New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
(1) This Act may be cited as the Securities Act 1978.
(2) The provisions of this Act shall come into force on a date to be fixed by the Governor-General by Order in Council. For the purposes of this subsection, 1 or more Orders in Council may be made bringing different provisions of this Act into force on different dates.
Section 1(2): sections 1, 2, 5(5), Part 1, sections 48(3), (4), 70, 72, and 76 brought into force, on 1 May 1979, by the Securities Act Commencement Order 1979 (SR 1979/94).
Section 1(2): the provisions of this Act not already in force on 4 July 1983, including, in particular, sections 3, 4, 5(1)–(4), 6–8, 33–47, 48(1), (2), (5), 49–69, 71, and 73–75, and the schedules brought into force, on 1 September 1983, by the Securities Act Commencement Order 1983 (SR 1983/119).
