New Zealand Legislation: Acts

8A Power to authorise drafting and printing of Government Bills by Inland Revenue Department

• (1) Notwithstanding anything in section 4(1) of this Act, the Governor-General may from time to time by Order in Council, made on the recommendation of the Attorney-General, authorise the Inland Revenue Department—

  • (a) To draft (subject to such exceptions as may be specified in the order) such Government Bills (being Bills intended to become Acts administered by that Department) as the Minister of the Crown who is responsible for that Department may direct to be prepared for the consideration of Parliament, and such amendments of such drafts as may from time to time be required by that Minister during the passage of such Bills in Parliament; and

  • (b) To supervise the printing of the Bills and amendments referred to in paragraph (a) of this subsection.

  (2) Any Order in Council made under subsection (1) of this section may be at any time varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council.

  (3) Every Order in Council made under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section shall be deemed to be a regulation for the purposes of The Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 and The Regulations (Disallowance) Act 1989.

  Section 8A was inserted, as from 30 November 1995, by section 2 Statutes Drafting and Compilation Amendment Act 1995 (1995 No 59).