or disallowance under this Act
This Act is the Legislation Act 2019.
section 147 (which contains regulation-making powers) comes into force on the day after the date of Royal assent:
Part 7 contains regulation-making powers and miscellaneous provisions.
the Legislation (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2019, which contains repeals, revocations, and amendments to other legislation, as well as later amendments to this Act to require centralised publication of secondary legislation.
central government entity, in Part 4, has the meaning set out in section 102
Chief Parliamentary Counsel means the person who holds that office under section 135
consolidation means a version of legislation published under section 70
current drafting practice, in subpart 2 of Part 3, has the meaning set out in section 85
legislative guidelines or standards, in Part 4, has the meaning set out in section 102
legislative quality procedures, in Part 4, has the meaning set out in section 102
maker, in relation to any secondary legislation or instrument, means the person empowered to make the secondary legislation or instrument (but see also subsection (2))
minimum legislative information means—
presentation exemption means an exemption of the type referred to in section 114(2)
referential words, in subpart 2 of Part 3, has the meaning set out in section 85
relevant policy agency, in Part 4, has the meaning set out in section 102
responsible Minister, in Part 4, has the meaning set out in section 102
In this Act, a reference to the maker of any secondary legislation or instrument is, if the Governor-General is empowered to make that legislation or instrument, a reference to the relevant Minister for that secondary legislation or instrument.
department, in relation to any legislation, means the department or departmental agency (within the meaning of section 27A of the State Sector Act 1988) that, with the authority of the Prime Minister, is responsible for the administration of the legislation
Sections 25 to 29 set rules for the commencement of legislation that—
If the power referred to in subsection (1)﻿(d) is exercised, the provision comes into force only for that purpose and only the identified parts come into force.
A reference in sections 32 to 36, 38, and 39 to repealing or amending legislation includes a reference to—
An amendment is consequential for the purposes of this section if it is consequential on the passing or making of either or both of the following:
Item 1: If the legislation states that a permission begins on the first day of a financial year, the permission is in force on that day.
This section does not apply to commencement of legislation (see section 28).
In sections 60 to 62,—
This section is subject to section 62.
Section 60 is overridden to the extent that a provision of a revision Act—
In sections 64 to 66 and Schedule 2, unless the context otherwise requires,—
means material referred to in section 64(1); but
incorporates amendments to which section 66 applies.
Schedule 2 applies if material is incorporated by reference in reliance on section 64.
This section applies if the material incorporated by reference in secondary legislation in reliance on section 64 is amended by the originator of the material after the secondary legislation is made.
to draft the following:
any secondary legislation made by Order in Council (unless the Attorney-General otherwise directs):
section 71 (how and when legislation must be published by PCO) applies; and
Legislation or proposed legislation is sufficiently published for the purposes of this Act (for any period during which it is not practicable to publish it electronically) if it is only published and made available in the way set out in subsection (2).
the requirements recorded and published by the PCO under clause 14 of Schedule 1 (if any):
(if it is a consolidation under section 70) is taken to correctly state, as at its stated date, the law enacted or made by the legislation consolidated and by the amendments; and
if the date of publication of the information is stated with the information, that the information was published on the date stated; and
about the matters set out in section 67:
keep legislation up to date; and
The Chief Parliamentary Counsel may authorise the PCO to make changes referred to in section 87 to a version of the legislation.
Sections 87 and 89 do not permit any change to the text of a provision of any legislation that, if enacted, would change the effect of the provision.
Nothing in this section limits the authority to make changes in reliance on the application of section 38 or any other legislation.
the numbering, renumbering, and consequential amendments authorised by an Order in Council made under section 88:
publish a version of any specified legislation with provisions numbered or renumbered in the manner indicated by the order; and
To that end, this subpart enables revision Bills to re-enact legislation, in an up-to-date and accessible form, but (except as authorised by this subpart) without changing its effect.
See also sections 59 to 62, which provide for the interpretation of revision Acts.
revision programme means a revision programme approved under section 95.
include matters currently prescribed in secondary legislation made under the Acts or parts of Acts revised:
the revision powers set out in section 96 have been exercised appropriately in the preparation of the revision; and
the revision Bill does not change the effect of the law, except as authorised by section 96(3).
A revision Bill, as introduced, must not contain any proposed change to the effect of the law unless the amendment is authorised by section 96.
the revision powers set out in section 96:
legislative guidelines or standards means guidelines or standards relating to the process or content of legislation that are identified in a notice under section 107(2)﻿(a)﻿(ii)
secondary legislation of a class that is specified under section 107(3)﻿(a); and
section 104; and
each notice issued under section 107; and
each direction given under section 110; and
each disclosure statement is electronically published, in accordance with a notice issued under section 107,—
If there is more than 1 relevant policy agency, subsection (1) applies to each chief executive for the part of the legislation or proposed legislation for which the agency is the relevant policy agency (but, in this case, a direction under section 110 may require the statements to be combined).
the information about departures from the legislative guidelines or standards that is required by each notice under section 107.
Section 103 does not apply to any of the following Bills:
Section 103 does not apply to a Government amendment if—
electronically published (in accordance with each notice under section 107).
The chief executive of the relevant policy agency is responsible for acting independently (and is not responsible to a Minister) when performing the duties under section 103 and when acting under section 105(2)﻿(c) and (3).
The chief executive must ensure that the disclosure statement includes a statement of responsibility in the form required by the notice under section 107.
provide for the information that must be contained (or linked to) in disclosure statements under section 104, including—
specify 1 or more classes of secondary legislation to which section 103 applies:
A notice may be issued under section 107 only after it has been approved by a resolution of the House of Representatives.
The responsible Minister and the Attorney-General must, in considering whether a class of secondary legislation should be specified under section 107(3)﻿(a), have regard to the costs and benefits of requiring disclosure under this Part and, in particular, the extent to which disclosure would—
contain, or link to, additional or more specific information in connection with the matters specified in section 104(1) (in addition to that required by a notice under section 107):
contain, or link to, other information about specified matters (in addition to any disclosures required under a notice under section 107(3)﻿(b)):
a notice under section 107 is in force; and
the direction is not inconsistent with any notice under section 107 or with this Act.
see also section 161A of the Local Government Act 2002, which provides that this requirement does not apply to secondary legislation made by a local authority or a council-controlled organisation unless the empowering legislation (or other legislation) expressly requires presentation to the House of Representatives.
If secondary legislation, or a provision of secondary legislation, is disallowed under section 116 or 117, the following applies:
This section alters the effect of section 32 (which relates to the effect of repeal generally).
The House of Representatives may amend or replace any secondary legislation to which this subpart applies by resolution.
The amendment or replacement takes effect on the later of—
Secondary legislation that is amended or replaced by resolution of the House of Representatives may be disallowed as if the amendment or replacement were made by the maker of the secondary legislation (despite section 115(a)).
A resolution or a motion that (whether itself or as a result of section 117) disallows, amends, or replaces secondary legislation under this subpart is secondary legislation (see Part 3 for publication requirements).
For that purpose, the Clerk of the House of Representatives must lodge a copy of the resolution or notice of the motion with the PCO, and the PCO must publish it as if it had been drafted by the PCO, under section 69(3).
However, sections 116(2) and 117(2) apply even if the copy or notice is not yet published.
The later repeal of the Act or provision does not affect the confirmation (see section 32, which relates to the effect of repeal).
If unconfirmed legislation is revoked by section 123, the following applies on and from the deadline:
This section applies to unconfirmed legislation made under an empowering provision listed in Part 2 of Schedule 4 (whether it is revoked before the deadline or on the deadline by section 123).
counsel includes a person who holds a legal qualification referred to in section 137(2) and is working for the PCO as a contractor or secondee in relation to the drafting of legislation.
A delegation under section 133 is revocable at any time in writing.
A person meets the qualification requirement in section 135(3)﻿(a) for the office of Chief Parliamentary Counsel if the person—
is eligible to practise law in a country or jurisdiction specified by an Order in Council made under subsection (4); or
A person meets the qualification requirement in section 136(2) for a position as a parliamentary counsel if the person—
In making an appointment under section 136 or 138, the Chief Parliamentary Counsel must give preference to the person who is best suited to the position.
Sections 143 and 144 of this Act do not apply to any secondment arranged under section 49 of the State Sector Act 1988.
prescribing information for the purposes of the obligation for the PCO to notify the making of secondary legislation in the Gazette under section 69:
specifying, for the purposes of section 70(1)﻿(c), the secondary legislation for which a consolidation must be published under this Act if the legislation is amended:
in respect of a consolidation required by regulations made under paragraph (f), specifying, for the purpose of section 71(1), when the PCO must electronically publish the consolidation:
authorising the PCO to determine or prescribe, whether by notice or by setting the requirements of an electronic lodgement system, any of the matters under paragraph (h):
determining what lodgement requirements imposed under the regulations are the standard requirements for lodgement for the purposes of subsection (6)﻿(a):
the requirements relating to lodgement and publication that are prescribed under paragraphs (e) to (j):
the prohibition on coming into force before publication under section 73, including to allow a period of exemption for things properly lodged with the PCO for publication generally or in specified circumstances:
prescribing, for the purpose of section 76, minimum requirements for the manner in which secondary legislation, or a part of secondary legislation, must be published, notified, or otherwise made available for the purpose of any publication exemptions:
imposing requirements concerning the manner in which legislation and minimum legislative information are to be made available to the public under section 72:
imposing requirements as to the form of official versions of legislation:
any matters set out in paragraphs (a) to (l) that are relevant to minimum legislative information or secondary legislation that is lodged under that subpart:
The following are secondary legislation (see Part 3 for publication requirements):
a notice under subsection (1)﻿(i).
The Attorney-General must, before making a recommendation in relation to an exemption under subsection (1)﻿(k),—
If the Attorney-General makes a recommendation in relation to an exemption under subsection (1)﻿(k), the Attorney-General’s reasons for making the recommendation (including why the exemption is appropriate) must be published together with the regulations.
The Attorney-General must, before making a recommendation in relation to regulations under subsection (1)﻿(s), have regard to the purpose of subpart 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 set out in clause 11 of that schedule.
References to sections of this Act (or to terms) in subsection (1)﻿(f) to (l) are to sections as in force (and to terms as defined) on and after the publication commencement date.
the need for, and operation and effectiveness of, sections 59 to 62 and subpart 3 of Part 3 (and the corresponding provisions under the Legislation Act 2012); and
14 Existing requirements continued as applicable publication requirements on main commencement date
15 Maker must lodge minimum legislative information before list deadline (if clause applies)
16 Maker must lodge secondary legislation for full publication before publication deadline (if clause applies)
17 Publication of information and secondary legislation to which this subpart applies
18 Application of subpart 1 of Part 3 of this Act
20 Transitional application of publication responsibilities
21 Power to reassign responsibilities of secondary legislation’s maker
22 Commencement orders for existing Acts are secondary legislation
23 PCO’s responsibility for drafting secondary legislation
24 PCO may continue to draft and publish other instruments
25 How power to issue official versions applies to previous or existing legislation
26 How legal status of previous official versions applies
27 Previous printed official versions continue until new official version issued
28 How power to make editorial changes applies to legislation published under old publication requirements
29 Provisions on revision Bills apply also to previous revision Bills
30 Disclosure requirements apply only to Bills introduced after Part 4 commencement date
31 Ministers may perform duties before Part 4 commencement date
32 Limited application of presentation requirements to secondary legislation made before publication deadline
33 Old disallowance provisions continue to apply to existing notices of motion, etc
34 Old confirmation provisions continue to apply to existing confirmable instruments
35 Saving for existing appointment
list deadline, for secondary legislation, is the deadline that applies to it under clause 15(5)
list exemption means an exemption of that type that is, on and after the publication commencement date, referred to in section 69(2)
main commencement date means the date on which section 10 of the Legislation (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2019 (which repeals the Legislation Act 2012) comes into force
publication commencement date means the date on which section 17 of the Legislation (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2019 comes into force (which brings into force the amendments requiring centralised publication as set out in Schedule 2 of the Legislation (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2019)
publication exemption means an exemption of that type that is, on and after the publication commencement date, referred to in section 69(2)
publication deadline, for secondary legislation, is the deadline that applies to it under clause 16(5)
Section 26 does not apply to secondary legislation made before the main commencement date (and section 9 of the Interpretation Act 1999 applies instead).
it were incorporated by reference under section 64 of this Act; and
provide for orderly transitional arrangements for the application of this Act to secondary legislation that is not published on the legislation website at the publication commencement date; and
See also section 147(1)﻿(s), which provides for regulations to be made for the purposes of this subpart (the regulations).
existing publication requirements previously set out in the empowering legislation will generally continue to apply to the secondary legislation at that time under Part 3 (see sections 73 and 74, as in force on the main commencement date, and clause 14); and
on the publication commencement date, Part 3 is amended (see Schedule 2 of the Legislation (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2019) and this subpart and the regulations provide for an orderly transition of secondary legislation to the publication requirements set out in this Act as follows:
Part 3’s requirements for makers to lodge secondary legislation and minimum legislative information with the PCO for publication apply, but are modified by the list exemptions and publication exemptions in clauses 15 and 16, as set out below; and
List deadline step (clause 15)
until the list deadline set by or under this subpart, a list exemption applies, and the existing publication requirements generally continue to apply, under clause 15 despite the publication commencement date; but
Publication deadline step (clause 16)
until the publication deadline set under this subpart, a publication exemption applies under clause 16 (so that the text of the secondary legislation need not be lodged with the PCO for publication); but
classes of secondary legislation will be required to be lodged with the PCO for publication by the publication deadline; and
An instrument made before that date that is in force under a provision that empowers the making of secondary legislation, under the Royal prerogative, or under an identified empowering provision, becomes, on the main commencement date, secondary legislation.
On the main commencement date, an amendment is made to section 100 by the Secondary Legislation Act so that it states that orders made under it are secondary legislation.
The Secondary Legislation Act has been passed, amending section 120. The amendment will result in section 120 stating that orders made under it are secondary legislation. However, the amendment has not yet come into force. Under subclause (3), section 120 is an identified empowering provision.
The order continues in force as if it were made under section 100 (see section 36 of this Act and section 20 of the Interpretation Act 1999).
Subpart 2 of Part 3 applies to those changes as if they were changes referred to in section 87, except that, for the purposes of ensuring that the secondary legislation amendments (and any other related amendments relating to listing, notification, publication, or presentation) are effective despite those changes,—
section 90 (which deals with when editorial changes usually take effect) does not apply.
The list deadline for secondary legislation is—
the first anniversary of the publication commencement date (unless paragraph (b) or (c) applies); or
a deadline after the publication commencement date and no later than the fifth anniversary of the publication commencement date that is set by the regulations for the relevant class of secondary legislation; or
any regulations made for the purposes of the definition of relevant central government entity continue in force, and may continue to be amended or revoked as if section 147(1)﻿(d) were still in force.
A publication exemption applies to the secondary legislation until the publication deadline (see section 76, as in force on the publication commencement date, for the publication obligations that instead apply).
The following sections do not apply to minimum legislative information lodged, or required to be lodged, under clause 15 or secondary legislation lodged, or required to be lodged, under clause 16 (except as provided in the regulations):
section 71 (how and when PCO must publish legislation and consolidations of legislation):
section 73 (secondary legislation does not commence until published):
declare that instruments made under legislation are secondary legislation or are excluded from being secondary legislation; and
make any 1 or more of the following amendments to legislation to give effect to that declaration or exclusion:
in the case of an exclusion, insert a requirement for those instruments to be published, notified, or otherwise made available by another means:
make any other amendment that is necessary for that purpose or that is consequential on other amendments authorised by this clause (for example, removing any reference to disallowable instruments).
Section 69, and other publication or notification responsibilities for the PCO under Part 3 (as in force on the main commencement date), do not apply to—
secondary legislation that ceases to be in force before 5 August 2013:
Section 69, and other publication responsibilities for the PCO under Part 3 (as in force on and from the publication commencement date), continue to not apply to the things set out in subclause (1), but also do not apply to—
Section 73 (as inserted by Schedule 2 of the Legislation (Repeals and Amendments) Act 2019) does not apply to any secondary legislation that is made before that section comes into force.
The Attorney-General may authorise any department (within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989) to meet, in relation to secondary legislation, an obligation under this Act that would otherwise have to be met by the legislation’s maker under this schedule.
The administering agency and the Chief Parliamentary Counsel are assumed to have agreed, for the purpose of section 67(d) of this Act, that the PCO will draft secondary legislation made under the provision.
Subclause (2) applies only until either party notifies the other that they do not agree or the parties reach a different agreement under section 67(d).
References in this Act to sections 59 to 62 or subpart 3 of Part 3 of this Act include subpart 3 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012.
The responsible Minister or the Attorney-General may perform a duty under section 107 or 110 before the date on which Part 4 comes into force.
instruments stated by an Act to be disallowable instruments for the purposes of the Legislation Act 2012; or
The Chief Parliamentary Counsel holding office under section 66 of the Legislation Act 2012 continues to hold that office under section 135 of this Act.
ss 65, 66
Before secondary legislation incorporating material by reference in reliance on section 64 is made, the chief executive of the administering agency must—
If an instrument incorporating material by reference in reliance on section 64 is made, the chief executive of the administering agency must—
A copy of material incorporated by reference in secondary legislation in reliance on section 64 must be—
Subpart 1 of Part 3 and section 114 of this Act do not apply to material that is incorporated by reference in secondary legislation in reliance on section 64 merely because it is incorporated.
Compare: 2012 No 119 s 55
Schedule 3 Secondary legislation exempted from presentation or disallowance under this Act
ss 114, 115
Part 1 Exemptions from presentation under section 114
Part 2 Exemptions from disallowance under section 115
There are no exemptions recorded on enactment (but exemptions may be recorded, by amendment or replacement of this schedule, before commencement of section 115).
ss 122, 125, 126
Arms Act 1983 74A
Land Transport Act 1998 269 and 269A Only if the regulations prescribe fees or charges that are identified, or are to be treated, as land transport revenue for the purposes of the Land Transport Management Act 2003
This Act is administered by the Parliamentary Counsel Office.