(1) This Act may be cited as the New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Act 1982.
(2) Except as provided in subsection (3), this Act shall come into force on the day on which it receives the Governor-General's assent.
(4) The Governor-General shall not appoint a date under subsection (3) for the purposes of bringing sections 4 to 13 and section 20 and Schedule 1 into force unless the Minister of Finance has advised him that the Commissioner of Inland Revenue has confirmed that The New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Limited has paid, or has given an undertaking (in terms acceptable to the Commissioner) to pay, to the Commissioner such sum of money as the Commissioner considers is the amount of stamp duties that would have been payable to the Crown in respect of all assets vested by virtue of this Act if those assets had been vested other than by virtue of this Act.
Section 1(2): this Act (except sections 4–13, 20, and Schedule 1) brought into force, on 16 December 1982, by the New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Act Commencement Order 1983 (SR 1983/51).
Section 1(3): sections 4–13, 20, and Schedule 1 brought into force, on 1 April 1983, by the New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Act Commencement Order 1983 (SR 1983/51).
Section 1(3): amended, on 22 February 2008, by section 4(1) of the New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 1 (P)).
Section 1(4): amended, on 22 February 2008, by section 4(2) of the New Zealand Guardian Trust Company Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 1 (P)).